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One of the things you’re sure to see on just about every menu in Mexico are Quesadillas. Folded corn or wheat tortillas filled with anything and everything then either dry fried in a pan or baked in the oven until lightly browned and crisp around the edges.

Mexico, Cozumel - 2007
mcdog
You can’t get close to the ferry pier in Playa del Carmen without being hassled by ticket sellers. The first to approach us used the ‘conversational’ method, big mistake, we were looking to buy tickets for a ferry, not a tour. We moved on before he finished, the ferry was [...]

Bacalar, Mexico - August 2007
Elaine Hunter - co ordinator, Relief Bacalar
Hi Everyone,
I thought I’d give you a quick update after Hurricane Dean. Please share this with any other family or friends you know may be concerned about our safety.
Bacalar took the brunt of the Category 5 hurricane early Tues. morning (1-7 a.m. was the most [...]

Mexico - Casita Carolina, Bacalar 2007
Dogrose
As the clean-up begins in Mexico after hurricane Dean’s unwelcome visit, Casita Carolina, a picturesque little hotel on the edge of laguna Bacalar is counting the cost.
Although downgraded to category 1 by the time it came inland, Hurricane Dean managed to wreak havoc along the Yucatan coast earlier this [...]

Mexico, Mexico City - May 2007
mcdog
We were out of bed early, this was our final day in Mexico City, and we needed to be out of our room by 1400hrs. Not a problem, we were assured that we would be back from our tour of the city long before that time. So the bags [...]

Mexico, Mexico city - May 2007
Mcdog
There is nothing small or dainty about a club sandwich at Cancun Airport. We had bought one each as belated breakfasts and had struggled to finish them. The waiter asked with a big grin if we wanted anything else and affected surprise when we declined. He wandered off, probably looking [...]

Mexico, Valladolid - May 2007
mcdog
We were up early after sleeping in the what was definitely the worst room we had stayed in since starting this trip. The room looked good but the fan, though it turned, didn’t actually move any air around. Hold a lighter about six inches beneath the fan blades and the [...]

Mexcio, Mahahual - May 2007
Mcdog
Mahahual looked like a ghost town when we arrived on the bus. There were lots of bars on the beach, places to hire jet-skis and kayaks and buy snorkelling and diving trips and souvenirs aplenty but where were the people to provide the money to justify all this effort? They [...]

Mexico - 2007
mcdog
We were introduced to the gentle art of cenote swimming at Cenote Azul, near Bacalar. We caught a taxi from Bacalar to the cenote. There is a well-ventilated restaurant, the biggest we had seen at that point on our trip, at the side of the cenote where swimmers can refresh themselves after [...]

Mexico, Chetumal - April 2007
mcdog
The driver of the taxi we catch from the very modern looking bus station in Chetumal doesn’t have a clue of the whereabouts of the hotel we ask for, we have to show him the address in our guide book. In a few minutes he’s pulled up outside an opening [...]