We've found this huge, diverse land to be an inexhaustible source not only of beachy vacation fun but urban sophistication; folkloric fabulousness; spellbinding historic and archaeological sites; culinary wonders; and mucho, mucho más...
cover photo: Gerson Represa
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,…
Read more…REUTERS/Alamy Wine grape production dates back centuries in Mexico, to early in the period of Spanish colonization, and finally efforts to bring it up to world standards are coming to fruition, as this recent piece in The Guardian outlines: Salud!
Read more…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…
Read more…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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Saludos, John
Places like San Miguel de Allende and Cancun are pretty much untouched by the drug wars. Hell, I don't even consider Cancun to be part of Mexico, and the whole Riviera Maya seems to be turning into a gringo zone. But that's another complaint, one that doesn't appear to alarm the American public one bit.
Ed is this similar to cochnita pibil that I had tasted in Playa del Carmen; its is pork with achiote paste and herbs cooked in a pit of sorts.
"Pay for 2 nights & the 3rd Night is Free, valid from October 30 through November 3, 2010. [This] reflects a 33% savings off normal pricing. The reduced cost for two adults staying three nights starts at $560.00 (plus taxes and hotel service charge). " It's a beautiful place, too.
The packages includes:
* 3 Nights (pay for 2!)
* Xcanatún Breakfast for two daily.
* A sampling of Mucbipollos* at breakfast or lunch.
*"Buried chicken" -- A tamal, laced with achiote paste and stuffed with chicken, pork, tomato, onion, and epazote, is wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in a pit.
http://www.yourlifeisatrip.com/home/the-lost-maya-city.html
http://www.global-writes.com/chronological/index.html?-Token.articl...
Saludos! John
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