Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hotel Bookings in Mexico

For the Hotels the source was mainly the travel books , we used Lonely Planet,Moon and Frommers. Based on the review and maps we have decided to take Lonely Planet with us for the trip.


1) MEXICO CITY ( 22 /23 / 24 Nov)

Hotel San Francisco
Luis Moya 11, col Centro
Mexico City, Distrito Federal 06050 Mexico
Phone: 55-5521-8960
Web: http://hsanfrancisco.com.mx ( This link never worked for me)

2) PALENQUE ( 24 / 25 Nov)

El Panchán
Carretera Ruinas Km 4.5
Palenque
Chiapas - México
Phone:
Web: www.elpanchan.com


3) CHICHEN ITZA ( 27 /28 Nov)

HOTEL DOLORES ALBA
Km.122 Mérida-Cancún, Free Road (180)
between the ruins and Balankanche caves
Phone: 985-8-58-15-55
Web: www.doloresalba.com

4) CANCUN (29 Nov)

CasaMagna Marriott
Boulevard Kukulcan, Retorno Chac L-41, Zona Hotelera
Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500 Mexico
Phone: 52-998-881-2000
Web: www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/CUNMX

Visa & Air Tickets to Mexico

Mexico visa was a cake walk. As we had a consulate in San Jose downtown it was very convenient. We had to go there twice once to get the appointment and the other to do the finger printing and photo. We got the stamping on the passport the same day ,we waited for little less than an hour. The staff at the consulate were very courteous. The visa is a multiple entry and valid for 6 months You can get all the details on the forms and required documents for the visa at this link.


http://portal.sre.gob.mx/sanjose/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=113&op=page&SubMenu=

At the consulate few people mistook us for native Mexicans and started speaking to us in Spanish and both of us have no knowledge of that language,it will be an adventure for us in Mexico especially the interior country :-)

AIR TICKETS

Well I must say a lot of effort by Raji went into the same. What she found was two one way tickets were cheaper than the return ticket. Also since we had a multi-city plan it worked in our favor. After extensive search on Kayak,Mexicana, Orbitz,Travelocity,Lastminute etc.............. we settled for Mexicana airlines web site.

If you have a long last name as Raji does :-) you will have to call the help desk and get the booking done as the last name field is set at 12 characters!!!!

We are also taking an internal domestic flight from Mexico City to Villehormosa AVIACSA, we booked on the airlines website.

HOLA!! Aquí Vengo MEXICO


Hello here i come Mexico!! ( that's what the title means)

Yes!! Raji and me decided to go to Mexico during the thanksgiving holidays. A 10 day trip starting 21 Nov and back on 30 Nov. We will be covering these places.

Mexico City
Xochimilco
Teohitihucan
Palanque
Agua azul & Misol ha
Chichen itza
Cancun

We wanted this to be a Aztec & Mayan ruins trip so concentrated our efforts towards that. It will be good fun climbing the pyramids of Sun and Moon at Teohitihucan. Appreciating the ruins set in rain forests at Palanque. Visiting one of the new 7 wonders of the world at Chichen Itza......