Blogs from Chihuahua, Mexico, North America - page 6

Hi Guys!!! Firstly, Mum and Dee, thanks so much, messages are getting through. Sorry that I havent actually emailed as such but we have been packing the days with so much stuff that it is hard to get a minute on a computer. Love youz!!! I am being a little list-like and writing a couple of different entries so that points turn up on my map. ¿Points on a map are just like lists that dont run down a page, arent they? Its just a collection really. When last we spoke we were just about to head off for the Copper Canyon. In the guide book it said that the Copper Canyon, in size, makes the Grand Canyon look, well, frankly, a bit puny! We decided to take the bus to Creel, which is where the ... read more

It´s been a bit of a whirlwind so far and it´s only been over a week! Man I´ve packed it in like I´ve never packed anything in and I´m feeling kinda exhausted hence the stayover in Chihuahua. To back track a little (lot) first stop Honolulu. Balmy, warm and not all what I expected. I´ve never been to the Gold Coast but I have a sneaking suspicion that Waikiki is very similar - all beautiful bodies, high rise hotels and, this may be where there the similarity ends, lots of homeless people who make of beach life as the tourists do. Apparently Haiwaii has the largest population of homeless people in the States. Quite a sobering thought really. Well, not wanting to stick out like a sore thumb on the beaches of Waikiki I headed to ... read more

www.diariodeunviaje.com (todo en nuestra pagina web) EL PASO (US) - CIUDAD JUAREZ (MEX) (28/3) 28/2 - 12:45h Avion Madrid-Philadelphia-Houston con US Airways (trayecto 12h+4h de escala). La ida es Madrid-Houston y la vuelta Cancun-Madrid para recorrer Mexico de Norte a Sur (670€/p i/v, comprado en www.rumbo.es, con la opcion de multiples destinos). Noche en aeropuerto IAH Houston. 29/2 - 8:50h Houston-El Paso con Continental Airlines (58€/p, 1h 30m). Del aeropuerto de El Paso al centro (downtown) cogimos el bus 50 en Av. Montana hasta la ultima parada (1US$/p, 30m). El Paso (Texas) esta separado de Ciudad Juarez por un estrecho río, que los mexicanos conocen como Río Bravo y los norteamericanos como Río Grande. Dos puentes hacen de frontera entre las dos culturas. Cruzamos uno de los puentes andando (peaje peatones 0,35US$/p). Da lo mismo cruzar ... read more

We had a real problem in Chihuahua. We could not find good accommodation. At the cheap end there seemed to be a couple of rat infested holes so we decided to stay somewhere more expensive. But the three big hotels we tried were full. There was something going on in town. So we ended up at the Hotel Plaza which was a meager P$135 (US$13) for a large room with a shabby bed, missing electric switches and holes in the walls where the switches should be. The next morning we found the railway station and brought first class tickets for the next day for the Copper Canyon. Nearby we found Quinta Luz, which used to be the headquarters of Pancho Villa, Mexican Revolutionist. It was a very reasonable P$15 entrance. The house was very busy. There ... read more

We feel good after our visit with Cassie & Seaonna. They are doing well in Albuquerque. On monday they have to go to work & school so we decide to head south. We decide to visit Juarez, a large industrial town on the Chihuahua - Texas border. We stop for the night in Truth Or Consequences New Mexico. In the morning we have a hot mineral bath at one of the many hot springs in town & then head on south thru Las Cruces New Mexico to EL Paso Texas. In El Paso we park our car and walk across the bridge over the Rio Grande River, which from here on East to the Gulf of Mexico forms the US - Mexico border. There is alot of issues to talk about the border areas,... economic, social, ... read more