Welcome to the Adventures of Angel!!

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Adventures of Angel Bienvendos! Hola!! The Journey began November 4/2008 and ended Apr 2/2009.From Vancouver B.C. Canada we flew thru the U.S. to Mexico and then bused from Cancun on the east coast , down thru the central Mexico to the Zipolite and up the west coast Bucerias. We covered a ton of territory, 61 hours of bus rides, not to mention all the caminetas, taxis and just walking.

We enjoyed swimming in the ocean nearly everyday and meeting people from all over the world. Angel learned Spanish, and mine improved but still needs a lot of work. (hopefully next year...)

Below is my favorite video from the trip!



This blog features over 400 entries of photos, videos and travel logs. It was a wonderful enlightening super educational experience for my 6 year daughter(mi hija) "Angel"and I. We are working on a DVD/Book and live presentations. If your are interested in attending a live presentation please send us a note so we can contact you. If we met you on our journey please email us. tina_winterlik at yahoo.com and put a little reminder in of where and when, we would love to hear from all of you and keep in touch. We met so many wonderful people.Gracias de Tina y Angel

Just some after thoughts!

I realized that it may not be obvious here but we did this trip on an extremely tight budget. We only lived on about $300 a month. $200 was rent and $100 for food...we didn't budget enough...should have been more like $150, but with the help of friends we made ends meet by cooking at their home and other little things. You definitely can't eat out...or if so only for a piece of pizza or a half a chicken both 25 pesos($2.50)...and that was a big treat for us

Our bus rides were very economical, cheaper than anything in Canada...and the buses are awesome. I highly recommend traveling by bus. We took a taxi maybe 2 times in Zipolite, the rest it was a collectivo (shared taxi) or the camineta...a little truck...about 50 cents a person. But it was a long bumpy ride...nice and open air though...which Angel needed as the widey fast ride from Pocuhtla to Zipolite or reverse made her woof her cookies every time we tried.

I believe that taking kids to Mexico is a very important way to learn about other cultures, and imprint them. They might not remember it all but it will have an impact...I believe for the positive. It will open their minds...it will open anyones mind. I truly hope you will visit Mexico, especially Chiapas and Oaxaca, they are very beautiful and filled with beautiful people

Take care, and bien viaje, happy travels, safe journey!!
Love Tina and Angel.
P.S. I want to point out that while we flew into Cancun and out of Puerto Vallarta, that you can just fly into Mexico City and bus down...there are very reasonable flights, but the trick is to hunker down...stay in one place and rent long term and take side trips...it's most economical, and will allow you to become more of the community...especially if you plan to stay longer than 3 months.