Travel plans/Summer 2009 (Mexico)

Mexico City

Hotel:

• http://www.choicehotelsmexico.com/hotels/hotelServices?hotel=MX046

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:

• Gold Taco
• other Vegetarian restaurants

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

wikitravel link

Drive:

• http://www.howtodothings.com/travel/how-to-drive-from-mexico-city-to-oaxaca

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 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 22

• 7:04 AM Chris & Madeleine leave