Thursday, January 5, 2012

Readers share top tips for Mexico travel


Readers share top tips for Mexico travel
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"[Puerto Escondido is] Beautiful, laid-back, inexpensive,... Christine Delsol / Special to SFGate

"[Puerto Escondido is] Beautiful, laid-back, inexpensive, and 100+ in the summer with 90 percent humidity. Go in the winter, trust me on this one!" - SF_Owner

Photo: Christine Delsol / Special to SFGate
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"[Puerto Escondido is] Beautiful, laid-back, inexpensive, and 100+ in the summer with 90 percent humidity. Go in the winter, trust me on this one!" - SF_Owner
"Traditional Mexican food is an extremely healthy diet. Obesity and diabetes in Mexican-Americans (and in Mexico itself) are due to modern, Americanized and industrialized foods unknown to the traditional Mexican diet. The classic corn and bean combination that is the foundation of Mexican food provides complete vegetarian protein, as well as essential vitamins and minerals. That's how they managed to build those pyramids!" - trilingual1946
"If you want to splurge, take a small propeller plane from Oaxaca city down to the coast - it's a fantastic flight through mountain valleys, and when you look down and see the snaking road you will be soooo glad you didn't take the bus!" - Man_Zanita
"Officially, 111 U.S. citizens were killed in Mexico last year, a third in just two cities. Almost all of them were involved in illicit vocations, usually the trafficking of guns, drugs, or people across the border. This is 111 out of close to 8 million visitors, with nearly 1 million of those being part- or full-time residents choosing Mexico over the U.S. or Canada. You know who else had 111 murders in one year recently? Boston. And Las Vegas. And Orlando. Are any tourists scared of going to...
"The violence in Oaxaca probably isn't coming from the cartels - it's political and worth understanding. If you're interested you can read about it here ." - Bee_Traven
"I recommend 'Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatán' to learn more about Yucatan. It has a good plot so is easy to read, plus the book has Maya legends at the beginning of the chapters and a lot of the history of Merida (the capital of Yucatan) that was one of the richest cities in the world at the end of 1800." - MonicoNeck
"There is something very magnetic about [Cozumel], and most attribute it to the Goddess Ixchel. The goddess of love, fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, bounty, weavers and crafters, the moon, was intimate with the plumed snake. She was such a cherished diety, she was adopted by the Aztecs as well." - kvissage
"[Puerto Escondido] is one of my favorite places. It's quiet, full of Australian surfers, and Zicatela is a fine place to stay alone as a girl and be able to walk around to bars at night." - CWhoa
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