Silversard (Stephen) and MsSardo (Patricia) are two very excited people because WE are just about six months out from living in southern Mexico. Here is “the Plan.” We “leave on a jet plane” for Veracruz, Mexico, on 01-29-08, where we will spend a few days snorkelling before traveling by bus to the mountain city of Xalapa. Upon arrival in Xalapa, we hope to take up residence in the city for one or two months. We have never been to Veracruz or Xalapa and thought it would be nice to start our retirement in two new places in Mexico.
After some time in Xalapa, we will travel to Oaxaca City, a city that we have visited several times. We are interested in Oaxaca City for a possible residence but will be in a “traveler” mode on our first trip, attempting to see more of the “Central Valley” at a more leisurely pace than in times past.
At some point in our explorations, we may “branch out” from Oaxaca City and travel to Puebla. We have heard that the city has many nice parks, and we know from experience some very nice people. Upon arrival in Puebla, we will be at about 6000 feet which should provide some relief from the ”warming” temperatures.
We may then turn our attention to a small city named Tlaxcala just a short distance to the east of Mexico City. We would like to meet Bob Cox, an expatriate, who lives nearby and is a professional “genuine tourist” guide. In recent weeks he has set up his first Yahoo Grupo about Tlaxcal which you can check out at –
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TlaxcalaTourism/
Of course, it may be even “hotter” by then, so we thought escaping to Tlaxcala at 7,200 feet may be offer some relief. If not, I suppose we could just go higher 
Regardless, we will return to Oaxaca City by late May because we will need to fly back to Chicago, USA, in order to re-unite with our family and spend some of the summer traveling in the western USA.
Our travels would not be complete, however, without spending some time on the southern Pacific coast in Huatulco, near Santa Cruz. We have been visiting Huatulco since 1998 enjoy its small town, laid back atmosphere. We hope to spend some time visiting with Roberto and Pauline of Hurricane Divers. Roberto also recently launched at new Yahoo Grupo website at –
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hurricanedivers/
You might want to check out all of his newly posted underwater videos.
You can follow us in our travels by checking us out at –
http://www.genuine-tourist.com
because it will direct you to websites that we are posting on during our travels. Yes, sometimes it will take you to Xalapa (Jalapa) or Veracruz or Oaxaca City or Tlaxcala or Puebla or Huatulco . . . just try it and see.
