I have seen similar threads before, but I have a couple of conditions which are different, primarily in that I don’t want to do backpacking travel: we did that twenty years ago, but not now. The type of trip that I most often enjoy is to rent a car, drive around, take in some good birding sites, a couple of cultural sites and some good food, etc. Alternatively, I have once tried staying at the Asa Wright lodge in Trinidad, and for the forest species there it was great, but I enjoyed the following days with the car Going as part of a larger group is really far down my wish list.
Therefore, my first preference would be places where we could do either one, the other or both types of vacation. I have been driving in Mexico including Chiapas, (as well as Egypt) and I live in a place that most people call third world, but I would still like to go to a place with a decent chance of not getting robbed whichever way we go. The time commitment would probably be three weeks some time in 2008.
Now the question becomes: where, and secondarily, at what time of the year would it be best? I have been to Mexico, and I have been to Trinidad, so it would have to be a place south of either one. My economy is currently decent, but I am not a millionaire. For travel, I would probably have to go through Miami (or Trinidad if going to Venezuela), which would add some time and expense to the trip. We would be two people, I and my wife who likes spectacular birds and hummers, but also would like to have the cultural parts inserted
Thanks for any and all thoughts.
Niels
Therefore, my first preference would be places where we could do either one, the other or both types of vacation. I have been driving in Mexico including Chiapas, (as well as Egypt) and I live in a place that most people call third world, but I would still like to go to a place with a decent chance of not getting robbed whichever way we go. The time commitment would probably be three weeks some time in 2008.
Now the question becomes: where, and secondarily, at what time of the year would it be best? I have been to Mexico, and I have been to Trinidad, so it would have to be a place south of either one. My economy is currently decent, but I am not a millionaire. For travel, I would probably have to go through Miami (or Trinidad if going to Venezuela), which would add some time and expense to the trip. We would be two people, I and my wife who likes spectacular birds and hummers, but also would like to have the cultural parts inserted
Thanks for any and all thoughts.
Niels