On 27 Jun, 01:35, Alan S wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:10:48 -0400, "Richard"
>
> wrote:
> >"Alan S" wrote in message
> >news:0r6n73l1qtljrrb9bmoi1sdhong354ovm1@4ax.com...
>
> >> I've been looking at the bus schedules - but the prices seem
> >> outrageous. For example $960 from Cancun to Villahermosa
> >> on a "luxury" bus, or $220 from Cancun to Merida. Is it
> >> possible those prices are really in pesos, not US$?
>
> >Mexicans use $ to denote MXN which go at around 11:1 against the USD last I
> >checked. If the price they quote is infact in USD, they'll often write it as
> >$100 US or sometimes 100 dll.
>
> Thanks, that helps to expalin it. Some of those prices
> really did look terrible. Why on earth would they do that?
> is it a cunning way to fleece the unwary traveler?
>
> >> Rail seems to be defunct, correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> >I last did the research in 2001 before my first trip and IIRC there was one
> >line still running, I believe it was from Mexico City to San Miguel de
> >Allende but it took at least twice as long as the bus and there was only one
> >departure daily.
>
> >So for all intent and purpose, yes, the Mexican passenger rail is a thing of
> >the past.
>
> >Richard
>
> Cheers, Alan, Australia
> --http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/
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We took an overnight train from Oaxaca to Mexico City in '97 (you pass
close to Teotihuacan).
Perhaps you can fly from Cancun to Oaxaca (which also has plenty to
see).
Even Chichen has its own airfield.
We bussed from Cancun to Oaxaca slowly via Palenque, Campeche, San
Cristobal etc... and it was cheap.
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