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Nifty (and Gnarly) Puerto Escondido

  Esconced on the lower Pacific ¨Emerald Coast¨ in the state of Oaxaca, the town of Puerto Escondido (which means ¨hidden port¨) was up until the 1960s barely a pinprick on the map, with dirt streets and just a handful of residents mostly devoted to fishing. Then in 1960 a coastal road reached the village, making it accessible to the outside world, and a village hall was built. Most consequentially for tourism, it was during that decade that surfers (pioneered by a group of Venezuelans,…

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3 great underwater tours on the Riviera Maya

The vacation-oriented coast south of Cancún on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is famed for its resorts as well as their various shopping, dining, nightlife, and a broad menu of daytime activities. And one of the Riviera Maya's top activities is diving and snorkeling amid the corals that lie offshore, part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef - the world's second largest after Australia's Great Barrier Reef. For snorkeling you don't need any prior training or experience, and here's a trio of the top…

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5 of the best things to do in Cancún

Located at the northeast coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, this L-shape resort island, alongside a city home to hundreds of thousands of Mexicans, many of whom work in the tourism industry, was essentially created by the Mexican government in 1974. Its core appeal has always been its beaches and nightlfe (along with the chance to take day trips to incredible Mayan archaeological sites; there's even a tiny one right here, called Ruinas del Rey). And over the years many other options have…

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  • Dani, the Manatee from #Mexico http://bit.ly/ak7HSI
    Manatee Hormones — YourLifeIsATrip.com
    words + photos by John Lamkin   Dani has a face that only a mother could love, but he doesn’t have a mother – he’s an orphan. Dani is a mana…
  • Thanks Max!
  • What an inspiring story, John! That prison should serve as a model for some of ours!
  • And, a prison on the other side of the border:
    http://www.global-writes.com/chronological/index.html?-Token.articl...
  • Day of the Dead- Oaxaca, Mexico: http://bit.ly/cdQEWE
  • Safety in Mexico is in the news daily. Having lived in Cabo since 1998 we have driven the Baja Peninsula 10 + times and have never had a problem. Las Villas de Bellavista is correct. We never drive at night on this highway because of the livestock that roam freely, not due to the possibility of bandits. We have found the people all along the Baja Peninsula warm and friendly and each trip has been a great experience. Our destination of Cabo San Lucas remains one of the safest places to vacation and to live. Take a look at crime statistics in the US and decide where it is safe to be.
  • Thanks for the information regarding Dia de los Muertos. One of the things we have done in the past with our employees in Cabo is encourage them to create a memorial to those who they have lost and each person brought the altar for their loved one to work for display. Not only did we learn more about the holiday, we learned more about each other.
  • For Mexico Lovers! The only TRUE Mexican holiday, unique in all the world is our Dia de los Muertos. It´s happening starting on Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 when the graves and the living welcome back their departed family members with food, drink, song and love. Tourists are welcome to come and celebrate and our cementaries in Ocotopec and Tepotzlan Morelos are filled with flowers and incense-a truly fantastic way to view death, so differently from Western concepts. Here is a link to know more, http://thenews.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article...
  • The "main problem" does NOT involve "interior areas" as was quoted by TravelMole since states such as Sonora, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas are BORDER states, not interior. For those of us who have lived for many years in Mexico, we are well aware that for decades, the pot-producing states of Michoacan, Guerrero, & Oaxaca have always been known to the government and their product was shipped to the US consumer market by the routes (Durango & Sinaloa) used today by the cartels. Mexico is safe for tourists. The violence is among gang members and law enforcement groups with many on the take...

    However, the main reason one does not travel at night here in Mexico on rural roads (paid toll highways are fine), isn´t because of so-called bandidos, but because there is so much livestock that crosses these roads and trucks that are lacking in brake lights etc, since these roads have no lighting and no maintenance!
  • For what it's worth, here are excerpts from a piece from TravelMole on the subject of safety/security:

    "The main problems in Mexico involve interior areas that are far from the Riviera Maya and Cozumel beaches more frequented by sun-seeking tourists.

    ...While the US State Department has travel warnings in place for Mexico, the violence and the warnings are far from resort areas such as Cancun, Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, and Los Cabos, popular incentive destinations.

    ...There's no denying the country does have problems. It is not advisable to drive on rural roads and highways at night. Bandits occasionally set up roadblocks and rob travellers, for example. But incidents are far from commonplace.

    ...The State Department warning advises US citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Michoacán and Tamaulipas, and to parts of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, and Coahuila.

    The warning also says: 'Millions of US citizens safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million US citizens who live in Mexico … Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major drug trafficking routes.'

    ...One piece of evidence of the country’s relative safety for most visits: Many tourists to the country are repeat visitors, which demonstrates that the vast majority of tourists leave with overwhelmingly positive impressions."

    http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1144844.php
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