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Tips for Mexico
Contents:
Tips for
the Traveler
Visas
Health Risks
Time
Electricity, Weights
and Measures
At a Glance...
Capital
City People
Language
Religion
Government
Helpful Tidbits...
Links... |
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Tips
for the Traveler |
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Visas : |
A birth certificate or
other document of national identity with a photograph is
required for entry. A tourist card will be issued, free
of charge, upon entry. |
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Health
risks: |
Tourist areas in Mexico are
generally healthy places. The visitor's main health
concerns are not food or water sources but avoiding
mishaps while driving, boating, diving, and surfing. |
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Time: |
Mexico spans three
different time zones. Mexico City and Canún, for example,
are on central time, putting them in the same time zone
as Chicago, or 6 hours behind Greenwich mean time, 6
hours behind London, 3 hours behind Sao Paulo, 9 hours
behind Moscow, and 16 hours behind Tokyo. |
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Electricity: |
Current is 110 volts AC, 60
Hz. Two-pin plugs are standard. Visitors from abroad who
wish to operate personal small electronic items, should
consider bringing a plug adapter and a transformer. |
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Weights
& Measures: |
The metric system is
standard throughout the country. |
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Tourism: |
Mexico offers so many
sights in so many regions that the most difficult task of
your trip may be selecting an itinerary. On your first
trip, you might want to visit the most frequented tourist
spots, saving lesser known excursions and sights for
later trips. I you just have four or five days to escape
work, you can enjoy yourself at a single destination. |
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At
a Glance... |
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Capital
city:: |
Mexico City |
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People: |
60 percent mestizo (mixed
European and Native American ancestry); 30 percent Native
American; 9 percent European (mainly of Spanish descent);
1 percent other |
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Language: |
Spanish |
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Religion: |
90 percent Roman Catholic;
5 percent Protestant; 5 percent other |
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Government: |
Federal republic; the head
of state and government is the president, elected by
voters to a six-year term; the bicameral legislature is
made up of the Federal Chamber of Deputies, with 500
members, and the Senate, with 64 members. |
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Helpful Tidbits... |
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Tipping |
Tipping
is common, and expected, in Mexico. The average tip in
restaurants is 15 percent. For airport porters, the
equivalent of US$1 per bag is common, and the same amount
is usually given to the person who cleans your hotel room.
People who watch cars customarily get tipped a small
amount of change, as do ushers and washroom attendants.
Taxi drivers don't usually get tips, but tour guides do (a
discretionary amount). |
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Links |
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