Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:16:59 -0700
Reply-To: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Mexico Vanagon honeymoon
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Please be careful. It's more than a little scary in Mexico these days,
especially near your route.
Here's the current US Gov. travel warning:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_4755.html
Congrats,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
pickle vanagon
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 3:41 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Mexico Vanagon honeymoon
We're getting married July 31st (!!!!) and are planning a vanagon-trip
honeymoon to Mexico.
Our general plan is to very roughly follow a route like this:
http://www.bing.com/maps/#JmNwPTI5LjMyNDQxOTQ5ODQ0MzYxOH4tODYuNTMyMDgwNzY5NT
M4ODgmbHZsPTQmc3R5PXImcnRwPXBvcy40MC43MTQ1NV8tNzQuMDA3MTI1X05ldyUyMFlvcmslMk
MlMjBOWV9fX2VffnBvcy4yMS4yODU5NTM3NDUyNDU5MzRfLTg5LjY1MjE0Njk5NTA2NzZfUHJvZ3
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We are only going to have 3 and half weeks or so for the whole trip. So,
here's where it gets a little crazy. The plan is to ship the van from
Progreso, Mexico back to Panama City, Fl with these guys:
http://www.lineaships.com/contacts.html to save from having to make a bad
dash on the return.
It's a 3 day transit, during which time we'll fly to Orlando from Merida and
go to Disneyworld or Universal or something like that, and then meet up with
the van in Panama City with a rental car. Then we sprint back to New York.
As crazy as this sounds, I think it is surprisingly feasible. The shipping
rate is going to run around $570 not including brokerage fees, and I think
the flight would be under $400 each ticket.
So... I'm looking for suggestions on what to do on the trip... we are hoping
to spend a good amount of time at Ruins at the end, but we know very little
about what there is to see in Mexico and figure the list would be a great
resource.
Also, any practical suggestions regarding the above crazy plan would
obviously be appreciated. I know it's a short amount of time for a trip
like that, but I think we understand the tradeoffs of covering a lot in
little time... we did a coast-to-coast trip two summers back (photos here
for those who missed them! http://picasaweb.google.com/mchikina/RoadTrip#)
in 3 weeks and had a great time.
Thanks so much!!!
Wes and Maria