If you are planning a vacation trip overseas, it is always a good idea to check on the best month to visit the place. You would not want to spend your summer vacation trip inside your hotel room because you came in the place during their winter or rainy season.

Cabo San Lucas is one of the places in the world where it has a very good weather all year round. You will get to enjoy the sun anytime of the year. The only advantage of coming in Cabo San Lucas during summer will be the discounted packages in hotels.

During summer, the weather in Cabo San Lucas could range from a seventy-degree lows and ninety-degree highs. Winter temperature is usually at sixty-degree low and seventy-degree high.

The heart of San Miguel which is Guanajuato is known for their colorful ceramic art. There are two renowned shops there where you find the best of these ceramic products. One is the Zocalo where a wide array of artisan clay masks, pottery, Mexican folk art, figurines and ceramics are on display. All the artistic products here were made by various national Mexican artists.

If you are more into the green side of things, then visit Terra where you can find lots of planters and pots in Mexican designs.

Photos via casazocalo.com and naturalgardening.blogspot.com

Here are some practical tips that I can share with you when you arrive in Mexico. I will be doing two parts of articles with this topic because I have a lot to share with you.

Car Valets in Mexico

Once you arrive in Mexico and decided to rent your own car from the Airport going to your hotel or when you go to restaurants and bar, and you have your car parked by valet service, you may want to tip the attendant around with $1 or its equivalent in Mexican peso when you leave. Unless of the establishment pre advertised a higher rate of the service, you can just leave without tipping.

Porters in Mexico

When you arrive at a bus station, hotel, or airport, porters nearby usually waits for tourists to take their bags. If you want to avail with their services, you can pay them $1 per bag or in the Mexican peso equivalent. This is sufficient enough, unless there are more bags that the porter carries or your bag is an over-sized luggage or heavier than the normal luggage.

Check out more of my practical tips on my next posts.

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Here are additional tips that you can use when you travel to Mexico:

If you are going to the beach, you might be mesmerize with the beauty of the coral reefs. Never stand on or touch the corals. It is very damaging to the coral.

When booking your vacation on a beach hotel, remember to be specific with your needs. Not all beach or ocean front are swimable. You might be disappointed when you go there and just realize that you cannot swim.

Always keep a few toilet seat covers folded. You can put them in a ziplock bag.

Bring a thermal mug with lids to keep your coffee hot in the morning and keep drinks cold when yo go to the beach.

Always bring a $2 USD bills. It is always good to tip with them. You get more miles for your buck when renting small taxi. I suggest to ask your bank and order small $2 bills at least two weeks before you leave.

These are just some great reminders that you may want to consider before leaving to Mexico. Good Luck!

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If you are traveling to Mexico with Your Digital Camera, here are some tips that you may want to know:

If you are bringing a DSLR with a nice zoom lens, and you are headed to one of the beaches of Mexico, be careful of using your digital camera because the sands of Mexico beaches are so fine that they could actually jam your zoom lens when it closes making your camera inoperable. To avoid this always clean and make sure your zoom lens is free from debris before closing it. You can just also bring a wide angle prime lens and a 50mm lens to avoid the zooming effect.

Do not forget to carry lots of  memory cards. Mexico has full of wonderful places to visit that you almost want to carry them back with your DSLR. So, instead of restraining yourself with our clicks, you might as well want to bring more memory cards.

Do not forget your batteries and your camera charger. Your digital camera or DSLR will be working double time when you go to Mexico so consider the fact that you will be charging them when you are in Mexico.

These are just some of the tips that I can share with you base from my experiences. Good luck and happy trip!

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If you are going on vacation to Mexico, and you want to party and enjoy the night life there, here are some tips about drinking alcohol in Mexico:

You can drink alcohol in Mexico if you are already in the legal age of 18 and up. This is the reason why many teenage Americans fly south to Mexico for a weekend or longer. There are some rare instances where some bar or counters in Mexico that serves alcohol will asks for identification card to check if you are really on the right age.

Mexican stores, bars, and restaurants are allowed to sell alcohol 24 hours a day. Technically it is illegal to drink on the street in Mexico, however, some poeple do especially in tourists areas.

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If you want to do some bank transactions in Mexico, you need to know that banks in Mexico Mexico operates from a commercial view point. Branches of different banks are open from 9 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon in many cities of Mexico and big towns.

HSBC Mexico branch usually opens from 8 in the morning to 8 in the afternoon six days a week. For commercial office that are US or UK branch, usually their business hours opens at 8 in the morning until 6 in the afternoon. Lunch break usually last from an hour from 12 noon until 1 in the afternoon.

If you will visit churches in Mexico, some of the churches are open permanently. However, others are closed when they do not have any service especially if the church have some valuables or expensive artifacts inside.

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If you will travel to Mexico business hours in big towns for shopping is around 10 or 11 am. It will continue until 9 to 10 pm. Most of the shops in the cities of Mexico are open 7 days a week. Smaller stores may be closed on Sundays, except for tourist spots at high season.

Public holdays like Easter and Christmas are observed and most establishments are closed. However, big holiday stores and bigger towns and tourist spots are still open.

Smaller towns will more likely to have limited opening hours. Usually they are closed between 2 in the afternoon until 4 PM. You can also check locally before you go out of your hotel and ask if the destination you want to go is open.

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Today, digital camera are very affordable and economical. This is also the reason that most of the people who are travelling have digital camera that they carry with them.

A digital camera is already one of the things that you should not forget when travelling to  a different place especially if you are visiting a place that is continents away. If you are travelling to Mexico, the more that you should bring a digital camera with you. Trust me, you need to bring one.

When I do not know anything about gadgets when I first visited Mexico City. Yes, you are guessing it right, I am not carrying any camera with me. It was too bad that I did not carry one because when I reached Mexico, the scenery was spectacular that I wanted to capture it. Unfortunately, I was not prepared to see such beauty so I was not able to take some pictures of the the beautiful things I have experienced when I travelled to Mexico City. So, if you are planning on a vacation at Mexico City, Do not forget to bring your digital camera with you. If you do not have one, I suggest you start surfing and searching for one!
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If you are traveling to Mexico for a luxurious beach vacation, be careful with your digital camera. The beach sand gets on the zoom lens when it closes the sand can jam the zoom lens making your camera inoperable. In order to avoid this, make sure the zoom lens is free from any debris before you close it.

Make sure to bring enough batteries for your camera and memory cards before you go to mexico. If you forgot to buy these, you can always purchase them at Yucatan Peninsula, Mayan Riviera, and Cancun. Although they are much more cheaper to buy them at a discount store back home.

These are just some of the reminders that you may consider when you prepare your digital camera before going to Mexico. Have a wonderful time!

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