On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:17:14 -0400, "Sarah Banick"
wrote:
>Alan -
>
>This is just my opinion, but based on everything you post (I lurk, but I
>read :-) I think you'll find Cancun disgusting. It is a highly
>commercialized extended piece of the US. The beaches are beautiful, yes, but
>the whole strip has hotels up and down it, most places accept dollars and
>speak English, and there will be a lot of drunk Americans who have been to
>Cancun 15 times on vacation, but have never taken a holiday in another
>country. And you have beautiful beaches in your own country.
>
>[No flames, please....that's just my opinion.]
>
>If you want to see and experience Mexico, stay anywhere but Cancun.
>
>On the other hand, as an Aussie on tour, you may want to experience Mexican
>mass tourism....if so, who am I to stop you :-) But I warned you.
>
>Sarah
Hi Sarah.
The One-World Explorer ticket that I'll be using has limited
Mexican airports; thus I'll be arriving and departing via
Cancun (as nearest to Chichen Itza and other Mayan sites)
and Mexico City (Teotuhican etc). However, if I don't use a
tour I intend to stay somewhere like Valladolid, not Cancun,
and spend minimal time in Mexico City with maximum time at
the ancient sites. I won't be hiring a car this time.
Unfortunately that ticket includes no direct flight options
between the two, so I will have to transit via Miami, CLT or
DFW, which involves not just extra flights and time but the
hassle of unnecessarily re-entering the US as a foreigner. I
was considering a land tour between the two to avoid that
and also to see places like Palanque, Vera Cruz etc
en-route.
I realise some of those mass tours can be less than
wonderful - which is why I was looking for opinions:-)
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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