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* 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 | * 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 | ||
* [http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewHotelSearchResults?null&gcid=C11287x439&WT.mc_id=o_ta_merch_dated&DCSext.mc_kw=112104&WT.mc_ev=click&retrieveParams=true&z=69c0&r=2i&z=69c1&r=2j&lastPage=interstitial Orbitz] has a list, most hotels are around $100/room/night | * [http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewHotelSearchResults?null&gcid=C11287x439&WT.mc_id=o_ta_merch_dated&DCSext.mc_kw=112104&WT.mc_ev=click&retrieveParams=true&z=69c0&r=2i&z=69c1&r=2j&lastPage=interstitial 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 == | == Oaxaca == | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 5 August 2009
Mexico City
Hotel:
Possible things to do:
- 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
- Apparently there are free concerts at 7pm by the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Nacional de Música
Food:
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
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
