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Eco Travels in Mexico

MEXICO WIKI
MEXICO FORUM

Para mí sólo recorrer los caminos que tienen corazón, cualquier camino que tenga corazón. (I only trek the paths that have heart, whatever path that has heart.)
- Mexico Notebook

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MICROPHILANTHROPY

Fundraising for Oaxaca Amigos English Classes

RECENT EVENTS

Were you able to attend the 2008 Rural Tourism Fair in Oaxaca? Our event expanded from a one-day fair to a 10-day slow conference! Highlights included a Chinanteco meal at Caldo de Piedra, a Walk with the Weavers in Teotitlán and a visit to an organic garden in Rojas de Cuautemoc. For updates about continuing work and how you can be involved, check out the Oaxaca Wikispace.

HEADLINES

Acapulco
Tourism and Climate Change
Food, Health and Building Communities
Ecotourism's 25th Anniversary
Mexico Premiere
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WORLD TRAVEL DIRECTORY

Canyon Travel - Hotel Eco Paraiso Xixim - Journey Mexico - Academic Tours in Oaxaca - Traditions Mexico Hands-On Tours - gloCaltravel - Hands Up Holidays
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SPANISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

Amigos del Sol - Becari - Instituto Cultural Oaxaca - Solexico - IMAC Spanish
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REGIONAL GUIDES

Exploring Oaxaca
- Our popular regional guide spotlights nature and cultural travel.

Exploring Mexico City
- Our regional guide features a not-so-secret garden.

Exploring Yucatán
- Our popular regional guide features tips on visiting parks and biosphere reserves.

Exploring Baja
- Our regional guide features Baja's Wild West.

Exploring Copper Canyon
- Our regional guide

Exploring Chiapas
- Our regional guide to waterfalls, archaeological sites and other natural splendors.

Exploring Jalisco
- Our regional guide to rural travel and colonial city splender.

Exploring the Borderlands
- Our guide to the Mexico/USA borderlands

PLANETA FORUM

Mexico
Updates to our Mexico Guide
Conversation with Hector Ceballos-Lascurain
GUIDELINES

FLICKR

Lessons from Mexico
Re-Imagining North American Ecotourism
Mexican Palette
World Birds
ONLINE FLICKR

VIDEO

Ahuehuetes
Bike Ride to Monte Albán
VIDEO

WIKI

Mexico - Planeta Wikispace
Oaxaca Wikispace
Mexico
ONLINE WIKI

THINGS TO DO

Things to do in Guadalajara
Things to do in Mexico City
Things to do in Oaxaca City
Things to do in Mérida

PARKS

Mexico Parks
Mexico Parks Explained
UNESCO Heritage Sites in Mexico
UNESCO Web Tour
CONANP
PARKS

CITY PARKS

Viveros Garden
Xochimilco
Gardens, Parks and Plazas in Oaxaca de Juárez
URBAN ECOTOURISM

FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

Earth Day
Easter in Mexico
Viernes de Dolores
FESTIVALS

WILDLIFE

Birds
Turtles
Whales
WILDLIFE

CULTURE

Mexico Art
Mexico Slang
Mexico Sports

CITY GUIDES

Acapulco
DF (Mexico City)
Guadalajara
Mérida
Monterrey
Oaxaca City
Puebla City
Puerto Morelos
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Tepic
Veracruz City
MEXICO CITIES
MEXICO STATES

CULTURE

Mexico Markets

FESTIVALS

Day of the Dead

OUTDOORS

Biking in Mexico
- Get ready to spin your wheels.

Mountaineering in Mexico
- Climb a mountain.

Mexico Water Sports
- Get wet and wild by taking a rafting or kayaking trip

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Indigenous Mexico
- New feature

Aztecs
- In only two centuries, the Aztecs rose from a wandering tribe to the rulers of an enormous empire.

Exploring the Mundo Maya
- Take a peak into the Maya World

TOURISM

Understanding Community Tourism
- Includes an index of Mexico Links

Exploring Ecotourism: Mexico
- Upcoming feature

WEB 1, 2, 3

Strategies for using Web 2.0
Web 1, 2, 3 Forum
Indispensable Tools

BLOGS

Mexico Premiere
BLOGS
MEXICO NEWS BLOGS

MEXICO

RECOMMENDED READING

Featured Titles: Lonely Planet Mexico, Mexico and Central America Handbook, Mexico: Traveler's Literary Companion, Crafts of Mexico, Devil's Book of Culture, Oaxaca Handbook, Western Mexico: A Traveller's Treasury, Where the Sky is Born
Bibliographies: Mexico | Northern Border | The Maya | Business | Ecotourism | Environment
News: Mexico News Sources | Newsgoogled
More Books: New Titles | Top Shelf | Publishers

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IMPROVING OUR COVERAGE

To improve our Mexico guide in the age of Web 1, 2, 3, we ask the following questions:

What are recommended information sources for visitors?
Is there a map of protected areas?
What current work deserves kudos?

Editorial suggestions are welcome.

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Here are some of our favorites: Aventura Vertical - Buen Viaje - Current Time in Mexico City - Mexico Altars - Mexico Connect - Mexico Meta Guide 2.0 - People's Guide - Thorn Tree Mexico - XPMexico
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FREE DOWNLOAD

Responsible Tourism Handbook, 2006
- This anthology focuses on responsible tourism around the globe and was prepared by the publishers and editors of Transitions Abroad. Free download as PDF (2 megs)

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