Living it up in Acapulco | Rory Spowers | Mexico, Acapulco and Pacific Beaches, Acapulco

Acapulco takes its name from a Nahoa Indian myth about two young lovers, Acatl and Quiahuitl, who were barred from marriage by their parents

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Cancun | John Borthwick | Mexico, The Yucatan, Cancun

The first time I saw Cancun it wasn't there. In the early 1970s, this strip of coast on the north-eastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula was just a strand of white sand quilted with coconut palms and jungle

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A Return to the City | Joe Cummings | Mexico, Central Mexico, Mexico City

I sized up Aztec pyramids and Catholic cathedrals, punk rockers and charro serenaders, poverty-stricken slums and walled villas, and pronounced them all part of the phantasmagoric heart

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Insurgentes Walk | Jasper Winn | Mexico, Central Mexico, Mexico City

Avenida de los Insurgentes, the world’s longest street, bisects Mexico City, crossing from north to south in a single line, and running through every zona from the poorest to the richest

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Mexico City Chic | Matt Morley | Mexico, Central Mexico, Mexico City

Unpretentious, unspoilt and still remarkably free from stars’n’stripes influence, a three-day stay in the DF can be a real joy, if you know what you are doing

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Mezcal: Beyond the Worm | Granville Greene | Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca & Chiapas, Oaxaca

Did you know that tequila is actually a form of mezcal? Join Granville Greene on a journey through mezcal country in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Oaxaca | Matt Morley | Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca & Chiapas, Oaxaca

It may not need re-iterating, but a stay here is rather like visiting Florence or Stratford-Upon-Avon; for a few days at least, the past becomes your raison d’être

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Kayaking Around Cortez | Alf Alderson | Mexico, Baja California and the Pacific Northwest, Baja California

For the kind of adventure I was embarking on, a kayak was the only way to go - not only can it get into places where nothing else can, any idiot can use one

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South of Tijuana | Joe Cummings | Mexico, Baja California and the Pacific Northwest, Baja California

The AAA guide enumerated a lengthy list of automotive parts and tools to be tucked into the trunk before departure. Driving at night sounded like jumping off a bridge with a half-severed bungee cord around your ankles...

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Dive-Camping in the Sea of Cortez | Granville Greene | Mexico, Baja California and the Pacific Northwest, Baja California

From a campsite on Isla Espiritu Santo near La Paz, whales, dolphins, sea lions and manta rays are just a short ride away by dive boat

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