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Flying in and out of Mexico City in December, with 11 days in between. Initial thoughts are to explore the country for 5-6 days and spend the remaining 5-6 days in Mexico City. Leading thought is to drive to Oaxaca when we land and check out that area.
Any other cities worth visiting/driving to?
What is there to do on the way?
Any cool day trips?
Any Beach towns worth checking out?
We want to DO THINGS not just see tourist crap, can anyone recommend actual activities? Spelunking, atv's horseback riding, rainforests, etc.?
Will gladly take any and all suggestions on these topics or more. What did you love when you visited Mexico?
Do you consider visiting Aztec and Mayan cities to be 'Tourist Crap', because although many tourists do go to these sites, yet they are also very worthy of visiting.
Puebla is a beautiful town near Mexico city, as is Cholula. Both have loads of historical buildings and colonial architecture and Cholula has an Aztec ruin and pyramid site, but alas, both are also somewhat 'touristy'.
Definitley don't consider ruins tourist crap, just want to avoid spots littered with souvenirs and trinkets, if that makes sense.
My experience was Chichen Itza (Yucatan) and Teotihuacan (Mexico State) had touts and vendors inside the actual archaeological sites. Uxmal (also in Yucatan) did not. In any case, the vendors certainly weren't Egypt or India aggressive; saying no once usually sufficed. It would be nice if they were not allowed to peddle their crap inside the sites, but they don't block any access to any sites. If you go early, like when the sites open before the main tour buses get there, they are still setting up for the most part and don't even talk to you unless you approach them or start looking at their wares.
I didn't visit Campeche, which is close to Uxmal but further from Cancun, but that is supposed to be a very nice town with excellent seafood. It is on the western side of the Yucatan peninsula.
Outside of the cities, driving should be no problem. Inside the towns...well...
Mountain climbing is not the first thing one thinks of when visiting one of the world's largest cities, but if you are in reasonable shape that is enough time to make a 18,500' ascent and see the charming state of Puebla.
Malinche is 14,646' high and can be used as a training mountain or as an alternative if ascending Orizaba is too daunting. In comparison, Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. Whitney can be climbed with no more than a good coat and sneakers, and I believe the same is true of Malinche,
The famous mural by Orozco dramatizes the pain and suffering of the birth of the Meztizo's in Mexico (mixed people half European and half indigenous). The painting is open to multiple interpretations, as is befitting the subject. Cholula Image
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