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Oaxaca, Mexico – Further afield – 17

Oaxaca Mexico

Oaxaca Mexico

Visitors to Oaxaca, which is pronounced as “wah-hah-ka,” will find no dearth of new and exciting travel ideas, given that they have the required creativity, time and the willingness to experience this unique place.

The fifth largest state in Mexico, Oaxaca is flanked by the Chiapas in the east, the Guerrero in the west, the Puebla and the Veracruz in the north and 316 miles of Pacific coastline in the south. The state is surrounded by the magnificent Sierra Madre del Sur and is, therefore, a paradise for nature lovers.

Renowned as the culinary capital of Mexico, Oaxaca is the best vacation destination not only for nature lovers, but also for gourmets. If you are a food enthusiast, who has just landed in Oaxaca, start your vacation by eating, taking cooking classes and trying to unravel the mysteries of Mexican cuisine. For instance, the most exciting dish happens to be mole, a traditional sauce made by grinding together thirty ingredients.

If you want the authentic Mexican experience, you will have come to the right place because Oaxaca is a great place to observe local farmers and artisans at work, weaving fabrics, making pots, or carving wood. This place is home to many great handicraft villages known for their wool weaving, black pottery, carved wooden animals and embroidered dresses.

You must also take the time to visit places of attraction such as the Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, the Iglesia de Santo Domingo, Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, Catedral de Oaxaca and others. Oaxaca has some splendid museums and breathtakingly beautiful sixteenth-century churches.

You will never feel bored in Oaxaca as long as you take the time to appreciate its handicrafts, study authentic Mexican living, taste the culinary wonders of the place and enjoy its amazing beaches, monuments, museums and churches.

Las Vegas for its day trips – 15

I went to Vegas a few months ago and I simply did not go to gamble. I have absolutely nothing against gambling at all and here in the UK I enjoy a flutter each year on the Grand National Horse race and a bit of money on the football. Visiting Vegas means the chance for some quite amazing day trips.

Vegas Day Trips I strongly recommend are the:

  • Grand Canyon Day tour
  • Death Valley
  • Red Rock  and
  • Hoover Dam

I recommend to stay in Las Vegas and thus you will be able to stay in a very nice hotel (and quite cheaply). In most hotels you can get picked up for the tours and a company such as Viatour.com or your hotel concierge can organise the fay trips.

Note: For the Grand Canyon trip you will have the chance to add-on the helicopter ride and/or the Skywalk.

Red Rock Vegas

Red Rock Vegas

Note: For Death Valley there are some months in the summer time when the tours are halted because it is simply too hot.

You can also of course enjoy what Vegas has to offer, with time in the evenings for a show or two and a good meal and few weeks. Many of the tours get you back to your hotel for 6-7pm. You can learn more about Las Vegas Tours and learn about the best hotels in Vegas. You can also find some cheap Las Vegas Hotels online.

A holiday in a Jungle – 4

If you really want to try something different then why not consider a trip to the jungle. A holiday or vacation in the jungle’s of Borneo or in part of South America can certainly be a fun and thrilling way to take a break with a difference.

There are quite a fee companies who specialise in Jungle holidays  and many of these trips are group orientated and with a guide, so you will also meet some interesting peope and get to experience the jungle. You might be better off

Jungle holidays

Jungle holidays

going on an organised trip into the jungle for safety reasons.

A similar type trip you might be interested in are trips to the rainforest to explore a different and thrilling vacation. There is always the idea that such trips are part of sustainable tourism but trips to the jungle perhaps open the way for mass tourism so it is for you to decide if the jungle is your cup of tea.

Holidaying in the buff -2

The second in the list of 1000 unusual and different travel ideas is to holiday without your clothes. There is no need to re-read the first sentence because you read correctly the first time! Naturism is one of the fastest growing forms of tourism and naturist cruises, naturist flights and naturism travel have all become more widely reported in recent years, in newspaper travel sections. 

Our second holiday with a difference for this reason is to take a week’s holiday at the worlds largest naturism resort, Cap D’agde in the South of France. Cap d’Agde at the peak of summer has tens of thousands of peopel enjoying a holiday or vacation in the buff and this self-contained naturist resort has everything. You can go nude everywhere within the resort and that includes to the resort:

  • Supermarkets
  • Restaurants and bars (although you need a towel to place on the chair for health reasons)
  • 1 mile plus long sandy beach
  • Post office
  • For a haircut
  • and much more.

You can learn more about getting to Cap D’agde

Cap d'gde in France

Cap d'gde in France

For a vacation with a definite difference and one where you may see your neighbour blush, why not consider Cap d’Agde. The French coast is a great location in the summer and the weather normally very pleasant. Coming next for idea number 3 of 1000 unsual travel ideas, we look at chocolate holidays and chocolate weekends away.

Hot air ballooning in Barcelona – 1

We start off out list of 1000 unsusual and fun holiday and vacation ideas with Hot air ballooning in Barcelona. Hot air ballooning on itself is an activity which can be a lot of fun, but add on that being in Barcelona on a nice spring day and with tickets to a Barcelona football game in the evening and hot air ballooning in Barcelona can be a great long weekend away.

A few companies organise hot air balloon trips in barcelona once of which is worth considering is BCN-Adventure.com. They are specialists in Corporate travel and trips Hot air ballooning in Barcelona, Spain.in Barcelona and they also provide airport transfer, accommodation and other services.