Camping In Mexico - You Better Be Flexible To Enjoy It

While camping in Mexico is exhilarating, it can also be very challenging and it is this fact  that makes it such an exciting country to camp in. The area is filled with mystery and  intrigue, and if you are a camping greenhorn, leave Mexico until you have a little more  experience. The last thing you need when on a camping vacation, is to find yourself in the  Chihuahuan Desert, believing you can stop at the next Chevron for bottled water, it aint  going to happen. The only thing you may find is a muddy puddle, or a Gila Monster if you are  lucky.

Planning is essential, and the trip to successful camping is to take everything you need, but not too much!  Because regardless of how careful your planning you have to be  adventurous, because and incident free trip is rare.

Yes, prepare for every eventuality, but also be prepared to experience the most amazing  camping opportunities. Memories are made of this, but be aware that you have to have a lot of nerve to pull it off, Mexico is not for shrinking violets, so if you are made of sterner stuff, you will be just fine.

Having the clothing to be able to dress for most weather conditions is necessary, you could be in the scorching dessert one day and in the snowy mountains the next. You may even experience tropical storms.

Flexibility is key to your enjoyment of this experience, unpredictability has to embraced,  and carefully laid plans, change at the very last minute!

Use camping checklists, you will find these online, they will help you ensure you have everything  you need in its most compact form. Shop for the things you can't live without before you leave the US. While shopping in the stores of another country is great fun, the products are completely different, this especially pertains to luxuries.

Never drink Mexican tap or river water, in fact no-matter where you camp, don't drink the  tap water, you know nothing about it. Camping with dysentery is no fun; take it from me, the  idiot who ate fresh oysters from Brazilian waters. Bottled water is a must for drinking and  you may have to bathe in a puddle or river water, so take biodegradable toiletries. We all  have to do our bit to protect the environment. Make sure you take toilet paper. Remember the  Baz Lerman song "sunscreen", take that too.

A medical kit is vital, and if you don't know what to put in yours, then perhaps you are not practical enough to be camping in Mexico. You never know when something as small as a headache will happen, or an emergency like your husband sliding down an arroyo and grazing his hands and knees, and giving you a headache.