best place for an extended vacation? (6-12 months)

[duccarlos]

we rented a car and drove inland for a few days to explore ruins from playa del carmen
it was not "americanized"... trust me 

Trust me. When you can find more english newspapers there than Miami, it's americanized. There are so many gringos going to the pyramids that the Mexicans line the road. Be careful anywhere north of Mexico City. San Miguel de Allende is fine, but the crap from the north is working its way south. Before Mexico City was pretty much the place to avoid.

Mexico is finally becoming the shithole people always thought it was and it pisses me off.

[the_Journeyman]

I say go to the Caribbean.  Find cheap long-term rentals and such.  Island hop and enjoy.

JM