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San Luis Potosí: reminiscent of Buenos Aires
We have arrived in the city of San Luis Potosí (SLP), Mexico after an uneventful trip on AirNZ to Houston, the usual horrific airport transit (avoiding the dunkin donuts shops) and a short two hour trip along the Mexican gulf on a tiny 60 seater plane. After some recent bad publicity our only United Airlines…
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Day of the Dead parade Morelia, Mexico
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The Plan
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Travel Preparation – the intrepid duo prepares for a mighty trip…
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Nothing better… than waking up in a new town
And what a town this is. The benefit of walking up all those stairs to the “Brownie” (Chocolate Hotel, Brownie Room… get it?) become obvious in the morning. We can look out over the most marvellous kaleidoscope of colour and hue with a bit of cool morning light enlivening the blues and greens. We have…
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Mexico City to Guanajuato – highs and lows
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Sunday in Mexico City
Sunday is cycling Day in Mexico City! Many streets are closed off to cars. Many families are out riding. Many people believe that Mexico is a dangerous place, full of drug lords and kidnappings. The reality in Mexico City is that the locals are getting on with their lives – just like everywhere else in…
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A couple of gringas in Mexico City
1.Is it safe? 2.Why? 3. Are you going on a tour? We had had all of these responses when we announced to our colleagues, family and friends that we were going to Mexico, and the answers were: 1: Relatively 2: It’s amazing; warm friendly colourful, delicious, cultural, cheap…. what’s not to like? 3: Absolutely…
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Get off the Sofa! – 10 good reasons to ‘go it alone’ as an independent traveller.
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