Traveling in Mexico has been a big part of my life for the past 24 years. It started when I was a Rotary Club exchange student. I spent my tenth grade in Saltillo, Coahuila - a relatively large but little-visited city in Northeastern Mexico. In Saltillo I met some really good friends and learned to speak Spanish. During Christmas break I bussed and hitch-hiked my way down to Oaxaca with three friends and stayed in a hut on the beach in Zipolite for a week.
That was pretty much what started it, and for the next ten years I spent as much time as possible backpacking around Mexico. Usually I would go by myself, but sometimes I would travel with friends or a girlfriend. At that time I mostly traveled in central and southwestern Mexico - Mexico City, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, Tabasco, Guerrero, and Michoacan - but also made it out to Veracruz and the Yucatan.
After I met my wife things changed. Our focus switched to diving more and we started staying in a lot nicer hotels. My uncle bought a condo/apartment just south of Puerto Vallarta, so we have spent a lot of time traveling around Jalisco and Nayarit. We have also gone back to Quintana Roo several times, mostly for cave-diving in the cenotes.
I am hoping that other members might share their experiences traveling in Mexico, so post away - photos, too, if possible!
I'll start with a little beach South of Puerto Vallarta called Tehuamixtle.
The road there used to be about 40 miles of narrow washboards, but has been improved a lot over the last ten years.
Overlooking the cove.
The boat ramp makes shore-diving ridiculously easy. About 75 yards offshore is a wrecked shrimp trawler that can be entered on very calm days.
From above you can see how clear the water is - not Caribbean-clear, but very good visibility for the Eastern Pacific.
My wife took this picture of me filming a stingray.
Drying out the gear.
Birds following an incoming panga.
Looking down the beach.
That was pretty much what started it, and for the next ten years I spent as much time as possible backpacking around Mexico. Usually I would go by myself, but sometimes I would travel with friends or a girlfriend. At that time I mostly traveled in central and southwestern Mexico - Mexico City, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, Tabasco, Guerrero, and Michoacan - but also made it out to Veracruz and the Yucatan.
After I met my wife things changed. Our focus switched to diving more and we started staying in a lot nicer hotels. My uncle bought a condo/apartment just south of Puerto Vallarta, so we have spent a lot of time traveling around Jalisco and Nayarit. We have also gone back to Quintana Roo several times, mostly for cave-diving in the cenotes.
I am hoping that other members might share their experiences traveling in Mexico, so post away - photos, too, if possible!
I'll start with a little beach South of Puerto Vallarta called Tehuamixtle.
The road there used to be about 40 miles of narrow washboards, but has been improved a lot over the last ten years.
Overlooking the cove.
The boat ramp makes shore-diving ridiculously easy. About 75 yards offshore is a wrecked shrimp trawler that can be entered on very calm days.
From above you can see how clear the water is - not Caribbean-clear, but very good visibility for the Eastern Pacific.
My wife took this picture of me filming a stingray.
Drying out the gear.
Birds following an incoming panga.
Looking down the beach.
