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Show I i AMERICA STRIPED POWER of Mexico-La- nd Tourist Spots "" Off-Be- at C"?' By JOHN WILHEXM Author of "Guide to Mexico" and "Guide to Msako CHy" EVERY - V V.'Cr - -- I ytpftriVT? year, millions of visit Mexico but very few see the real Mexico. Most tourists restrict themselves to the fascinating cities of Acapulco and Mexico City, while neglecting the equally fascinating cities and villages of the interior. For the interior is a the serious sight-seemust if one is to taste the true f ivor of this delightful land. The traveler planning to put the family in the car and drive south across the border will be crossing some hot desert the first day, but in Monterrey he will find hotels but not only good also wonderful rancho restaurants. The Grand Hotel Ancira is a distinguished old hotel, now remodeled, in the center of town. San Miguel d Allende, a few hours north of Mexico City on a fine superhighway, and nearby Guanajuato are wonderful little colonial towns where you can spend hours wandering about the cobblestone streets. Both are high enough on the central plateau to be comfortably cool. San Miguel is great for artists, or would-b- e artists, as it is small, cheerful, has an c interesting plaza, a handsome rich and a church, history. Guanajuato is an old silver- town, set in steep hills, and its narrow streets include one called Ca'iejon de la Besa. (Street of the Kiss) which is said to be narrow enough for a person on one balcony to lean across and kiss a neighbor on a balcony across the street! Turning to the west coast, one comes to a most interesting array of recently developed resorts along the Pacific highway. There is a very luxurious new ferry making several trips a week from Mazatlan, Mexico's principal Pacific port, to La Paz in Baja California. Mazatlan has a big expanse of fine white beaches, but it is also noted for its fishing and draws visitors the year around. It has a score of good hotels and motels. The ferry trip to La Paz takes overnight, but it is a wonderful old town, first established by the Spanish conquistadors, and still not connected to the world by an acceptable highway. It has some of the best fishing in the world and many luxury resorts built especially for sportsmen. Of course, the hit of the Pacific coast among the newer places is Puerto Vallarta. "Discovered" only a few years ago, it has a r, Burgess offers 300 kinds of "Striped Power" batteries oiiu uasnngnis ana lanterns lor every neea backed by a half century of recognized quality. Clsiitt Csiasratisa Birtstf Battsnr Div., rtsspsrt, It. 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You can fly directly to Puerto Vallarta from the States or via Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city. Visiting Guadalajara along with a trip to Puerto Vallarta is fun. Shopping is much better in Guadalajara, although the thonged sandals of Puerto Vallarta (tailored to each foot) are one of the world's best buys. Mexico City is really a must, and there are several hundred hotels there. Your travel agent can recommend one, or I list them all in my travel guide. It also has some fine restaurants plus, of course, the Olympics in October. From Mexico City, drive to Cuernavaca for lunch at that lush city, only 40 minutes away, and then on to Taxco, the silver city which has been preserved as a colonial monument. The silver shops here will make you drool. We must mention Oaxaca, in the south of Mexico, with the great ancient stone cities of Monte Alban and Mitla, and farther to the south, if you wish more adventure and a more primitive society, you ccme to San Cristobal de las Casas, set high in the mountains of Chiapas. This old colonial city exists much as it did 400 years ago with native Indians still unable to speak much Spanish. It is possible to take a bus or your car town from Mexico City to the of Veracruz, which has good sea food and fair beaches and then go on a fascinating coastal trip along the south Gulf to Villahermcsa (the capital of the state of Tabasco) and thence over a lovely island some 30 miles long pas., rows of palmB set beside the sea to Campeche. Such an array of vacation opportunities g and pleasures must make Mexico the ideal vacation spot. And to think it is all so close! semi-tropic- al Gulf-coa- st Coatza-coalco- s, sight-seein- |