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Journalist and savvy webmaster Ron Mader sifts through the web to find the most interesting and unusual Mexico-related websites. Ron is the webhost of the popular Planeta.com: Eco Travels in Latin America website -- http://www.planeta.com -- and has written about the internet since the early 1990s.

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La Plaza Abierta: Reviewing Online Resources
Bulletin Boards (10/97)

One of the advantages of the web is that travelers can assist each other with finding critical information, regardless of where they live. Where to go in Oaxaca? Which Spanish language school to attend? Expert advice is available in a keystroke. There are a number of online bulletin boards where travelers can place queries and answer questions on the web.

http://www.mexconnect.com
The content rich site Mexico Connect's very active General Forum, although not a Bulletin Board in the traditional sense, is an excellent place to question and learn about Mexico. The more informative Threads are edited into an indexed "Discussion Threads" Section.
Their Business Forum is an active source of business leads and contacts.

http://www.mexonline.com/
Mexico Amigo is a website in San Diego, California that provides a number of services, including its public bulletin board. The interactive service allows members of this free service to ask questions on living or traveling in Mexico and hints on doing business.

http://www.samexplo.org/board.htm
The South American Explorer's Club is a highly-respected organization with offices in Quito, Ecuador and Lima, Peru. Its bulletin board demonstrates the breadth of interests of member explorers. Want to hike the Andes? Post your query here.

http://www.weblane.com/experiencia/bb/
Travel Messages Service is an all-purpose and frequently-updated service, which lists new cybercafes and links individuals looking for traveling companions. You can also tell your friends that you'll use this site to post notes from your road trip.

http://www.worldculture.com/wwwboard/
Web of Culture is an educational site that features multicultural information and is a terrific resource for students. Want to know the "why?" as well as "what?" Ask here.


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Ron Mader (ron@planeta.com) is a journalist and author of Mexico: Adventures in Nature.
He also hosts Planeta.com (http://www.planeta.com) which in 1999 was awarded the "Lente de Plata" award from The Tourism Secretariat (Sectur) for best Mexico-related website.




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