Mexico Trip

Layer up. Two t-shirts, maybe a sweater, sweatshirt or a hoodie, and your light jacket will keep you warm in almost any conditions here. You can peel them off as it warms up during the day.

[TundraGreen]

Originally Posted by sparks55

Thanks for all the good advise. I will take heed of your advise. We have traveled overseas before, just not in mexico. We are only taking a backpack each, so they will fit under the seat. We are bringing a light jacket each. How cold at night does it get down south there?Leaving our winter coats here.

Tapachula is at sea level and will be warm. Oaxaca is at 1500 m elevation and will be cool in the morning (10 C/50 F).

[Merida Yucatan]

Some people even bring thick blankets onto the buses, as I've found some are colder than just warm jacket temperatures. I'm talking about tropical parts of Mexico, and also at nights when air conditioning wouldn't normally be needed.

[sparks55]

Greetings everyone, After 3 days and 3 nights on of hard travel on Primera class we made it safely to Oaxaca. I booked a small private hotel called Casa del Sotano. It was very highly rated by Trip Advisor and well worth the stay for thecheap price. We have walked all over the city, ate lots of local food and met all kinds of people on our travels. We have had lots of fun practicing our Spanish.
Tonight we leave on a Executive class bus for Tapachula, Chiapas to visit our friends.

[sparks55]

Originally Posted by Merida Yucatan

Some people even bring thick blankets onto the buses, as I've found some are colder than just warm jacket temperatures. I'm talking about tropical parts of Mexico, and also at nights when air conditioning wouldn't normally be needed.

I am glad I kept my jacket with me. Used it to keep warm and as a pillow.

[Isla Verde]

Originally Posted by sparks55

Greetings everyone, After 3 days and 3 nights on of hard travel on Primera class we made it safely to Oaxaca. I booked a small private hotel called Casa del Sotano. It was very highly rated by Trip Advisor and well worth the stay for thecheap price. We have walked all over the city, ate lots of local food and met all kinds of people on our travels. We have had lots of fun practicing our Spanish.

Glad to hear that you're enjoying one of my favorite cities in Mexico! Too bad you didn't have time to visit Monte Albán, maybe on your next trip to Oaxaca.

[circle110]

I second the recommendation of Monte Albán; it's a very cool place. You also don't want to miss the pueblos surrounding Oaxaca. They each have their own artesania (arts and crafts) style and you can buy direct from the artisan which I always like.

(Isla Verde, I see that your rep power is now soaring upward! Excellent.)

[TundraGreen]

Originally Posted by sparks55

Greetings everyone, After 3 days and 3 nights on of hard travel on Primera class we made it safely to Oaxaca. I booked a small private hotel called Casa del Sotano. It was very highly rated by Trip Advisor and well worth the stay for thecheap price. We have walked all over the city, ate lots of local food and met all kinds of people on our travels. We have had lots of fun practicing our Spanish.
Tonight we leave on a Executive class bus for Tapachula, Chiapas to visit our friends.

Glad to hear that you made it. Thanks for the update.

[Isla Verde]

Originally Posted by circle110

I second the recommendation of Monte Albán; it's a very cool place. You also don't want to miss the pueblos surrounding Oaxaca. They each have their own artesania (arts and crafts) style and you can buy direct from the artisan which I always like.

(Isla Verde, I see that your rep power is now soaring upward! Excellent.)

I ditto your recommendation to visit the many craft pueblos in the Oaxaca area. One of them is the home of the famous black pottery, and several others fashion the "alebrijes" that have become coveted collector items.

(I am grateful for my zooming rep power numbers. Thanks to all who have "thanked" me for my posts!)

[sparks55]

Greetings everyone. We made it to Tapachula on an ADO bus executive class. It was a 12 hour ride. I almost got motion sickness going through the mountains, but the bus was much nicer. We arrived in Tapachula at 9am the next day and get the hotel across the street from the bus station for one night. It turned out that Joe´s family thought we were coming in yesterday instead. A minor misunderstanding. Tapachula is a very nice, clean town. Everyone is friendly. There are no tourists here, so lots of people were staring and trying out their Engish on us. We rented a room in a country house outside of town along with a cook for two meals a day.

It has been an adventure. And it has been fun trying to speak Spanish and teaching them Engish. So far, from what I have seen, I like this place. Especially out in the beautiful country. There is no intyernet at the house so I am at an interet cafe in town.