June seems to be the time that many people grab vacations. I for one always tried to go on vacation on the off seasons.Lots of friends would go to Hawaii, Mexico and other far off places in June, July and August.
Probably because they had children and the kids were in school.
Now is a different story, no kids at home but they still like to travel in June.
I would think that they would want to test the warm beaches of Mexico or Hawaii during November, December or January, but no......they want the hot humidity to bask in during June.
I would rather meet up with them during the off season and during the cooler months.
We get several phone calls....."Hey what are you guys doing next week? We're coming down to Mexico....."
Some friends we haven't hooked up with for many years and we feel a little guilty when they call and expect us to meet them in the hot, sweaty beaches.
Especially since these friends were flying into Ixtapa. Well at least it's not Acapulco were it's really hot and humid!
The question comes if how many days I can tolerate after enjoying cooler less humid days of mountain climate for the opportunity to be bombarded by noisy screaming kids and adults in overcrowded swimming pools while laying on chaise lounges being pummeled by an occasional wet beach ball.
Uuum, maybe one or two nights.
Ok, well you can't do para-sailing in the mountains, hey maybe there's a business for Patzcuaro, do hang-gliding off the high mountains overlooking the lake.....
Naw, not enough tourists.
So, we will be off next week to the coast.
Gotta find my beach ball.
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And you are going at just the right time. At least in Melaque, the sauna started heating up yesterday. But you may be lucky and get rain.
I recently read of a hill not far from Morelia where there's hang gliding.
What happened to the ultralight flights out of Tzurumutaro?
Saludos,
Don Cuevas
Enjoy the mountains of Xico this time of year - see you at the beach in October ;-)
Didn't you just do this in April or May? The best time to go there, in my opinion, is March. Still tolerable, weather-wise, and the prices have fallen considerably in hotels. April is not too bad. May is generally living in Hell. I have never been there in June. Too smart for it.
Enjoy.
Yes, but when old friends that you haven't seen or chatted with for years, show their poor selection of seasonal travel, you accommodate them for at least a couple of days....
Now I can tell you that April or May indeed is far better than June!
I also wanted to see if I could sweat off a few pounds in Natures steam cabinet. After all ! Our friend Steve puts up with it for a reason.......
We have the same problems with friends that decide to visit Florida during the summer.
It's a great time to be inside an air conditioned house, otherwise we have dripping humidity with mosquitoes the size of small helicopters.
I don't think you will find overcrowded swimming pools a problem. Tourism is recovering very slowly (if at all) from the bad news about crime, weak economies around the western world and general Mexico bashing by the US press. The last time I saw very crowded beach resorts (other than spring break) was in '06 or so.
Junio en Mexico: the sand is hot, the water is warm and the air is thick. Gotta be extra-sure the drinks stay nice and cold! At least that's the formula here in Vallarta. Good luck!
hot, humid and miserable if you are in the sun. Now I know why so many people walk around with umbrellas without rain.....
Have fun! I'm not big on resorts, but I like the beach this time of year. My skin is moist and smooth, the beer is cold, and there's no reason to do much other than read or knit. The rest of the year we run around like everyone else in the world, but summer is to relax!
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