Mexico

by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) (2 days ago)
In the town of San Juan Chamula in southern Mexico, I entered a church completely unprepared for the what I saw. Pine needles and hundreds of small lit candles covered the entire wooden floor, where worshippers were kneeling and chanting incantations. In front of each group ...

by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (6 days ago)
Trust the British Museum to have two completely different but totally cool special exhibitions at the same time. There's still time to catch Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler, a dazzling collection of art from one of Mesoamerica's greatest civilizations. It focuses on the reign of ...

by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (16 days ago)
When it comes to long distance treks, the U.S. is blessed with not one great hike, but three. Most people already know about the Appalachian Trail in the eastern part of the country and the Pacific Crest Trail in the west, but the third jewel of the trekking Triple Crown is ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (22 days ago)
As Halloween approaches and the weather gets cooler, we realize that winter in the northern US, with its short hours of daylight and negative wind-chill factors, is just around the corner. Suddenly, it seems like there's no better time to book a tropical vacation. If you're ...

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (23 days ago)
If you need proof that this is the best time ever for finding hot travel deals, look no further than this offer. Enjoy a three day cruise on the Carnival Elation, sailing from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico (and back) for just $99. The Elation is one of the Carnival "Fun ...

by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (26 days ago)
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The details for the 2010 Summit For Someone program were announced late last week, and registration has gone live this morning, allowing for ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (27 days ago)
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Most people focus on their next vacations – not their final ones. And who could blame them? Nothing is quite so ghoulish as planning anything based ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
A new Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is opening next month, so you may want to start planning immediately. On November 16, 2009, Nicklaus himself will hit the ceremonial first tee shot at the new Punta Mita Bahia golf course. This is the second of his courses at Punta ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Women of a certain age and vigor will leave San Diego in December on the first "cougar cruise" to hit the high seas. Singles Travel Company and singles group The Society of Single Professionals are collaborating on this three-night experience ... and they'll be packing the ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Travel fell again in 2009, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data, as a weak economy put pressure on both personal and corporate travel budgets.
Only 3.6 million people arrived from other countries, marking a decline of 11 percent from June 2008 to June 2009. For ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Yesterday I wrote a post about travel weirdos who inspire us to think and travel outside the box. After I wrote that post, I heard on the radio about a hijacker in Mexico who threatened an Aeromexico plane with what turned out to be a fake bomb as the plane was traveling ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Shortly after taking off from Cancun on Wednesday, the pilots of AeroMexico flight 737 radioed the control tower to say the plane had been hijacked. The hijacker had showed off a bomb (later found to be fake) and demanded to speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He ...

by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
I recently spent some time in the up-and-coming port town of Mahahual, Mexico, and had the opportunity to speak with an assistant cruise director for one of the Big Cruise Lines. Because I am always interested in the ways stupid tourists manifest their stupidity, I asked the ...

by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
I've wanted to go scuba diving for as long as I can remember. To be able to inhale and exhale underwater while swimming near schools of brightly colored fish and jaw-dropping coral-- how could that possibly not be a Top Ten Life Experience? My desire to go diving was only ...

by Alison Brick (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
If you're staying at a Hyatt hotel this fall and you want a little extra pampering, you'll want to know about their Three for Free promotion. What's included? A free night, room upgrade, and daily breakfast. The free night is based on either a three-, four-, or five-night ...

by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
"Want to order some micheladas?" my Mexican friend Gustavo asked me as we sat down for breakfast one morning in the beachside village of Mahahual, Mexico. "What's a michelada?" I asked. Gustavo gave me the look a school teacher might give a student after he asks a ...

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
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by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Visitors to a Cancun beach found themselves restricted by yellow crime-scene tape yesterday, when Mexican police cordoned off the beach under accusations that the sand was stolen.
According to the AP release, after Hurricane Wilma washed away much of the resort area's ...
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by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
In the summer of 2008, National Geographic launched a fascinating and inspiring project called Student Expeditions, which aimed to send high school students to a variety of exotic locals around the globe, immersing them in that location through unique, special projects that ...

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/Mexican_Authorities_to_Allow_Mobile_Phone_Calls_on_Flight'; Good news! The Mexican FCC just canceled directive NOM-019SCT3-2001! Sure, I'll forgive you if you have no idea what this means (I didn't either at first). The directive was ...
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