Reply To: Finding sweet spot F flights – Mexico + South Africa

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JDB wrote:

@Ash we have visited Oaxaca; not that exciting and some say it’s a little dangerous now. Baja has been totally overbuilt and Americanised – ie totally ruined with US prices and tipping. A big shame as it was very beautiful, but then so were Cancun and Tulum some years back (much of the Yucatan peninsula is still unspoilt). Guadalajara is a great city. Mexico City itself has improved so much, so much to see, amazing food and very good value.

The Pacific coast has lots to offer around Manzanillo. Cuixmala is amazing but there are lots of places along the coast and it’s still very unspoilt. They are developing new bits of coast near Puerto Vallarta that looks interesting – Riviera Nayarit. We have stayed for the last few winters in Zihuatanejo, not a smart resort, no high rise, but a real town where Mexican families go to the beach, so lots of normal, real restaurants with 80% Mexicans eating and at normal prices. Lots of good accommodation (eg Espuma/Tentaciones, Casa que Canta and Thompson near town, Marea Beachfront Villas on nearby Playa Blanca, nine mile long beach, lots of restaurants. Also a few miles up the coast for surfing, Troncones is very beautiful, small but being slowly colonised by Americans.

I have £4k of an evoucher I need to use B4 Sept.

How do you organise your trips?

FLy into MEX then what?

Cheers