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Voley
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We're chatting about Tulum on this thread about the Philippines right now, tarranau. Obviously.
This looks like the most recent Mexico thread to bump.
What sort of budget would I be looking at for two for two weeks.
I've found flights to Mexico City for £610 each. Thinking of staying in the city for maybe 4 days, is that enough?
Would like to go to Oaxaca, maybe up the coast to Acapulco or to Puebla and Veracruz, buses seem to be reasonable so maybe £200 between us for travel.
Could everything be done for £2k?
What sort of budget would I be looking at for two for two weeks.
I've found flights to Mexico City for £610 each. Thinking of staying in the city for maybe 4 days, is that enough?
Would like to go to Oaxaca, maybe up the coast to Acapulco or to Puebla and Veracruz, buses seem to be reasonable so maybe £200 between us for travel.
Could everything be done for £2k?
not-bono-ever
meh
just keep an eye out for hurricanes if yer on the coast at that time of year. sure people will offer specific advice - where you going ?
temper_tantrum
The beauty of the ride
Jealous! 
I had a great time in January. Whereabouts are you going?
Edit: I'm considering spending a week in Mexico City next January ....
I had a great time in January. Whereabouts are you going?Edit: I'm considering spending a week in Mexico City next January ....
Casually Red
tomorrow belongs to me
temper_tantrum
The beauty of the ride
Go to Puerto Angel, it's great! 
temper_tantrum
The beauty of the ride
You can fly to Puerto Escondido and then get the bus.
But I guess if you went to PE you might as well just stay there ... it's much bigger though.
But I guess if you went to PE you might as well just stay there ... it's much bigger though.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
i've been to the yucatan visited Chichen Itza and uxmal as well as some other less well known spots. it was great but i kinda wish i'd know more about the plces before i went
also totally by accident i visited Chichen Itza on the solstice so i got to see the serpent
also this was before they closed of access so i got to climb the temple and go inside and see the internal temple
also totally by accident i visited Chichen Itza on the solstice so i got to see the serpent
also this was before they closed of access so i got to climb the temple and go inside and see the internal temple
like these guys http://www.myspace.com/inservibles
chilango
Ha! Ha! Armageddon
For punk stuff you really must go to the "punk market" El Chopo. It's on (or at least was when I was there) every Saturday morning. There's always bands on, sometimes good, sometimes not so (my band played there). Theres stalls and stalls of bootleg cds where you can pick up a disc with the entire output of every band imaginable. There's specialist stalls - surf, ska, anarcho-punk, oi, etc etc Food, drink, other random happennings. You''l also find out about what gigs are one from the frenzy of flyering there. It was also the scene of the infamous "emo riots". It's dead easy to get to either on the tube or the metrobus.
Cantinas? The historic centre has plenty of good ones. This recent BBC article is pretty good. La Faena was one of my faves.
Other things to see in Mexico City...Coyoacan Market on Sat or Sun is okay but a bit hippyish and touristy. The "witches market" was intriguing (I can't remember the name of it right now though), the boat trips on the canalsare a good day out.
The wrestling is worth seeing. it's all a bit trendy now, but if you avoid the Friday night show at the Arena Mexico and go instead to the Sunday afternoon one at the Coliseo its a bit more low-key and traditional.
The mariachi bars on Plaza Garibaldi are fun too, but the area is pretty edgy so be careful.
Even edgier and well worth a visit if you know a local, but probably best avoided otherwise these days is the huge "thieves market" in Tepito.
we are going to plaza garibaldi for independence day i think.... will be going to el chopo at some point for sure! i am visiting inlaws there for first time so will be hauled all over i should think, but i will only be with locals, but i might not get to do a whole lot of tourist things that i might like to do otherwise.
i hear the hardcore punk gigs are totally mental and wild. what kind of band was yuors? what name? they might know it!
i hear the hardcore punk gigs are totally mental and wild. what kind of band was yuors? what name? they might know it!
chilango
Ha! Ha! Armageddon
Doubt it. We played mostly expat venues apart from out gig at Chopo. Also we weren't all that good. We were The Screaming Beavers. Old school punk to start and then morphed into a ska-punk band. Some ex-member formed a more succesful jazz outfit afterwards which might still be going.
Anyway here's us playing Chopo.
Remember Chopo is Saturday morning only. Not to be confused with the adjacent tourist market which is open all the time. Many a time I saw a bemused american in sandals and knee highs clutch desperately at his newly bought sombrero upon taking a wrong turn at Chopo.
well that looks totally AWESOME.
you might be interested in this comp of mexican and peruvian current punk: http://www.myspace.com/cintaspepe (cintas pepe is the label). is sold out out but is easy enough to find to download. hardcore stuff. this one is my favourite (peru band tho)
you might be interested in this comp of mexican and peruvian current punk: http://www.myspace.com/cintaspepe (cintas pepe is the label). is sold out out but is easy enough to find to download. hardcore stuff. this one is my favourite (peru band tho)
