I have three weeks to travel, I am wanting to go to Mexico and Costa Rica, and I'm really tired of flying... Does anyone have any suggestions of alternate ways to get there? Trains, busses, boats....? Whats cheapest, most reliable, safest, easiest, fastest, most exciting... etc? Any suggestions, opinions? Or should I just bite the bullet and fly again?
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Tue, January 1, 2008 - 9:58 AMI think if you have three weeks and want to get to costa rica and back w/o flying, you'll spend most of your time in transit. I don't know anything about boats, but you can definitely bus it. -
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Tue, January 1, 2008 - 12:44 PMagreed, just FYI, it's about a 24 hour non-stop bus ride from Tijuana to Mazatlan (the southern most tip of the baja peninsula), -
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Tue, January 1, 2008 - 3:23 PMIt's 24 hours from Mexico City to Palenque in Chiapas, and then 12 hours to Cancun. This is on a direct bus. Bis service in most of Mexico is excellent, fast and non-stop. That changes as soon as you cross the southern border.
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Tue, January 1, 2008 - 3:25 PMAnd the southernmost tip of Baja is Cabo San Lucas. Mazatlan is pretty much directly across the Sea of Cortes on the Mexican mainland. -
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Tue, January 1, 2008 - 7:33 PMmy bad, I meant to say "on the mainland side".
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Thu, January 3, 2008 - 5:10 PMI have looked into this recently- you can book rountrip tix on Greyhound through to Mexico City for about $500.
Alternatley, go to megabus.com and bus down to San Diego ( or Greyhound or Amtrack), cross the border and take a bus from there- some judicious web surfing will get you some info- and also a website that I haven't used that said it will book tickets and has lots of links.
Or Bus down to La Paz and cross over on the three times per week ferry.
Just so folks know I have found great deals on Mexico City flight through Cabo San Lucas airport- like a week on the beach and then a week on a pyramid for $400 bux.
Or you could get a one way cruise (is that possible?) down to Mazatlan or Acapulco and bus it from there. -
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Re: how to get to there w/out flying....
Sun, January 6, 2008 - 10:03 PMcheck out ticabus for a quality, fast, and not too expensive 3 day ride from the southern border town of MX to Costa Rica. last year it was $90 for this 3 day endeavor not including border fees.
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