Comments on: “i could live here”

By: you don’t know mexico » Global Culture

you don’t know mexico » Global Culture — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:54:38 +0000

[...] that live in them. But you are probably missing the best part. As Manuel was saying a few days ago: “I dare you to find Holbox”. In reinventing tourism in mexico, I implied that all these beach destinations are going to have a [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:07:40 +0000

Hi, I agree with the post and all comments posted, I recommend for foreign visitors the city of San Juan del Rio, located 150km to the north of Mexico City, it is like you wanted a small city and many communities of people that have a nice life.
In my blog zensoriales.com, we try to notice what happen in our city, there are videos and photos, enjoy!

By: you don’t know mexico

you don’t know mexico — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:48:32 +0000

By: juan

juan — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:08:40 +0000

Daviel “real human scale” is what I was going for. I also concur that this is just another evolution of tourism, although I don’t expect everyone will go for it. Curiously, Monocle has also been an important source of inspiration for my “global citizen” posts.

Manuel: I’m sorry that my celebrity status and the millions of people that read my blog will spoil your little paradise. Hey fans, use your GPS and head down to 21.55,-87.25. Tell the swiss girls that Manuel sent you.

By: Manuel Berlanga

Manuel Berlanga — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:04:31 +0000

I dare you to find information on Holbox, an island in its natural state, in Quintana Roo. I discovered that place by accident, but it is like a small star next to that Sun that is Cancun that blinds everything in the surrounding; yet Holbox has to be my current favourite destination, and I met a bunch of Swiss girls that actually decided that ‘they could lived there’ so they sold everything back in Switzerland, and opened a small hotel (a bunch of shacks, still, lovely). But please do not tell anybody, I do not want hundreds of spring breakers polluting my little paradise.

By: Daviel Lazure Vieira

Daviel Lazure Vieira — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:28:16 +0000

I think you’re right. What will attract the visitor now is not the number of public attractions available within walking distance, it’s more the unique experience you will get from your trip. Even in bigger cities like Paris and New York, I find myself looking for something smaller, something that has a real human scale. And I don’t care if I miss the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building, at the end of the day, I better remember being hungover and trying to drink coffee in my shitty hotel room after a night of crazyness, rather than becoming blinded by Nikon shots on Champs-Élysées.

I also think people are more interested in lesser known cities now, like Coyoacán you just mentioned. Every time I pick up Monocle, I discover a new place that I’d like to see – yes, I’d looove to go to Kazakhstan. Or Teheran. And even in North America and Europe, you can find those smaller cities. Don’t ask me why, but I think it’s just a natural evolution in tourism (or a possible counter-effect of globalization?).