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so years, we have made a number of trips to Mexico by R.V. These
trips were all taken down the west coast of Mexico, and went as far south as the
Puerto Escondido, Huatulco area. Most of the trips we stayed near to the coast as
we are water people. However, we did go inland to Oaxaca city. That was definitely
worth the trip. The photos on this page are from all over the west coast of
Mexico, and are from a number of different trips that we made. |
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Camped out at the Mr. Moro R.V. park in Playa Las Glorias,
near Guasave.
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The owner of Mr. Moro puts on a free Christmas dinner for all the guests. There is usually also a party for the staff
a few days earlier to which all the R.V.ers are invited.
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Hurricane damage at Playa Las Glorias. The church used to be
at the head of the Main Street.
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Chacala Village, about 80 kilometers north of Puerto Vallarta,
is one of our favorite places in Mexico. You can park on the beach here for about $8 Canadian a day. Beer, tortilla,
fruits, vegetables and drinking
water vendors come by each day so you don't even have to leave the beach.
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Parked in San Bartolo R.V. Park in Mazatlan. This is where
we stayed so we could take in the Mardi Gras Festivities, the third largest Mardi Gras in the World.
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Cleaning
fresh Sierra for dinner. You can buy it right off the boats as they come in.
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Will's daughter Teresa enjoying a cervesa at one of the Potlucks
that the R.V.ers put on at Chacala Beach. We borrowed a beach front restaurant for the
potlucks and bought our liquor for the evening from the proprietor. The Mexican people working
in the restaurant, as well as their friends, joined us to try some of our Canadian and
American food. A number of these pot lucks were held and all were very
successful!
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The
new R.V. park at San Carlos. This is one of the first places most R.V.ers stop at on their way down the west
coast.
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A small bakery near Teacapan, a short way south of Mazatlan.
The baking is done in a wood fired stone oven. You have to know when the various
goodies are due out of the oven in order to get what you want before
everything is sold out, as they are
usually sold out in a hurry. The R.V.ers at the free beach near here know all the times.
This little "hole in the wall" bakery is one of the best we have found
in Mexico.
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Free beach at Tenicatita, some of the
best snorkeling on the west coast is found here.
This small town is not too far north of Manzanillo.
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Our friends, Al and Gay, came down to join us for a while. Here
they can be seen having a very rough time of it at Chacala.
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One of the colorful floats in the Mardi Gras parade in Mazatlan.
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One of the Many Cathedrals in Oaxaca City.
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Beach at
Puerto Escondido.
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| Mexico is easy to travel by R.V. The roads are great. A lot
of them are four lane freeways. There are toll booths, but there are also signs
showing you how to get around them. This usually involves a small detour through
a Mexican town. We have found that you have to watch the truckers. If they take
the free detour, we usually can too, with no problems. | | There are lots of R.V. parks in Mexico although they are not always
well marked. Having a guide book along, like "Mexican Camping"
by Mike and Terry Church, is a great help. They also have a great website at www.rollinghomes.com | | Also, other people in the R.V. parks
will give you directions and information. Very often the R.V.ers get together for "Happy Hour" each day & exchange information on places to go or not to go, places to eat, shop, good beaches, etc. | | A great web site that has pages & pages of information on traveling in Mexico is: www.ontheroadin.com . Their information covers the entire country of Mexico & includes paper work required on entering & exiting, RV parks, shopping, entertainment, roads & road condition, etc. | |
We spend a lot of time parked on free beaches. We have found
it to be perfectly safe. You can leave almost anything sitting around outside,
and it will always be there in the morning. Common sense should be the
"rule of thumb" - if you wouldn't leave it outside at home, why would
you leave it outside in Mexico or any other place you may be. For a number of
years now, some of the European travel guide books have called the United States
one of the most dangerous countries on earth to travel in. We personally feel
much safer in Mexico than we do in the United States.
| | We have found that having a Canadian flag clearly displayed on
our front bumper, gets us past almost all the drug and gun checkpoints. The
American government is the reason behind these checkpoints, and the Mexican
people do resent them being there. Therefore, if they think you are an American,
you will be searched. This seems to be the Mexicans small way of getting back at the Americans. |
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