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Public transportation in Mexico: plane, bus, or taxi?
Transportation is one of the top expenses when traveling so I often take aim at it in order to reduce my travel costs. Sometimes you have to get from one town to another; other times it’s just around town. In Mexico, like many other countries in the world, there are a variety of methods in…
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Where to find vegetables in Mexico
I have always prided myself on my $15 a day food budget. Often, I can eat out three times a day and still stay within budget. There comes a point, however, when I get sick of Mexican food. At its base, it’s just cooked meat and some form of a taco. For a long time…
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Coast to Coast through Mexico: Copper Canyon to Baja
Changing course in Cancun For the second time, my trip to the southern state of Chiapas was thwarted by the lure of Baja California. The previous time, I had intended to travel to the southernmost state of Mexico to explore the lakes region, including a hike across the border to Guatemala but opted instead for a…
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3 days in Zihuatanejo: Day 3-The Chicken Bus
I’d heard often about the chicken bus. I imagined it to be some rickety metal box, curtains flapping in the open windows, packed full of with people, and of course, chickens running down the center aisle. In all my travels through Mexico, I’d never had the good fortune to have such an encounter, until today.…
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The best road to Oaxaca city from the coast
When headed to the city of Oaxaca from the southern coast of of Mexico, you have two options: The first, and the one more frequently taken by travelers, takes you a couple hours east along the coast before heading north on a relatively modern highway. The second, takes you directly inland along a windy mountain…
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The Rustic Beach Cabaña
As the bus neared my destination, I continued to struggle to decide which town I would choose for my stay in the region. There were five of them along the coast, all within a mile of each other and all very different. According to my guidebook, Zipolite was a small hippie enclave where most of…
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Wild Taxi Ride
Climbing onto a bench in another cramped chicken bus, I was on my way to Puerto Angel. The tarp of this one draped over the front so I could only see out the back. Despite not actually knowing what the town looked like, I feared I’d only recognize it as it passed behind us. With…
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3 days in Zihuatanejo: Day 2-Simple Pleasures
The Bay of Zihuatanejo is pretty much a circle with an opening to the ocean at the one o’clock position. Beaches line the shore in increasing quality as you make your way clockwise. It was clear from my guide book that you could walk two thirds of the way around the circle but that a…
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3 days in Zihuatanejo: Day 1-Mi Casa Es Su Casa
I’d learned by now that the sun rises in Mexico about 7am so I set my alarm for 6:30. It was about 6:40 when I finally heard it over the thunder of my antiquated air conditioning unit. The night before, I’d checked into my ten dollar room, a sweltering box with a simple ceiling fan…
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