Blogs from Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico, North America

The RV park is teatacam has all facilities needed in a Mexican style. lots of trees for shade, walking distance to everything needed including the lake, power 30 amp that needs a surge protector its very high , the water is drinkable but the pressure is so low it took 2.5 hours to do a load of wash in a standard north american wash machine. Nice and quiet except for the Mexican roosters whom seem to crow anytime like 2 AM and so forth. Getting ready for a boat tour this morning on a small skiff with 12 people and of course all the kids . We set of 8 am, clear skies and a slight wind. We explored some lovely homes and business on the shoreline as well as crocodiles, and birds galore. It was ... read more

I stayed two days in a campground called "La Jugla" on the shore of lake Catemaco. They tell me that "Medicine Man" and "Apocalyto" were filmed here and I don't doubt that because it is such a fantastic jungle setting. I didn't have to drive far to get here but it was pretty brutal. I almost bailed on trying to find the campground because I had a hard time finding the entrance and it got a lot worse after that. The so called "road" into this place was little more than a path through the jungle that inexplicably split a couple of times. I had GPS coordinates to aim at but my GPS promptly lost its way under the thick canopy. The birds, monkeys, and something that sounded like R2-D2 started mocking me when I stopped ... read more

Veracruz, Veracruz, a 5 de noviembre del 2009. Muchos saludes a todos y todas. Les mando un saludo desde estas jarochas tierras, así como algunas fotos del famosìsimo pueblo de Catemaco, Veracruz. La localidad tiene cerca de 30 mil almas, y está ubicada en la zona de "Los Tuxtlas", que está al sur del Estado (San Andrés Tuxtla, Santiago Tuxtla, Catemaco, etc.), misma que se caracteriza por tener zonas con selva y vegetaciòn màs o menos conservadas, por lo cual ha sido utilizada para rodar pelìculas y telenovelas que requieren dicho tipo de escenario. Salvo esta regiòn, el resto de la costa, desde Coatzacoalcos hasta Veracruz, ha sido deforestado para ganar tierras de cultivo, pastoreo de ganado o algùn otro uso industrial o habitacional. Como el dìa en que me iba hasta Catemaco perdì la mañana ... read more

ENG/ESP/SLO Nanciyaga, Veracruz, Mèxico Aug 7, 2005 A MAGIC PLACE IN THE JUNGLE Right now I am lying in a hammock writing these words in the middle of the magic Tuxtla´s jungle 700kms away from Mexico City. Last week was very intense. Learning Japanese, searching for sponsors for my ticket and in the middle of these intense efforts, I received an e mail from a friend I met last week: -“You can´t leave Mexico until you have tried the Temazcal in Nanciyaga, Veracruz. I invite you this weekend, we leave the day after tomorrow. I have the tickets and the cabin confirmation…” This mail arrived like a big surprise. I answered: -“Cool, it looks perfect… See you on Thursday then.” Departure: 00.00 hrs from the City of Caos toward peace. Arrival: 08:00am to the region of ... read more