Mexico! I love Mexico! One of my best guarded secrets is that I watch Mexican telenovelas (soap operas) nightly. They are not like our American soaps. Mexican novelas go on for maybe 3 months and then they are over. They are also such awonderful representation of the Mexican people and Mexican life!
What a shame that so many North Americans are now afraid to travel there. The other day, a client asked me for a vacation that was different. He asked about Cuba...then about Columbia.
I suggested Mexico and was greeted with the shocker that Mexico was "way too dangerous"!
What have the news mongers done with poor Mexico. It is not any more dangerous than anywhere else in the world. There are areas everywhere where it is not advisable to go. Even today, there are bombs dropping in Israel, but hotels and homes have safe rooms to hide in case.
It has not stopped tourism to this wonderful country.
Paris and London both have experienced terrorist activity but tourism is still thriving.
I would not recommend in crossing the border from the US to Mexico these days, but mainland Mexico and even the Yucatan Peninsula can yield some of the most fantastic experiences in the world. To climb the Temple of the Sun and Moon in Tenochtitlan outside of Mexico City is totally awesome. Chichen Itza with it's observatory, temples and senotes (sacrificial sink holes) are amazing. Uxmal in the same area of the Yucatan has one of the most memorable Sound & Light Shows on earth. The Museum of Archaeology in Chapultepec Park in Mexico city is one of the finest in the world. You have to visit all the buildings to get a real feel for what Mexico is about.
A visit to Mexico would not be complete without a stay in one of the fabulous haciendas. There are so many wonderful places with organic gardens and vineyards and serving authentic Mexican organic meals at the tables of these historic homes.
There is so much more to see and do in Mexico. There is more than just Cancun and its resorts. There is the Ballet Folklorico and the symphony, and theatre and wonderful restaurants. There are the cliff divers of Acapulco, and the wonderful ceramics of Pueblo and the silver in Taxco.
Everywhere there is something to do and see.
Mexico is a wonderful country. We need to embrace this historic country and visit. It is not about drug lords and killings. You can watch the telenovelas like I do...or visit and get a taste of the real thing. You won't be in danger or ever sorry that you visited.
Mexico de mis amores!
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