| Greening in Jalisco | We’re sitting in the afternoon shade of the dining patio in a vegetarian restaurant in Ajijic, chatting with Greg Ochs. Our topic: the state of all things green in this enchanted part of Mexico—the northern shore of Mexico’s largest natural lake, Lago de Chapala. The lake is drama itself. Once […]
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| Costa Maya Verde | Update: Balamku Inn on the Beach has been nominated for the Leading Green Hotel category in Central America and Mexico by World Travel Awards. Established in 1993, World Travel Awards celebrates excellence in the world’s travel and tourism industry. With thousands of votes cast by travel professionals from 183,000 travel […]
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| Oaxaca Gets It | Now we know why Oaxaca City, capital of Oaxaca state, is known far and wide as the food mecca of Mexico. The art of Mexican cuisine is revered here, savored slowly, with home cooks and restaurant chefs zealously guarding personal secrets for moles (they make 7 major kinds here) and […]
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| G For Giving | Giving back is totally, totally green. As a responsible green traveler, contributing to a more healthy future for local—especially indigenous—communities is as important as finding that great green hotel or restaurant. After all, what’s more soul-satisfying than helping impoverished kids get crisp new school uniforms, or their grandparents getting their […]
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| San Cristóbal Green | Chiapas is Mexico’s southernmost state, its poorest, with a troubled recent history (remember the Zapatista rebellion of 1994?). But it is also one of the most beautiful. And of all the grand colonial-era cities in this region of Mexico, we find San Cristóbal de las Casas, in the highlands of […]
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| Costa Maya Verde | Mexican marketeers call this stretch of their Caribbean the Costa Maya. Just 4 hours’ drive south of Cancun, it’s a world apart. Quiet, with the tourist infrastructure still minimal (this won’t last). But the weather is just as warm, the sand as silky, and the tropical vistas glorious. The clear […]
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| A Dispiriting Hunt | The capital city of Mexico’s Yucatan state, Mérida, is many things to many people. Large—nearly 800 thousand. Commercial—busy, busy, busy, the region’s business hub. Cultural—the best museums and other forms of cultural vitality on the peninsula. Historic—graced in its centro with many fine plazas and impressive Mexican colonial homes. One […]
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| Tulum Is It | Looking for green on Mexico’s Riviera Maya,the 80+ miles edging the Caribbean coast southward from Cancun? Here’s our advice: Go right on past Playa del Carmen, which can be fun and has decent restaurants but hasn’t seemed to have heard that the party will soon be over if they don’t […]
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| Elements of Green | Whether you favor the notion that Isla Mujeres (Island of Women) got its name from images of Mayan goddesses that the 16th-century Spaniards discovered here or the legend that this is where pirates of the Caribbean secreted their their special ladies, the place has a feminine vibe. Sultry. Welcoming. Gentle, […]
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