Entering the realms of comfortably travelling from top to bottom, three months is plenty to enter into the classic trip - to follow the Pan-American Highway. Crossing the US-Mexico border at Laredo, the route heads south through Monterrey and the port of Tampico before veering inland through the silver-mining centre of Pachuca and on to Mexico City.
From Ciudad Juarez on the border, it’s a short trip to Chihuahua, the vast Copper Canyon and the glorious railroad down to the Pacific Ocean. The famous train journey is one of several options for leaving Chihuahua on a route that takes in the old silver towns of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi.
On the west coast Tijuana offers the simplest route to the rugged desert beauty of the Baja California Peninsular, popular for beaches and whale watching. This is also an alternative (and longer) route to the Copper Canyon via Los Mochis. After sweeping the Pacific Costa Alegre, head inland for Guadalajara and then Mexico City.
Head southeast from the Mexican Central Highlands directly to Guatemala and continue the route south, or take in Belize after travelling through the Yucutan Peninsula. A gentle meander through Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua can continue through Costa Rica following the highway to David and on to Panama City.or head east to the Caribbean coast an take in the idyllic and increasingly popular alternative of the southern beaches and the dive sites of Bocas del Toro. From David, you can blend adventure and beauty with a visit to the Chiriqui Highlands. A voyage on a vessel through the Panama Canal would be the ideal way to end the trip before heading further south or returning home. The great adventure challenge of the region is still travelling through the Darien Gap. On top of the personal strengths and abilities required, you do need plenty of time, cash and good language skills.
Zapatistas' "Marcos" begins motorbike tour through Mexico
Subcomandante Marcos, the leader of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN, on Sunday began a motorcycle tour of Mexico with the aim of uniting leftist civil organizations before this year's national elections.
At about 11:25 a.m. (1725 GMT), the EZLN chief passed through the town of La Garrucha without making any public remarks or stopping to meet with the hundreds of indigenous Zapatista sympathizers, journalists and domestic and foreign activists who had gathered here expecting to hear him deliver a solemn speech.
Marcos is traveling together with other EZLN members, who
Maldonado rises to home challenge in Mexico
MUCH to the delight of the local crowd, Mexico golfer Antonio Maldonado won the 48 Abierto Mexicano Corona, the first event of the 2006 European Challenge Tour season, in some style with a final round of four-under-par 67 at the Club de Golf La Hacienda.
The result secured his place on the Tour for the next 12 months as a tournament winner. Not only that, but by winning the first prize of $48,000, the 38-year-old has given himself the perfect start to the new Challenge Tour season.
Frenchman Mikael Dieu and Rafael Gomez of
Canadians say tour operators in Mexico let them down
Weary Canadian tourists returning home from Mexico say the weather was bad thanks to hurricane Emily, but the lack of help from their tour operators was even worse.
"It was horrible. It was scary," Gracia Agostinho told CBC News in Montreal on Tuesday as she and her family returned home.
"It was the longest night of my life," she said, describing how her family huddled in a hotel bathroom while
Hurricane Emily roared by.
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Mexico's Zapatista rebels to start 6-month campaign tour
Mexico's Zapatista rebels were to launch a six-month nationwide campaign tour on Sunday aimed at attracting more support from citizens.
The Zapatistas, who were emerging from their jungle hideouts, said they would carry out the tour in a peaceful way by rejecting rifles or wars.
The rebels launched a brief uprising on the New Year's Day 12 years ago, calling for more rights for Mexico's Indian minority.
During a visit to Mexico's 31 states, Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos promised to
Update 6: Zapatistas Begin Tour to Reshape Mexico
Zapatista rebels met Monday with leaders of poor and Indian groups at the start of a campaign that has carried them from their jungle strongholds for the first time in four years in a bid to reshape Mexico's politics.
The rebels' ski-masked spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, arrived Monday in a caravan of minivans, SUVS and pickup trucks for the meetings with non-governmental organizations in this mountain city in southern Mexico.
The night before, Marcos formally launched the nationwide tour with a speech railing against capitalism, free trade and the Mexican government before 15,000 rebels
Mexicos Calderon to tour Latam, skipping Venezuela
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon, who wants to counter the influence of Latin American leaders like U.S.-foe Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, sets off on a tour of the region next week.
Conservative Calderon, 44, will take in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile and Brazil on the trip, but will not visit Venezuela and other countries like Bolivia whose leftist leaders are aligned with Chavez.
Calderon has said he wants Mexico to play a more active role in regional politics to balance the influence of Chavez, who is trying to reduce U.S power over Latin American affairs.
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Bergman grabs pole position at the halfway stage in Mexico
Sweden’s Oskar Bergman moved into pole position at the halfway stage of the 48 Abierto Mexicano Corona, the first event of the 2006 European Challenge Tour. The 28 year old carded a second round 67 at the Club de Golf La Hacienda in Mexico City for a six under par total of 136 to grab a two stroke advantage over a group of six players that includes Challenge Tour Members James Heath, James Hepworth and Denny Lucas of England, as well as The European Tour’s Andres Romero of Argentina.
Joining those four
Zapatistas start political tour of Mexico
The leader of the military group promises to advance its socialist, pro-Indian cause through peaceful means.
Twelve years after a short but violent New Year's uprising in Chiapas, Mexico's poorest state, the Zapatistas have launched a new campaign to reshape the nation - a political campaign.
The leader of the Mayan Zapatistas, Subcomandante Marcos, launched a national tour Sunday to rally support for the group's pro-Indian, socialist policies, reports the Associated Press.
Thousands of supporters cheered as Subcommandante Marcos, the Indian rights movement's ski-masked leader, roared through La Garrucha on a black motorcycle with a Mexican flag
YOU WERE THERE: Manzanillo Dirt-Road Bicycle Tour delivered for Province reader
Last winter's wish for an active sun-drenched Christmas holiday that combined our love of bicycle touring and travelling in Mexico led us to the Manzanillo Dirt-Road Bicycle Tour.
Organized by Peter Marcus of Gabriola Cycle and Kayak specifically for the Christmas vacation period (Dec. 20-31), this tour promised to appeal to travellers who wanted something other than the "all-inclusive-resort" experience.
It delivered.
Beginning in Santiago, near Manzanillo, over a period of 10 days, we stayed in four towns and villages and rode about 400 kilometres.
During this time, we experienced different combinations of paved
New Orleans jazz quartet tours Mexico as thanks for Katrina help
A New Orleans jazz quartet is saying thanks with a song.
The Tim Laughlin Quartet is on tour in Mexico this week, offering concerts in six cities to thank the government and the people of Mexico for their support during the deadly storm.
After Hurricane Katrina, Mexican President Vicente Fox urged Mexicans to donate to the relief effort. He also sent an army unit to Texas and a navy ship to Louisiana with aid – the first time in more than 150 years that a Mexican military unit was allowed to
