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pedroebc 133 reviews

Luggage and bags: bring a cangaroo wallet for your money... unless you take off all the cloth the robbers can notice your wallet....

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: boots, tennis and sandals.
shorts, jeans, t shirts, sport sweater , rain coat.
depending of the place you can have all kind of weathers in mexico. sun, rain, cold,.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: you dont need a mdical rprescription to get the medicine here in a FARMACIA (drug store) sometimes its the same name becouse the international medicine brands.

Photo Equipment: ELECTRICITY HERE runs different voltage than europe and USA, pluggs you can buy here,
CAMERAS ALL kind of films here.......

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: possible to camp , campsites available... sleepn in homock possible in the beach in some places.
recommended to camp where more people are around

Updated Nov 29, 2011

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pedroebc 133 reviews

Luggage and bags: if you can and you are BACKPACKER bring a small lock and that iron wire you put all around your bag.. just in case are necesary for security
You can buy good products for traveling in Mexico city, Rubens stores have a bunch of products on street Venustiano Carranza in zocalo area in mexico city

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Cloth for all kind of weathers you might bring, since Mexico have lot of different weathers dependind the city and the month

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: some vacinations you might have for these area, specially if you come from Europe, the people there do not have imunition to some bacterias. (ex. milk, water, vegetables)
Malaria can be founded sometimes in the months of september and october in FEW regions in the rainforest in yucatan area.. but always there is a goverment warning.

Photo Equipment: you can get all kind of brands and technology in mexico city, develop photos and burn in Cds

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: bring your medicine and see the formula of the medicine in that case you can find similar one in Mexico...
bring ecological mosquito spray, i n the rain forest specially

Updated Nov 29, 2011

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Luggage and bags: Juan Antonio Mella was murdered at Abraham Gonzalez 31 near reforma avenue ( Tina Modotti was suspiciuous becouse they had a romantic relation. The place was near Panaderia del Aleman
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Marte R Gomez ( politician, friend, and colectionist of Diego Rivera )
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Updated Nov 29, 2011

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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: if you try to explore the rainforest you need to wear long shirts against mosquitos, comfortable boots ...and look around what you touch !!!!

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: dont expouse the first days to much at the sun in the beach, otherwise you can get hard sun burns.... solarcaine product can help in this..

Miscellaneous: THIS IS IN PALENQUE you can have this view if you are in the top of the pyramid of the inscriptions.

if you stay in el Panchan or Mayabell campground you can walk in a alternative road that has waterfalls and reach the ruins
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Care for Your Feet
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Jetgirly 1226 reviews

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: There were days in Mexico whenI feared my feet would never return to normal. Even the short walk to work left the soles of my feet black, and my heels were perpetually cracked. To make matters worse, foot-care products were hard to come by, of poor quality AND ridiculously expensive. You can protect your feet by wearing closed-toed shoes, but when the mercury hits forty degrees (that's celcius!) flip-flops will be looking mighty friendly. To keep your feet soft and clean in Mexico, you'll need to pack your own foot-care supplies. The ONLY thing that worked for me was Freeman Peppermint Plum Foot Scrub, applied with a pumice stone. After scrubbing my feet, I slathered Free Spirit Botanicals' Gardener's Hand Cream (a blend of olive oil, tea tree oil and a billion other natural ingredients) all over my feet and wore indoor flip-flops for the next five or six hours.

Written Jul 30, 2008

Website: http://www.freespiritbotanicals.com/pages-standard/products.php?action=view_cat&category_id=79

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Keep the Bugs Off
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Miscellaneous: If you're heading to a beach location in Mexico, it's nice to bring a variety of insect repellants. I would strongly advise you to bring a Raid plug-in mosquito repellant if you're going to be in an area with a lot of mosquitos. Each insert lasts twelve hours (so you can plug it in once in the morning and once when you return to the hotel room in the evening) and does a great job of keeping the bugs away while you sleep. Somehow, Mexican mosquitos have perfected the art of evading even the best-fitting window screens! For the body, I had great success with Off Deep Woods. It comes in small, non-aerosol spray bottles that fit easily in your carry-on luggage and in your purse through the day in Mexico. A little goes a long way in keeping you bite-free.

Written Jul 30, 2008

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leigh767 293 reviews

Luggage and bags: Exercise usual caution and include a copy of your trip itinerary in your checked in package. this helps the airport stuff decide where to send your luggage in the event that it is lost.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Imodium, just in case.

Photo Equipment: Polarizer for your lens if you have an SLR.

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: Mosquito Repellent is a must in the Cancun area.

Written Jan 14, 2008

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ArenJo 169 reviews

Luggage and bags: If you're planning on riding the metro (subway) right after leaving the airport, don't take anything too heavy because you will be going up and down a lot of stairs.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: I just went in October and the weather was fine day or night. I just went back in the middle of November and it was hot during the day, extremely cold at night. So, if you go that time of year, bring clothing for many different temperatures.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: It is a good idea to bring diarrhea medication because it isn't easy to find and there are many reasons your stomach may get an upset stomach in the area. Actually, all the medication may be a little hard to find there unless you speak perfect Spanish.

Photo Equipment: Keep your cameras close to your body at all times.

Written Nov 16, 2007

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If you like tea - bring it with you!
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susancuozzo 10 reviews

Miscellaneous: Strange but no regular black tea (ie, english breakfast) was available anywhere we went. They only had a small selection of herbal tea and I prefer a black tea so I can add milk. If you need to start your morning with tea, pack some tea bags!

Written Mar 7, 2007

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janewake 8 reviews

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: We travelled around the Yucatan and when away from the coastal tourist zones the mosquitos are terirble. Thank heavens we had with us a Germolene Bites and Stings spray. I had about 20 bites but used this spray and the itching went away. Use it twice and then forget the bites. BLESSED RELIEF. in the tourist zones they spray whole areas against the mossies so it is not really a problem, but I would take the spray or something similar just in case.

Written Feb 17, 2007

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