Poll results- The Flavour of Your Vacations
Here's the results of our vacation poll......
Swank all inclusive resorts on the beach. Pamper me baby.- 5 votes, 27%
Non AI Luxury Resorts, I'd rather experience food outside the resort.- 4 votes, 22%
Condo rentals, I like my home away from home.- 4 votes, 22%
Cheap but cheerful hotels off the main tourist area. I can travel more often if I do it cheap.- 7 votes, 38%
Eco lodgings in a more remote area make mine quiet please!- 2 votes, 11%
Back pack and a map, let me explore. I can always pop a tent if I can't find a room.- 2 votes, 11%
I just fly to my private island where I don't have to mingle with the turistas.- 0, zip, zero, nada
So, an interesting mix but about what I expected. I must say I am disappointed to learn that none of you have a private island, I was going to wrangle myself an invitation!
Swank all inclusive resorts on the beach. Pamper me baby.- 5 votes, 27%
Non AI Luxury Resorts, I'd rather experience food outside the resort.- 4 votes, 22%
Condo rentals, I like my home away from home.- 4 votes, 22%
Cheap but cheerful hotels off the main tourist area. I can travel more often if I do it cheap.- 7 votes, 38%
Eco lodgings in a more remote area make mine quiet please!- 2 votes, 11%
Back pack and a map, let me explore. I can always pop a tent if I can't find a room.- 2 votes, 11%
I just fly to my private island where I don't have to mingle with the turistas.- 0, zip, zero, nada
So, an interesting mix but about what I expected. I must say I am disappointed to learn that none of you have a private island, I was going to wrangle myself an invitation!
Comments
Sorry about that, I thought about it after I posted (after reading your bio) but Blogger won't allow you to edit a poll once someone has replied. My bad, sorry! :)
I think you've found an excellent way to see a lot of interesting places, home on wheels ain't bad at all. We did a lot of trailer trips when I was growing up, reminds me of that.
I know exactly what you mean. Ever since I was 1 every summer/winter holidays my parents would pack my brothers and me up in our two Combi camper vans (with pop-tops and everything!) and we'd travel all across Mexico.
As a kid, I use to love playing "house" with the mini sink and mini stove and mini cooler and mini port-a-potty while my parents drove... it was almost like living in a life-size Barbie house/van. :D
I realize now that thanks to that way of travelling I've been to many hidden corners and seen many beautiful places of Mexico that often get overlooked in the all-inclusive-vacation catalogs! ;)
So a viajar se ha dicho!
Fned.
There is a lot to be said for having your own bathroom and your own sheets, in Mexico or anywhere. The security of just locking your doors, arming your dogs, and spending a night in a Pemex on your way somewhere is pretty nice as well. We are always going off in a direction we hadn't intended because we see something interesting on the map or in a sign. I love that freedom.
When I later left home I use to think "my parents where NUTS to do such a dangerous thing with kids!" but (touch wood) nothing ever happened!
This past summer my brothers and I convinced our parents to take that same trip down to Tulúm in the "viejos" style (you can now make Puebla-Merida in 1 day with the autopista) with the combis and everything. It was my husband's 1st time camping "Fned's family style" and I was pretty apprehensive about the whole sleeping in the gasolinera part (he's such a worry-wrat) but HE LOVED IT, THE ENTIRE TRIP.
You can check out the pics of the "Mexico Combi Expedition 2007" on his Flickr page:
http://flickr.com/photos/gotlight/sets/72157601398051383/
Hope I didn't bore ya!
Fned.