Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:26:15 -0700
Reply-To: Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Mexico Vanagon honeymoon
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Hey Wes,
Just a note on the Bing maps, if you zoom in a bit you can drag your route
around the map making it really easy to build trip direction information to
the places you want to go.
MT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
pickle vanagon
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:00 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Mexico Vanagon honeymoon
Thanks for all of the replies!!
We're aware of the safety issues, and plan on not spending any time in
border cities at all. We plan to cross in the morning, and drive a long day
south the first day. Frank's tip on the rural border crossing sounds good.
My original thought was to cross somewhere big enough that we would be close
to the highway and be making good time going south right away. But this
rural option sounds like it might be more hassle-free?
The bing link I posted still works for me (google maps doesn't seem to do
mexico directions, unfortunately) but for those trying to get what I was
looking at, I just typed in from: new york, ny to: progreso, mexico and
haven't played around with the route yet at all past that.
Speaking of which, does anyone have recommendations for a good (or less bad)
road atlas for Mexico? Or a book with good advice about which roads might
be good to take, from a safety/convenience perspective?
Thanks again,
Wes
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:40 PM, pickle vanagon
<greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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/#JmNwPTI5LjMyNDQxOTQ5ODQ0MzYxOH4tODYuNTMyMDgw
> NzY5NTM4ODgmbHZsPTQmc3R5PXImcnRwPXBvcy40MC43MTQ1NV8tNzQuMDA3MTI1X05ldy
> UyMFlvcmslMkMlMjBOWV9fX2VffnBvcy4yMS4yODU5NTM3NDUyNDU5MzRfLTg5LjY1MjE0
> Njk5NTA2NzZfUHJvZ3Jlc28lMkMlMjBNZXhpY29fX19lXyZtb2RlPUQmcnRvcD0wfjB+MH
> 4=
>
> 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
>
>
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