On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > Yucatan is on the other coast. How do you plan to go across Mexico? IIRC, > Virgin America and Aero Mexico have non-stop flights from LA to Cancun. > > Here are some recommendations in Yucatan: > > * I recommend renting a car for the time you are in the Yucatan. It gives > you a lot more mobility and you can travel the back roads and end up > experiencing some amazing places. The traffic in the Yucatan is very easy to > manage. > > * Spend at least a couple of nights in the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve. > There is a bunch of rustic bungalows on the beach inside the reserve. The > Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve is about 1-2 hours drive south of Cancun (a > very convenient and well connected airport to fly into from LA). > > * The Maya ruins of Tulum are close to the biosphere reserve
Yup planning to go to Tulum and Playa Del Carmen. This is roughly the trip plan. http://www.intrepidtravel.com/mexico/ultimate-central-america-2308#overview How easy is it to get around by bus (tica bus ?) (and basic Spanish) ? > * Spend a couple of nights at one of the Haciendas that have been converted > into a boutique hotel. There a handful of them and most of them are somewhat > expensive. One that is affordable - though, small and a little run down but > full of character - is the Hacienda Yaxcopoil > > * Definitely visit Merida on the weekends. They have some great free public > cultural, music and dance shows in the city center. Merida also has some > awesome Yucateca food > > * Visit the Chicxulub crater and see what killed the dinosaurs > > * At least a day in Chichen Itza > > * If you swim, then try swimming in one of the cenotoes Yup planning to do that. Any good reading on the different cultures ? I don't have a lot of time but am interested in history. Any recommendations for Oaxaca ? Thanks for the inputs ? -- Vinayak
