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| Thoughts on Mexico:\n We love visiting Mexico. We have discovered some things through our years of visits. \n\n We don’t love all-inclusives because we like to be active and we like to experience more of real-life Mexico. At an all-inclusive you can relax and not work too hard - body or brain. But we like to adventure and have authentic experiences, and we like to learn stuff. \n\n There are parts of Mexico that are very geared to the Canadian and American tourists. We have visited lots and decided that they’re not our bag. We do like to enjoy street food, museums, natural attractions and culture, though, so just going to some random city or town wouldn’t really be our bag either. \n\n So we’ve landed on a preference for visiting places that are geared for Mexican tourists. We love the central plateau, particularly Queretaro state. We also love Merida on the Yucatán peninsula. Fortunately, these places are not known for cartel activity. \n\n Things that we’ve found Mexico to be extremely good at are:\n (1) moving people around. The taxis and busses are great and you rarely have a big problem finding a way to get from A to B. \n (2) feeding people. There is food… good food… to be had everywhere. Sometimes we have to hunt for a grocery store because we don’t like to eat out all the time but most of what we want is readily available. \n (3) providing public washrooms. At least in the touristy areas (white or Mexican), it’s very easy to find a baño (although you almost always have to pay for them). \n\n Some things that Mexico sucks at are: \n (1) providing a tourist info office. Sure you can find lots of ‘tourist info’ stands but those guys just want to sell you a tour. They don’t just give out info or answer questions. \n (2) providing complete and accurate information about local transit. There’s always some sleuthing required if you want to use this. \n (3) building sidewalks. Yikes. It's especially bad for people in wheelchairs, in fact, I don't know how anyone in a wheelchair would manage Mexico at all.\n (4) removing dog poop from sidewalks and... everywhere. Oh, and managing sewage smells... everywhere. | ||
