Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 637

Monte Alban, one of the most spectucular ruined cities among Mesoamerica, is located just outside of Oaxaca City. We took at bus from a local hotel in Oaxaca City with many other tourists, which was the most economical way. It was a 20 minute ride up and over the mountains on a one-lane curvy road. We are still not sure how other buses passed us coming from the other direction. Upon arrival to Monte Alban around 10:00 a.m.the fog was quite thick, but little by little the fog lifted and the sky opened up a bit. We were lucky that we started as early as we did because by the time we finished around 12:30 p.m. there was a severe downpour of rain. Monte Alban was known in ancient times by its Zapotec name, Danni ... read more

Our last stop on the Oaxacan Coast was to Las Bahias de Hautulco. Las Bahias de Huaulco is Mexico's newest big coastal development project. This stretch of coast had just one small fishing village until the 1980's, but now within its nine bays, it is thriving. It seems the Mexican government has learned from its other developments on the coasts and this, if all goes according to plan, will be both a tourist and ecological paradise, in addition to employing thousands of local people, when complete by 2020. With the help of Carlos' cousin, Paola, once again, we were fortunate enough again to be able to stay at Las Brisas located in Bahia Tangolunda with a huge discount. Las Brisas is the former Club Med, so you can expect the same excellence from this place. The ... read more

After an incredible and very relaxing time on the coast, we headed back to Oaxaca for a few days. Our best option was to travel during the day because a storm had rolled in, which lasted for a few days. Once again, our timing was perfect as everyday was perfect on the coast for us. It was quite an interesting journey back to Oaxaca though. It was suppose to be a more direct route, meaning not as curvy, but I don't think there are any less curvy routes in Mexico. You have to give these bus drivers a lot of credit in Mexico too, especially when it rains. Not only do they have to navigate the bus through the mountainous terrain, but when it rains it is like an obstacle course with either animals or ... read more

We took a day trip to Mazunte, which is only 1 mile/ .62 km from Zipolite. We simple got lost in its beauty though. Our main objective for visiting Mazunte was for the Turtle Museum, which will be the next entry. We won't bore you with the all of the details in this entry. You can simply view the photos and read the captions to get a taste of our experience. We had a late breakfast early lunch of our favorite chiliquilas and fruit with a pitcher of agua de limon and then spent the day just relaxing on the beach. Only a short time of it was spent in the sun because it was so strong. We typically followed the lead of the locals and since they were not in the sun then it ... read more

VeracruzToday was a slower day than usual. After beakfast we headed to the Zempoala's archeological site to see some very interresting ruins. They were not as large as other sites, but still great to see. For one reason or another, we were not allowed to climb on the ruins as you are in other places. Then we went to Chachalacas beach to walk, eat and swim on the beach. Nice to day to reflect on our trip so far. Hoy estuvo más despacio de lo normal. Despues de desayuno fuimos al sitio arqueológico de Zempoala para ver una ruinas muy interesantes. No son igual de grande como otras ruinas, pero todavia son impresionante. Por una razon o otra, no podiamos subir las ruinas como uno puede ser en otros sitios. Luego fuimos a la playa de ... read more