Blogs from Durango, Mexico, North America
October 31st 2008
Horses. Cows. Pigs. Chickens. Mexican cowboys. Gun fights. (Ok, no gunfights.) Farmers. Beer. Peace. Fresh air. Simple life. Ahh yes, I made it to Zaragosa! Zaragosa is a small pueblo where my mom was born and raised. It is very small with a simple way of life. My family and I last traveled here back in 2005 to spread half of my mom's ashes in the fields where her and her family farmed beans and corn when she was younger. That was one of her wishes. She had fond memories of working the fields with my grandfather and my aunts. We spread the other half of her ashes in the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, TX. Some of the lands in Zaragosa were purchased by my mom and dad, which are still owned by my dad ... read more
January 27th 2008
We had arranged to stay with a Couch Surfer in Durango. But foolishly we ended up in the city of Durango rather than the town of Gomez Palacio in the state of Durango. Gomez Palacio was a further 3 hours away but our host Jose happily retrieved us from the bus terminal at 9 pm. Jose was lovely and we ate some fantastic tacos at a local restaurant before heading to his house. The next day Jose took us with him to work. A lab manager at a dairy company, we got a tour of the labs and were taken out to one of the farms where there were thousands of big healthy cows and a modern milking facility. Not quite the green hills of home but the cows were obviously well taken care of and ... read more
April 19th 2007
To Durango and to Mazatlan North America » Mexico » Durango By Traveller1 April 19th 2007 After leaving Zacatecas we headed north to Durango. Some of you may remember as a child reading comics about Roy Rogers, the Cisco Kid etc. and of course someone might remember the Durango Kid. At least I do. Well here we are finally expecting the wild west. In fact Durango is where many of Hollywood's westerns were filmed. We skipped the sets which are located outside of town. Durango has a population of about half a million souls and is at an elavation of about 2000 meters. It was founded in 1563 and was a major mining town with the nearby iron ore deposits in Cerro del Mercado. ... read more
April 7th 2007
We left Roatan early as scheduled and made our way towards Rio Dulce in eastern Guatemala. We went through the Entre Rios border crossing but unfortunately we found out that the paperwork needed to legally enter the country with a car could only be done in Puerto Barrios, 45 minutes from the border post. We left Matt´s passport hostage and went to do the required work. After two hours and six lineups, we returned, got the passport back, and we were officially back in Guatemala. After spending the night in Rio Dulce and deciding not to do the long boat trip to Livingston and back, we headed up some backroad to Lago Isabal. We found some interesting little resort towns and enjoyed a relaxing brunch by the lake. We made our way back to Guatemala ... read more
