Mexico 2011

Every year we take a trip to Mexico.  Usually it’s 7-10 days in length.  Last year we spent a week in San Carlos, on the Sea of Cortez.  This year we stayed with family in Guadalajara, and on the coast north of Puerto Vallarta.

If you have the opportunity to stay with relatives for several days, I recommend against it. You are tied to their schedules and transportation.

If you want to really see the country, rent your own vehicle.  You can stay with family, but make sure you have your own transportation.  Enough said.

We drove from Phoenix to El Centro, CA, and crossed over into Mexico at Mexicali and left our vehicle at the Aeropuerto de Mexicali.  We flew from there to Guadalajara for 10 days.  During this time, we attended a wedding in Ocotlán, a lakeside fiesta in Mezcala, and a week of beachtime on the Riviera Nayarit.

I will post a slideshow of some of the images from Mezcala, and I will also post about our experiences beachside.

On the road between Poncitlon and Mezcala, in Jalisco, Mexico.  Beautiful views of Lake Chapala.  Beyond this point, however, the asphalt ends and it’s cobblestones all the way to the bottom of the switchback trail.

One nice thing about Volaris Airlines…they give you 15kg of baggage weight per ticket, and they figure it as a gross amount.  Even though all of our bags were just over the 15kg mark, because they were under 60kg, we didn´t pay an excess weight fee.

Love it.  Oh, this is Mexicali International Airport.  It was interesting. More photos to come.

Looking out the window of the boarding area at Mexicali Airport. This was not out plane. Ours was a later flight. But it was the same type of aircraft, an Airbus 319.

Good Morning Mexico

I am being reminded this morning, forcibly, that we are 2 hours ahead of Arizona here. It’s already after 10am here, and everyone is just starting to get ready to face the day.

We are in Guadalajara for a wedding, and then we will head for the Riviera Nayarit for a week at Rincon de Guyabitos, in a beach bungalow.

I fully intend to visit the Puerto/Nuevo Vallarta area and check out some of the resorts.

It’s going to be a busy week, but we’ll make it. And I’ll post pictures when we get back.

David