por creavix | Mar 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
In Mexico we still have many beaches where you can camp and not see anybody. Although they have been populated in the last years. For example, the Zipolite of 30 years ago is no longer the same; nor the Maruata, Michoacan of the early 90’s. Those fishing villages where you could throw in the hammock for hours, or walk kilometers of beach without seeing anyone. Those places to lose you completely are more remote, more hideen.
The beaches of Lagunas de Chacahua is one of those. Thanks mainly to the fact that Lagunas de Chacahua is a National Park, and by law tourism development is not allowed. Then go for it. Put your tent under an enramada, grab a hamaca, and devote yourself to eat a fish in the middle of dissipation and leisure.
Arriving is complicated but easy going. The trip is by land and boat. If you bring extra pesos, grab a taxi and avoid complications. But if you are short of money, take a truck to Rio Grande and from there you will find trucks to Zapotalito. It may be a few hours of hot travel, but it will surely be fun on the picturesque Mexican coast.
Once in Zapotalito you can take a private boat to the Lagunas de Chacahua, to the area of the enramadas. There are also options for collective boats in case you are short of pesos. In about 40 minutes between lagoons you will arrive at that rustic coastal place of palm and wood, full of birds, crocodiles, fishermen who leave at dawn, the sun and the incessant waves. Now rest and enjoy.
Once there, park as many days as you want. If it turns into months, it’s not our fault. Maybe you can visit the turtle sanctuary, or take a walk at night and with luck you can release small turtles. It is a place of natural habitat of diverse birds, pelicans, tiger heron, seagull, all kinds of life between the lagoons and mangroves, you can even take a boat trip to take you to see life or fish. Maybe you just want to stay for sunsets, or learn to surf and visit the mangroves.
There is so much to do. We recommend you go, and mainly lose yourself in the silence of the waves, and live with nature.
por creavix | Mar 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
In Mexico we still have many beaches where you can camp and not see anybody. Although they have been populated in the last years. For example, the Zipolite of 30 years ago is no longer the same; nor the Maruata, Michoacan of the early 90’s. Those fishing villages where you could throw in the hammock for hours, or walk kilometers of beach without seeing anyone. Those places to lose you completely are more remote, more hideen.
The beaches of Lagunas de Chacahua is one of those. Thanks mainly to the fact that Lagunas de Chacahua is a National Park, and by law tourism development is not allowed. Then go for it. Put your tent under an enramada, grab a hamaca, and devote yourself to eat a fish in the middle of dissipation and leisure.
Arriving is complicated but easy going. The trip is by land and boat. If you bring extra pesos, grab a taxi and avoid complications. But if you are short of money, take a truck to Rio Grande and from there you will find trucks to Zapotalito. It may be a few hours of hot travel, but it will surely be fun on the picturesque Mexican coast.
Once in Zapotalito you can take a private boat to the Lagunas de Chacahua, to the area of the enramadas. There are also options for collective boats in case you are short of pesos. In about 40 minutes between lagoons you will arrive at that rustic coastal place of palm and wood, full of birds, crocodiles, fishermen who leave at dawn, the sun and the incessant waves. Now rest and enjoy.
Once there, park as many days as you want. If it turns into months, it’s not our fault. Maybe you can visit the turtle sanctuary, or take a walk at night and with luck you can release small turtles. It is a place of natural habitat of diverse birds, pelicans, tiger heron, seagull, all kinds of life between the lagoons and mangroves, you can even take a boat trip to take you to see life or fish. Maybe you just want to stay for sunsets, or learn to surf and visit the mangroves.
There is so much to do. We recommend you go, and mainly lose yourself in the silence of the waves, and live with nature.
por creavix | Mar 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Surely you’ve heard of Bacalar. Bacalar is a town in the southeast of Mexico, very close to the border with Belize.
The town is on the edge of the Bacalar lagoon … that they call the lagoon of the seven colors, but mainly it is turquoise. You can go slowly to the lagoon, feel a fresh and cold water, and walk hundreds of meters with hardly any water at the waist.
The water is filtered naturally, so the lagoon is large, wide, the sun hot, the clouds static. A place where you will feel water on your face, and you will feel alive.
Why visit it:
- It’s for everyone. If you go with children, alone, with your partner, with your parents on a family trip. Bacalar offers a lot for everyone.
- Is easy to get there. You arrive easy, you stay easy, it has all the services. You can get there by car. If you arrive by air, the nearest airport is Chetumal. You have hotels, a place of pizzas, places of seafood, head tacos, obviously, a vegan place. That is to say, the town and the wide lagoon is already a place with all the services and a relaxed vibe.
- You can swim, sail, kayak, throw yourself in the sun. It is a paradise of water sports. With the constant presence of the lagoon, it is nothing more than you decide what to do. And always by your side will be the pristine stillness of nature.
- There are cenotes nearby. Over there is the Blue Cenote, immense, deep blue and deep and mysterious. Beyond is the Witch’s Cenote, where you can also swim. That is to say, the area of this wide lagoon also has cenotes for you to have a complete dip.
- There are archaeological sites nearby. From the imposing Calakmul to the nearest Xpuhil. It is just a matter of you deciding to leave the placid purr of your deckchair, and go to the top of that pyramid.
- You can imagine times of pirates and conquests in Fort San Felípe. It is very well preserved and is right in the center of the town of Bacalar.
- You can become addicted to its stillness. After you spend a few days you will end up walking slowly in the evening. You can sit on a pier for hours only to feel the wind. The time will pass without notice … and you will have become addicted to the stillness of Bacalar.
Visit the town, the lagoon, the area, the ruins. Fall in love even more with Mexico.
por creavix | Mar 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mexico City has small, hidden places that are worth knowing. The space of El Eco is small and hidden among the traffic, but the architecture transformed the buliding in a place of contemplation and silence. Emotional Architecture on Sullivan Street almost reaching Insurgentes.
In the old Mexico City there was a lake, then boundary lines of the lakes, then the mountains. Over the centuries the city spread out from the center like a circular web, tracing streets that converge to the center: one of them is Sullivan Street. During the day the street is office workers, microbusers, taxi drivers, taqueros and street vendors; at night the prostitutes take the street.
The quiet space of the Experimental Museum Eco is on Sullivan hidden among trees, and in front of the Monument to the Mother, which is a pleasant park. You can go there for an hour and then wander around the old San Rafael neighborhood.
The Museum is an example of Mexican architecture of the twentieth century. The Architect was Mathias Goeritz, a German genius who was in Mexico in the mid-twentieth century.
«Do whatever you want,» said his mecenas to Mathias Goeritz.
The result is a poetic building that opened in 1953 and has been capricious in its history. It began as an experimental museum to expand the languages of the arts. Then it was a restaurant, a nightclub, a theater, a meeting place for political activities. Like everything else, his life has also been erratic.
In 2004 the National Autonomous University of Mexico bought the building and reopened in 2005. Work was done so that the work of art (the museum building itself) returned to its original state.
Go there and revive the architectural legacy of Goeritz. And the efforts to expand the languages of art. Is worth the visit.
por creavix | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mexico has a diversity of destinations. There is forest, desert, mountain, colonial cities, the great city of Mexico; or a deserted beach in your tent.
You can choose a great diversity of plans. Dependent if you go alone, with friends, with your partner, with your family.
Whatever your plan, I’m sure you’ll find hospitality.
Also delicious food, always pleasant weather and many things to do. Here we put some alternatives:
1. The City Of Mexico. A must see of the sites you should know at least once in your life. Huge, gray, monstrous, ancient: the old city of palaces. It offers so much that you can not finish it. And you will want to return.
2. Puerto Vallarta. Located in a large pacific bay, and with direct flights to the largest airports in the United States. There are plans for everyone: from staying on the beach to sunning, to kite surfing, diving, fishing, mountain biking. Walk through its picturesque center in the afternoon, and have an exquisite dinner.
3. Chiapas. The southern state that borders Guatemala. One of the most filled with history, full of a Mayan legacy that will not cease to amaze and exuberant vegetation. In Chiapas is Palenque, the famous Mayan ruins; lose yourself going to Bonampak and Yakchilan, ruins lost in the jungle; Visit San Cristobal de las Casas. Here we tell you in detail a trip through Chiapas.
por creavix | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
You are in Mexico City: And there you will find it. It will appear suddenly. It will have the shape of a building dome, but it is the Monument to the Revolution
The Monument to the Revolution is an icon of Mexico City. It is in the Plaza de la Republica. Walk from the center towards Refroma, next to the Alameda, along Calle Juarez, and there you will find it.
A nocturnal, illuminated, silent square. Walk at any time, in the sunset of the sun that gives shade, at night. There all the voragine of the city is concentrated.
It is possible to get on an elevator and reach the copper dome. From there you can see the immense city at 360 degrees. If you are lucky you will see the volcanoes. If you pay attention you will hear the wind, the noise of the dogs, the bustle of the city that beats. Remember that you are in the old City of Palaces.
From the heights of the monument, try to go back to the past.
