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RE: Food and veggies in MX
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 16, 2013
My experience is similar to that of RobertSDF when eating with Mexican friends (middle-class, uni...

RE: Puerto Escondido Vs San Juan Del Sur (Nicaragua)
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Feb 14, 2013
I've been to both PE and San Juan del Sur. I'm not a surfer but I thought I'd give my impressions...

RE: Where to LIVE for the WINTER in Mexico
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Jan 17, 2013
#69, my recommendation was that the OP could look into Jalapa, not that he choose it based on an ...

RE: Is 20 days too long for a honemoon in Mexico City?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Jan 12, 2013
Hi OP,
I'd like to reassure you that Coyoacan is a perfectly fine place to be based.
The centra...

RE: Where to LIVE for the WINTER in Mexico
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Jan 12, 2013
hey OP, in case you've decided to peek back I'd like to suggest Jalapa (Xelapa)

I've never bee...

RE: Stay Away!!
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Jan 12, 2013
#11, the capital of Honduras is Tegucigalpa

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Jan 12, 2013
enroutesiglo, I think it's very telling that you choose (for the third time) to not clearly deny ...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Jan 12, 2013
RichTX1, since you ask, I have no financial interests in tourism...anywhere. Would you care to an...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
you too are glad we're in agreement?? Huh, what are you reading? For the record, I disagree with...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
#38, just stop what? Pointing out your inconsistencies? Ask most people and they'll agree that be...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
enroutesiglo, regarding incidents of violence against tourists you wrote, "Of course there have b...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
enroutesiglo: in post #2 you wrote: "...AFAIK there hasn't been a single story of a tourist getti...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
enroutesiglo: I never wrote that there isn't violence in Canada. But this thread is about Mexico....

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
RichTX1, I can give you the links to two Canadian national broadcasters that identified the victi...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
enroutesiglo you wrote, "...AFAIK there hasn't been a single story of a tourist getting killed, k...

RE: Fall 2012: how is travel safety in Mexico?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
re: the statement that the violence hasn't affected any tourists...
there was that Canadian tour...

RE: Tips and advice on Mexico round-trip.
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
for my tastes, you've got too much on your itinerary.

3 days in df (I could spend much, much l...

RE: Tips and advice on Mexico round-trip.
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
about being blond...
you're girlfriend might be attracted to handsome dark-haired Mexicans, so i...

RE: personal items recomended to purchase before going to mexico
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
I agree with the others about shoes. I'm a woman's 8.5 and had a hard time finding nice shoes (no...

RE: Spanish course at UNAM CEPE-- preregister or do I just show up?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, Mar 4, 2013
hey totallyludicrous,
I would offer you the same advice I did to OP: go early. It gets congested...