moisheh
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We were watching the CNN show about eating in Mexico. Great show. When she went to Oaxaca my heart was racing! We started to talk about all the good times we had in Oaxaca and Chiapas. I am researching smaller MH's. Maybe a Class C or larger B. Our Dynasty is just too big for Mexico ! I really would like to find a Classic unit. Maybe a Superior. Or an Argosy. Nothing bigger than 28 ft. Our old Clark Cortez would have been perfect.
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Wm.Elliot
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A hotel we've stayed at previously in Taxco was very busy a few days ago - possibly full. Town, of course was very crowded. The post Semanta Santa slowdown has yet to arrive. Still, after 16 days in Mexico I've not seen a US or Canadian plated vehicle. The crowds are all Nationals.
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Talleyho69
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They are all nationals here, too. As predicted, they started arriving late the Wednesday before Easter and left by Sunday morning.
Looks like we are picking up a few more for the weekend, arriving today. Then it will be the beginning of one of our very quiet seasons until school gets out the end of June.
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Wm.Elliot
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Morelia is very busy too. The hotel we're at is either full or nearly full every night. All Mexican nationals; families and business people. A noticeable scarcity of US or Canadians.
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playaboy
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Why would you expect to see a bunch of gringos during a very Mexican vacation period? Sure you would see a bunch of Spring breakers in places like Cancun or PV but not in places like Zihua, Morelia, Chapala.
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Wm.Elliot
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We've been in Mexico nearly 3 weeks now. I've lost count of how many times we've been in Mexico - always for a month at a time. The number is between 15-20 times though. Practically every visit occurred around Easter. When I comment that there is a noticeable absence of people from the US and Canada there is some factual basis in my observation.
When we first started RVing in Mexico (1999) there were more campgrounds and more campers. First the campers from the US disappeared - it was then mostly Canadians - then those dropped off too, then the open campgrounds closed. Now even US & Canadian tourists seem to have absented themselves from Mexico.
I'm confident that the cruise ships will still be disgorging tourists at ports for a few hours at a time and passenger jets will be flying tourists in to Cancun, but out on the highways there is a very perceptible change.
Maybe it's Covid-19 nesting, media coverage which tends to ignore internal US violence in favor of Mexican violence, the economy, or societal changes away from Jack Kerouac's style of Mexican adventurism in favor of artificial Disney vacations... I don't know.
It is a shame that people will miss something that we've enjoyed so much, a shame that Mexico's tourist industry is now more internal than it was.
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moisheh
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There are a lot of reasons for the lack of RV'rs. The Mexican Government has never encouraged rv'ing. They want the planes to land bsu the tourists to some hotel where they have a Mexico night(??) and maybe 5 days later send them back to Saskatchewan. Today's Rv'rs are not like the regulars on this forum. They expect USA style campgrounds, better highways and more. There is always the fear of violence. Nothing we can say or do will change their thinking. We are planning on returning to southern Mexico in December. Right now I am looking for a smaller MH for our travels. I really miss the Churches. It is hard to get up to date CG information. I googled and anything I found was useless. The Overlanders site is really not very good. Mexico Mike is decades behind There is not much current information on RV.NET. At one time every year there were posts about new and closed CG's, highway information and more. I tried to find a CG in Oaxaca and San Cristobal. There is one close to Oaxaca city but I see nothing in Chiapas that can take even a 30 ft. MH. 2 of your favorite spots. We do not bring a toad and that does help in getting through tight city streets. We overnight in Pemex's with no worries but I am not comfortable in leaving our unit anywhere that is not a CG or gated lot.
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Wm.Elliot
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Spot on.
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qtla9111
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I find iOverlander worthless. I've searched it for both Mexico and the U.S. I only checked using the wild and informal camping sites. In Mexico it appears to be more for off-road or 4x4 campers.
I'm an avid Facebook user but find that the RV groups there are not much better. It's mostly well-established rv parks. Those dedicated to boondocking usually don't share places or are not specific enough.
I miss this site although I have been checking it more lately.
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Talleyho69
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Please keep checking it, we are told that things are going to change dramatically "soon.".
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