If you are spending some time in Mexico, it's really useful and fun to speak Spanish, at least some of the basics!
I recommend a downloadable program called Rocket Spanish, which has sound files you can listen to anywhere plus some enjoyable add-ons.
You can find out more at my new site about
Rocket Spanish. I have a variety of articles on learning Spanish that way there.
-- Rosana
Expedia is my favorite place to book airfare, and they handle hotels, car rentals, cruises, etc. I like the organization of the site for figuring out what flights I want. Click on the suitcase to take a look.
I was very pleased to win an award for this blog! Even better for you: click through for lists of all sorts of award-winning travel blogs.
Tripbase Blog Awards 2009Aug 22, 2006 — The other evening, we had dinner at a home high above the western end of Lake Chapala . From there we could really see the invasive plant lirio, or water hyacinth, in the lake. Everything that looks like islands is lirio:

I liked the lushness of the corn growing nearby:

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