On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:27:27 -0700, me
wrote:
>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/
>> latest: Up to Kuranda by trainhttp://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
>
>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.
I'm starting to toy with the idea of acting like a 60yo
backpacker, taking intermedio buses from town to town
without detailed planning or pre-booking; moving from Cancun
to Mexico City via as many interesting towns as possible
over 8 or 9 nights.
It's that, or pick a couple of intermediate towns for three
or four nights each and do day trips from them. Still
playing with the idea.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
--
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latest: Kuranda Skyrail near Cairns
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