#25

With the recent coup with CMLL should people watch AAA or The Crash instead, or are the old men in CMLL still worth it?

#26

The crash is only in mexico city sporadically so depends if its on in town when you’re there.
AAA is in town more often but still tours much more, but it does have the strongest roster imo. CMLL is on 2-3 times a week in mexico city so its easier to go see and is good entertainment :man_shrugging:

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#27

Thinking of going to Mexico in Feb/March. Bf really really wants to go to Mexico City, but we also want to go to Tulum.
Has anyone traveled between them any other way apart from flying?

Also how long is enough for Mexico City? I’m thinking like 4/5 days to get us settled and then a week and a half in Tulum.

#28

You can fill as much time as you like. depends what you want to do really.

but id say 5 is better than 4.

#29

As a minimum Id suggest

1 day in condesa/roma
1 day in teotihucan
1 day in coyoacan
1 day in central

then theres xochimilco

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#30

Such an unimaginative name for a city

#31

I gradually travelled between them via coach over the course of a month, but im guessing thats not really what you’re after…

#32

At least five days in Mexico City as you’ll spend two of them stuck in traffic.

#33

Booked to go at the end of Feb.
Yippeeeee!
Wheres good to stay?

Also going to Tulum if anyone has any recs.

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#34

Whereabouts are you going? We went in Nov (Mexico City, Oaxaca, Merida, Holbox) and have loads of recommendations I’d be happy to share from those.

It’s an amazing place!

#35

We’re going flying to Cancun but won’t be staying there so hiring a car to do some of that area. Then we’re going to Mexico city for about 5 days before we come home. A lot to fit in in just 2 weeks!

How was Merida?

#36

The city itself was fine – bit touristy and with a real faded glory but a few great places to eat and drink in the city itself, can send some if you think you’ll go. It’s also really hot and humid. We mostly used it as a base for daytrips out to places like Uxmal and Celestun which were brilliant. It’s also surrounded by Cenotes which I’m sure you’ll have tons of in Tulum but they are so so much fun.

I’ll send some Mexico City recommendations when I get a mo.

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#37

Yes! Went swimming in a centote in Tulum and it was brilliant.

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#38

Yes pls! That would be so nice of you :two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts:

#39

Yes! These are great. Real good one just outside valladolid where blind fish swim into you

#40

I don’t recommend sleeping on the bed in one of the beach side cabanas, even for ten minutes to stretch out after an uncomfortable night sharing a hammock. Unless you like bed bug bites

#41

I was in a cabana half a mile from the beach - no bedbugs, but we did have tarantulas

:man_shrugging:

#42

Was that the Dos Ojos cenotes? We swam in there, and went snorkelling into bat caves. wonderful stuff.

#43

@the_ravens oh crap maybe i dont want to go
i don’t like bed bugs or tarantulas!

#44

Depending on how much driving you want to do, The Calakmul ruins in the south of the Campeche region near the Guatemala boarder are fantastic. It does take a while to get to them, as the last hour plus of driving is down a heavily potholed road through rain forest. There were lots of spider monkeys around we could hear howler monkeys, although we never managed to find them. They were so much more worth visiting than Chichen Itza, which even at 9am was packed with tourists and countless little stands selling souvenirs. You can climb the pyramids in Calakmul too, which offers views of, um, tops of trees