Veracruz for foreigners: an introduction
Updated December, 2009
When we tell people that we go to Mexico often, they always ask "Cancun or Puerto Vallarta?" When we tell them "Veracruz"' they always ask, "Where is that?". The State of Vera...
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Fear Of Driving In Mexico Quickly Healed
In 1969 I made my first trip to Mexico by car. At age 18 I drove my grandmother and mother from Kansas City to Eagle Pass, Texas, to visit an uncle and family and they suggested we drive across the bor...
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I Love Mexico And A Mexican
My love for Mexico began at age 18. My first trip to Mexico was in the company of my grandmother and mother whom I drove down to visit my uncle who was a US Border Patrolman. I had never been in Texas ...
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Keeping in touch from Mexico
(The rates quoted in this article are as of August 1998)
When I first started traveling in Mexico in the '60s, it was truly like going back in time. If you wanted to place a call back to the States or...
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Mexican behaviorf or gringos: A short primer
There are many positive things about the US and her people. Having traveled widely, including Communist countries, I have seen what can happen when there is neither freedom nor even the ability to have...
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Mechanics in Mexico
If you are going to drive much in Mexico, you need to become at peace with the way Mexican mechanics work.
In the old days (1970's and 80's) the smart driver touring Mexico would take a VW and have no...
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Driving in Mexico: A personal perspective
Ever since I was 18 years old (29 years ago) I have been driving to Mexico on vacations and business.
My first trip,at age 18, got me hooked. How could you not like a country where the people are frie...
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