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Tourism In The Living Culture For Non-Spanish-Speakers
Until recently if you didn’t speak Spanish, the only way to see Mexico was through the windows of tour buses. But it’s changing. Today taking second class and third class buses you can visit small towns and tiny villages and even “watering holes” out in the countryside.
And you only need three things. One is the desire to get to know the people of Mexico, Mexico’s just plain folks. The second
is a home base, and the third is someone to choreograph getting you there and getting you home.
The desire is easy. Mexico’s warm and friendly people welcome you (and especially so here in the state of Veracruz). How can you not want to meet them and see their daily lives in action? How can you not wish to participate in fiestas, and ceremonies, and in the happy or sometimes poignant little moments of daily life? It’s always been easy to have the desire.
What’s new is that now in Mexico there are those ready to help. They supply a home base, a point of departure. They work with you on destinations, and they help you line up bus tickets and have someone on the other end meet you. And after a day or two or even more, on the other end someone there gets you back on the bus to your home base.
The next day or the day after, it’s time to head out again. The home base staff gets you lined out, and you’re back on the road. And in an hour or a few hours you’re right back where you’d never dreamed of being able to be—in another tiny town or village, or in a river valley loaded with adventure and ecology activities, or for a day or overnight in a spectacular city. It’s all yours.
A home base and folks to help you make arrangements is all it takes. You might want to check out Mexico Cultural Tourism dot Com. They’re an example of a home-base-and-help group located in the fun and exciting city of Veracruz.
Eric Langner November 26, 2007 11:26 AM