Forum: Latin America
August 28th, 2009, 03:24 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 2
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House rental in Costa Rica
Annice
You need a Tico tour agency! Renting a house for 15 people is
something "unusual"? You'll need the help of people on the scene!
You'll also need a van to haul your tribe from the...
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Forum: Latin America
January 8th, 2009, 09:54 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,218
What has happened to this site!
It really bums me out, watching this site turn into a spam & smut
collection!
I was looking foreward to seeing a report on Zihuatenejo a regular
poster planned to make last Nov?
I suspect the...
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Forum: Latin America
October 12th, 2008, 05:21 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 2
Views: 304
Cancun/Cozumel/Tulum/Playa del Carmen
knut
The only reason to be in Cancun is the airport!
Be sure to visit Merida, and Valladolid. Take the bus. Having a car
in either is more trouble than it's worth!
In Valladolid, the Hotel...
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Forum: Latin America
August 16th, 2008, 03:39 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 2
Views: 138
Tulum or Chichen Itza?
Cartaphi
Xel Ha offers everything from snorkelling, to laying in a hammock,
listening to a marimba band!
It's an amusement park that has something for every type. I'd get an
all inclusive pass, ...
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Forum: Latin America
March 20th, 2008, 06:00 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 3
Views: 225
Zihuatanejo
Keith
I haven't been to the Zihua Guitar Festival, nor even heard of it
until now?
For years, I wanted to visit Parracho, Mich. to check out the
guitars there.
This issue of "Fretboard...
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Forum: Latin America
February 10th, 2008, 10:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 6
Views: 322
Zihuatenejo (was Puerto Escondido )
Keith
Ixtapa is like Cancun, shopping malls, manicured lawns and luxury
hotels all in a row... It's more like Newport Beach, CA, than
Mexico.....
Zihua is a real town, where locals sit...
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Forum: Latin America
February 7th, 2008, 04:42 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 6
Views: 322
Puerto Escondido questions
Keith
We stayed right on "tourist alley", in a place called "Casa Blanca",
with a balcony, where we could watch the "street scene". It was a
great show!
Below the balcony was a public phone, ...
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Forum: Latin America
February 6th, 2008, 09:39 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 6
Views: 322
Puerto Escondido questions
Keith
It's been years since I've been to PE, but when I was there, it was
crawling with soldiers, so I wouldn't think it's that friendly!
Unless you're flying in, it isn't so easy to get to....
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Forum: Latin America
February 2nd, 2008, 07:58 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 3
Views: 194
Murals in Mexico City
Jerry
The next best place for murals after the National Palace is Teatro
Bellas Artes!
There's also a small Orozco mural, between the restrooms in
"Sanbon's".
The artwork in the historic zone...
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Forum: Latin America
February 2nd, 2008, 07:46 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 21
Views: 428
Cancun
If anyone wants to see the folks who did the Mayan construction were
like, "back in the good old days", they would be well served to see
the movie, "Apocalypto", by Mel Gibson!
I only wish he...
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Forum: Latin America
October 23rd, 2007, 04:04 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 1
Views: 245
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Forum: Latin America
October 16th, 2007, 01:48 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 11
Views: 415
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Forum: Latin America
October 14th, 2007, 05:25 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 11
Views: 415
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Forum: Latin America
October 8th, 2007, 11:05 PM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 4
Views: 333
Traveling to Costa Rica
Ben
You'll be able to get about any sort of tour from San Jose. Golfito
is a long way from most of the other major attractions!
It's been a long time since I've been there, but there are...
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Forum: Latin America
September 11th, 2007, 08:22 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 18
Views: 749
Mexico: car jacked by the Mexican policia
John
Why would you tell others to "avoid Mexico like the plague", yet go
work there yourself for two years?
If you don't heed your own advice, why would you expect anyone else
to do so?
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Forum: Latin America
July 8th, 2007, 11:41 PM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 3
Views: 379
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Forum: Latin America
April 6th, 2007, 09:54 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 5
Views: 155
guadalajara next week
Yrig
I'd recommend going to the Ballet Folklorico at the Degallado Theater,
or what ever is playing there. The building is a treat in itself!
Just wander around the historic area to check out...
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Forum: Latin America
March 27th, 2007, 07:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 2
Views: 272
Ixtapa, Mexico or Montego Bay, Jamaica?
Jennifer
I've never been to Jamaica, but friends who have, say that they were
warned about crime outside the resorts from angry locals, and dopehead
thugs...
Ixtapa is a lot safer place, I'd...
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Forum: Latin America
March 11th, 2007, 03:04 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 5
Views: 884
Sao Paulo Brazil in Lockdown
Obviously, it wasn't much of a "lockdown", if people were out there
"marching on the street", to protest "Prez Bush "the Jerk" then, was
it?
What were those soldiers going to do with that...
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Forum: Latin America
January 22nd, 2007, 07:30 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 2
Views: 206
Tijuana, Mexico
Guy
Although it's been several years since I've eaten there, about a
block down from the Woolworths, there's a restaurant called, "La
Especial", that serves modestly priced, Mexican meals. ...
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Forum: Latin America
November 29th, 2006, 05:56 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 4
Views: 144
Guadalajara hotels
The Hotel Frances is a bargain, and certainly in a great location.
It has major drawbacks though.....
The building was built in the 1500s with high ceilings, and tile
floors. Flushing a toilet...
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Forum: Latin America
November 4th, 2006, 08:01 PM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 4
Views: 244
Crime up, tourism down in Costa Rica
Costa Rican law makes targeting tourists by criminals a smart move.
Evan if the crooks are caught somehow by the inefficient CR police,
criminals know that the tourists won't be there to testify...
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Forum: Latin America
August 25th, 2006, 04:26 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 6
Views: 204
Help Me by Sponsoring ME!
So long as "Ben" is asking fools with money to support his rambles, I
think he ought to make more requests, while they're in the "spirit of
giving"!
"Ben" also should requested, a diamond ring,...
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Forum: Latin America
August 24th, 2006, 04:41 AM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 4
Views: 298
Taxi fee from Mexico City to Cuautla
Wayne
Airport taxis have always been more expensive, anywhere I've been in
Mexico! It just seems like a fact of life. I've never understood why?
The cab drivers have all told me that they...
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Forum: Latin America
August 13th, 2006, 02:18 PM Posted to rec.travel.latin-america
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Replies: 7
Views: 307
How disrupted is Mexico now?
I suspect in the months to come, there will be lots more
"disruptions" due to the election......
If the revenue from tourists drops very much, plenty of Mexicans will
see "El Norte" as a way out...
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