Mexico City
Hotel:
Possible things to do:
- Teotihuacan
- National Anthropology Museum
- NYTimes has a full list
- Palacio Nacional and the Diego Rivera Murals
- Mercado de La Ciudadela, crafts market
- Mercado de la Merced, food market
- NaCo
- Desierto de los Leones National Park
- Ride in a gondola
- Mexico City Zoo
- I doubt this is as good as the San Diego zoo, so I don't see the point. --Madeleine
- Apparently there are free concerts at 7pm by the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Nacional de Música
Food:
Teotihuacan
50km from Mexico City, 1 hour. Although there are hotels in the area, this is best done as a day trip, returning back to the city in the same day. There's an information booth near the southwest entrance (Gate 1).
From the Lonely Planet: There's an information booth near the southwest entrance (Gate 1).
Crowds at the ruins (admission M$45, 7am-6pm) are thickest from 10am to 2pm, and it's busiest on Sunday and holidays. Bring a hat and water - most visitors end up walking several kilometers, and the midday sun can be intense. Afternoon rain showers are common from June to September.
Getting there by bus: Autobuses Mexico-San Jan Teotihuacan runs buses from Mexico City's Terminal Norte to the ruins every 15 minutes from 7am to 6pm. (Make sure your bus is headed for "Los Piramides", not the nearby town of San Jan Teotihuacan.) Buses arrive and depart from near Gate 1, by the southwest entrance to the site.
Puebla
Hotel:
- The driving guide recommends "Palas or Palace, on 2 Oriente, a block from the zócalo and about four blocks from Los Sapos" as a cheap hotel
- Orbitz has a list, most hotels are around $100/room/night
- Lonely Planet has a map of the area and list of hotels, their pick is Hotel Colonial
Oaxaca
Drive:
Possible things to do:
- Ethnobotanical garden
- Oaxaca Monte Alban & Atzompa community market (home of the chia pet)
- Walk around the Zocalo
- Mercado Benito Juarez is nearby
- Abastos Market
- see a big tree
Food:
- Eat grasshoppers!
- Vegetarian restaurants
Dates
August 14
- 3:50 PM Chris & Madeleine arrive
August 15
August 16
August 17
- Chris and Mad go to Teotihuacan
August 18
August 19
- 10? PM Mako arrives
- Get rental car at airport while waiting for him
- ~11PM - midnight: Drive to Puebla de Zaragoza
- Hotel:
- Palace
- 2 Oriente # 13 Tel +52-222-242-4030
August 20
- morning: drive to Oaxaca (~ 3.5 hours not including stops)
August 21
August 22
- 7:04 AM Chris & Madeleine leave
