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| I first traveled long distance on Mexican buses more than 10 years ago, when my husband and I flew from Phoenix to Mexico City and, after spending some time in the capital, hopped on a bus to Quer¨¦taro and Guanajuato in the central region. On each leg of our trip, we encountered a luxurious bus with comfortable reclining seats, air conditioning, several screens to watch movies and ample overhead space. We gave kudos to our travel agent.The country's bus system is even better now, though safety concerns linked to organized crime are now part of the traveling equation. But Mexico is a big country, something the State Department now acknowledges in travel warnings that point to specific trouble spots.IN PICTURES: Mexico's city of silverWith that in mind, in early July I boarded a bus with my 12yearold son bound for the Guanajuato state capital, which I fell in love with all those years ago. We were the only members of our family with the time and inclination to go on a long bus ride from the border town of Nogales, Sonora to colonial Mexico. We usually travel south of the border by car or plane,New Bailey Button Ugg 5808, so this would be an adventure.My son, who had been exposed to the more basic US bus travel at least once before, was impressed to discover WiFi and a screen right in front of him when we got on a bus headed for Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state. Much to his delight the familiar Iron Man 2 was the featured movie.As Robert Downey Jr., rambled on in Spanish, my thoughts wandered to the story about the Arizona woman who spent several days in jail after being accused of smuggling marijuana under the seat of a Sonora bus headed for the border. Although we were going in the opposite direction, I instinctively checked under our seats. All clear.Three hours of riding and a couple hours' waiting at the central de autobuses in Hermosillo later, we transferred to another bus that would take us to Guadalajara, Jalisco. This was the longest part of the trip,Montblanc Meisterstuck, about 850 miles.I started to wonder if traveling through Sinaloa at night would be a good idea. The state is, after all, home to Joaquin El Chapo Guzm¨¢n's powerful drugtrafficking organization. Even before leaving Arizona I had mulled over the idea of staying overnight in Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city. I decided against it. After all, incidents involving Mexican buses in recent years had happened in the northeastern region,Ecco TravelSmith Womens, not on the west coast.My son and I slept through most of Sinaloa as the bus rolled through toll roads, considered safer both for buses and cars. Sinaloa's cornfields gave way to Nayarit's majestic mountains and about 22 hours later, the vibrant sights and sounds of Guadalajara came into view. Buses leave so frequently in this major hub that we quickly found a connection to Guanajuato, about 180 miles away.This,Birkenstock Sandals - Women, according to my son,UGG Womens Liberty Boots 5509, was the best bus ever. Here, passengers not only got lunch but also had access to the Internet and individual screens where each could watch various movies or listen to music in English or Spanish. Oh, and you could play video games, which explained my son's pleasant mood after so many hours on the road and a few more at bus terminals.Some 1,200 miles and 30 hours after leaving Nogales, we arrived safely in Guanajuato and handed a bus attendant the ticket we'd been issued for our luggage.Though I'd heard the infrastructure is dismal in some parts of Mexico, the roads we traveled were robust. Bus drivers were courteous and professional.In all,Montblanc Fineliner, the fare for both of us totaled about $220, with my son getting the usual 50 percent discount for minors. Our Guanajuato host picked us up, but bus terminals throughout the country are centrally located and finding a cab nearby is easy.Two sites to explore longdistance bus travel in Mexico: Ticket BusDifferent WorldLourdes Medrano on Twitter Recent Artcle: | ||
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| About 400 members of the attorneys association, which is holding its annual meeting in Toronto, passed the resolution in a voice vote.Some Republican lawmakers have called for legislation to repeal birthright citizenship and have proposed a constitutional amendment.Outgoing American Bar Association President Stephen Zack said in an interview that racism is underlying the call to change the constitution. Zack, the first ABA president of Hispanic origin, said it was an important statement by the American Bar Association that the U.S. Constitution must be respected.This is something that should be avoided at all costs, Zack said. Certain issues are not really about what the words are about,Monster iBeats, but what the underlying concerns are about.The ABA debated the issue last week ahead of Tuesday's vote.John Eastman,Manolo Blahnik Sandals, a conservative law professor at Chapman University in Orange, California,Christian Louboutin Tall Boots, argued that it's an open question whether the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows for citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. and said it's time for the U.S. Congress to clarify the issue.Eastman challenged a claim before the Supreme Court that Yaser Esam Hamdi, who was seized by U.S. troops on the Afghanistan battlefield in 2001,UGG Classic Tall Boots 5815, was a citizen because he was born in Louisiana while his Saudi parents were in the U.S. on a temporary work visa.Eastman called it odd that a man who had little connection to the U.S. could be considered a U.S. citizen. The Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that Hamdi had the right to use U.S. courts to challenge his detention.Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund,Ecco TravelSmith Womens, which is based in Los Angeles,Montblanc Fineliner, said the Latino community is most at issue in discussions about citizenship by birth and said it's hard not to see that the reinvigorated debate is really about opposition to demographic changes.Saenz said the issue is closely tied to the efforts by some states, such as Arizona, to limit immigration.IN PICTURES: The scene at the US/Mexico border Recent Artcle: | ||
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