OCR Text |
Show : by Car! TRAVEL Beautify your home with these ancient Good roads, motels, and service stations provide comfort and spectacular sight-seeing for the whole family equally well in Mexico. A word about insurance. Your U.S, insurance is not valid in interior Mexico, and it is customary to buy a special policy at the border. It costs about $2 a day for a three-week trip, with a dis- count, if by the month. This is for full coverage. Manyoffices selling Mexican insurance are open at almost all hours. Highway maps for the entire stay there your entire vacation. Donot drive at night as strolling cattle are a hazard, . 3. On a trip to the Gulf Coast you pass the towering snow-cov- ered volcanoes outside of Mexico City en route to Puebla, and then down to the gardenia-covered swimming pools near Orizaba, the highest peak*in Mexico, and wind up at Veracruz—paved roads all the way (263 miles) —with modest country are available free from oi] companies and some insurance companies or from the American Automobile Association, if you are but good hotels. a member, Aim at Mexico City, and then make such side trips as these: the Caribbean. Here are the most famous stonecities ofall, ChichenItza and Uxmal. You are not far from the jungle-isolated Palenque 1. Mexico City itself can be toured by car, and we suggest at least three days for sight-seeing. If you have time, drive south from Veracruz andout to the peninsula of Yucatan, extending into ruins, only discovered a few years ago. Note: this drive will require There are good motels listed in any of the standard guidebooks. Rig hotels such as the C: mino Real, Maria Isabel, or Continental some ferry crossings and some lonely but beautiful roads. 4. Mexico South: Here you can Hilton all have garages. triarchies, where the lovely statu- A Sunday trip to Xochimileo, the floating gardens, can be made esque Tehuanas actually run not only the families but the busi- in the morning; then attend an afternoon at the bullfights. The Pyramids are 30 miles north of nesses. Sloe-eyed, they dress in colorful oriental-style gowns. First day south from Mexico City, Oaxaca can be reached (315 miles), replete with modest but comfortable hotels and motels, and it is only a half-day farther to Mexico City. 2. A trip to the exotic playport of Acapulco (225 miles) can be made in about seven hours from Mexico City. Stops can be made for lunch in Cuernavaca or an overnight break in Taxco, the old Colonial city famed for its cobble- ‘Chinese Carvings’ visit one of the world’s few ma- Exquisitely Antiqued in Solid Ivory Color. Set on Oriental Black Pedestal. 914”Tall. Ancient Chinese figuresthis size sell for up to $10 & morein art stores. Now yours for only $2 each while supply fasts. Create ¢ corer of old world beauty in your home with these solid ivory color figures, so exquisitely detailed and save with the orderform below. Each figure is approx. 9%” tall, and is mounted onanoriental black pedestal. You'll understand why they are so appealing once you see the exquisite craftsmanship. The small black and white illustrations shown cannot convey the rich antique look and charm of these magnificent figures. You mustsee them in your own homein large scale to appreciatetheir beauty. the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where the Gulf and the Pacific lie only three hours apart by a good road. Below Tehuantepec, which is a goodly distance from the Ameriean border, you could continue on until the Guatemalan border Set of 4 (about 500 miles) and all the way to Panama City (1,596 miles) in Rare Decorator the Canal Zone. But it would take Pieces ‘D several weeks each way. Auto travel indeed is easy for the average motorist in Mexico— Each and thesight-seeing, unexcelled! @ A tourist attraction in Mexico City is the Ballet Folklorico. Supply Very Limited Because cur supply of Chinese Figuresis limited, orders will be filled on a first comefirst served bosis. Come $40 Worth of Discount Coupons in or mail coupon. Satisfaction guaranteed. Readers wishing to save and see more on vacations may send for il- | WORLD ART Group | Dept. 4-20FW | 606 Post Road, Westport, Conn. 06880 lustrated “Dollar-Wise Guides.” Each stoned streets and silver mines. contains 254 or more pages and Acapulco has a plethora of good on various attractions. Guides avail- motels and hotels. Allowat least four daysfor this New York, B-Washington, D. C., C- trip to give yourself one-day traveling time each way and a minimum of two days in Acapulco. You maylike it so much you will Please check selnction of Chinese Figures at $2 each mounted on pedestal. (Please odd 25¢ per order for pp & hdlg) T enclose $__ ( CHINESE LORD (1 WARRIOR Cl CHINESE LADY FISHERMAN Discount Coupons worth up to $40 able are: I-Merico, H-Arizona, FNew England, A-California. Mail $1 plus 15¢ shipping for each one you want to F.W. Books, Dept. T2/4, Box 707, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y. 10017. Family Weekly, April 20, 1969 n FISHERMAN ADDRESS ——— = city_______ state zIP. (CD SAVE: Orderset of all 4 Figures for only $6.95. (Save $2.05). Extra figures make |