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Holbox Island: Quintana Roo

Holbox Island Also north of Valladolid, but in the neighbouring state of Quintana Roo, turn off the road to Puerto Juarez after Nuevo Xcan (seepage 566), to Holbox Island. Buses to Chiquila for boats, three times a day, also direct from Tizimi'n at 1130, connecting Holbox 0600 and 1430, one hour, returning to Chiquila at 0500 and 1300. A bus to Merida connects with the 0500 ferry. If you miss the ferry a fisherman will probably take you (for about US$14). You can leave your car in the care of the harbour master for a small charge; his house is east

Plaza Juarez : Guadalajara

Plaza Juarez : Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight....

Huamantla: Puebla

Thirty miles east of Tlaxcala on Route 136 is Huamantla, an attractive little town (population 32,500). The Museo Nacional de Tfteres (puppet museum) is on Parque Juarez. It has nine rooms of puppets from around the world. ■ Tue-Sat, 1000-1400, 1600-1800, US$1, students and children US$0.50. Camera US$2.50. Videos by prior arrangement. Parroquia de San Luis Obispo, Parque Juarez, lots of gold inside. Also on Parque Juarez is the Templo Franciscano, with interesting ceil¬ing paintings, side chapels and a high altar screen painted to look like green marble. The eve of the feast of the Assumption, 14 August, is known locally

Bahia de Puerto Marques: Acapulco

Bahia de Puerto Marques: Acapulco

Playa del Carmen: Quintana Roo

Playa del Carmen A pleasant little town on the beach which still maintains some of the charms of its former existence as a fishing village. The beach is dazzling white, with crystal-clear shallow water, ideal for swimming, and further out there is good scuba diving. There is accommodation for every budget, and plenty of good restaurants and bars of every description. Many travelers choose Playa as their base for trips to the ruins of Tulum in the south, and archaeological sites such as Coba in the interior. The town is laid out in a grid system, with the main centre

No end to women murders in Mexico

No end to women murders in Mexico This year has been one of the worst for the murder of women in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez since a wave of killings started there in 1993, an official says. Mexico's human rights ombudsman, Jose Luis Soberanes, said that 28 women had been murdered so far in 2005. He called for a co-ordinated and tough effort by all levels of government to prevent more deaths in the city. More than 300 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez. There is no generally accepted motive for the killings. They have been variously attributed to serial killers, drug

Lopez joins Hollywood trail to Mexico’s murder town

Lopez joins Hollywood trail to Mexico's murder town The plight of more than 400 women murdered in a Mexican city in the last 12 years is to get the Hollywood treatment in a new movie starring Jennifer Lopez. Lopez and co-stars Antonio Banderas and Martin Sheen are currently filming in the Mexican border town of Nogales, where a set resembling the streets of Ciudad Juarez, where the murders took place, has been erected. In Bordertown, Lopez plays a Chicago-based reporter whose crusading investigations in Juarez, just across the border from Texas, awaken her sense of identity as a Latin woman. Banderas plays a

Rivers & creeks overflowing in parts of northern Mexico

Rivers & creeks overflowing in parts of northern Mexico Mexico Hundreds of people in northern Mexico were evacuated today after heavy rain caused rivers and creeks to overflow. Nuevo Leon Governor Natividad Gonzalez declared a state of emergency for Benito Juarez, Cadereyta and Guadalupe.No deaths have been reported in flooding in Benito Juarez, located 12 miles east of Monterrey.But three people are reported missing and about 600 people are in shelters.Mayor Julio Cantu told reporters that the area received nearly one foot of rain overnight. T-V video showed piles of vehicles that were dragged from Cadereyta, a farming town just east of

Milwaukee cops: Picnic killer may be in Mexico

Milwaukee cops: Picnic killer may be in Mexico An illegal immigrant suspected of fatally shooting two picnickers and wounding three others may have fled to Mexico, police said Wednesday. Police identified the suspect in Mondays shooting as Octaviano Juarez-Corro. He had not been formally charged but police Capt. Timothy Burkee said charges could come this week. Juarez-Corro, 32, is accused of firing on a group of people at South Shore Park on Memorial Day in what authorities call a domestic dispute possibly related to recently filed divorce papers. More: suntimes.com

Language in Mexico

Without some knowledge of Spanish you will become very frustrated and feel helpless in many situations. English, or any other language, is absolutely useless off the beaten track (except in Belize). A pocket dictionary and phrase book together with some initial study or a beginner's Spanish course before you leave to get you up to a basic vocabulary of 500 words or so are most strongly recommended: your pleasure will be doubled if you can talk to the locals. Not all the locals speak Spanish, of course;you will find that some Indians in the more remote areas - the highlands