http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Jalisco , Tequila en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:38:50 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:38:50 +0000 Not only is Tequila a well known drink it is a small city in Jalisco Mxico and yes the birthplace of the drink. This morning I walked ran when it was getting late a few miles looking for the corner to catch a bus to tour some tequila distilleries and to see the town of Tequila. After having to ask for directions it turned out the that there had a lot of construction going on so the stree http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-382890.html Well the day to Tequila seems to be a bit of a blur now not because of the tequila so much but because were actually in Tulum as I write and its been almost a week since Tequila...So after the Mexicana online booking debacle we headed off to Tequila at around 1.30 on the Tequila bus. And no its not some boozy tequila swilling bus ideal for partying its just the name of the bus company. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-292862.html We flew through the night from Los Angeles to Guadalajara. It was extremely cheap to upgrade to first class so we did so it was so nice. It spoils you for when you eventually have to fly again in economy. Lupe's brother and father picked us up at the airport. There was actually a Starbucks in the airport a nice surprise. We jumped in the truck and headed to Tequila. It was so cool and yes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-256237.html We arrived in Guadalajara at 12 noon. Big city and very smoggy. Pieter had the idea of moving on to Tequila so we did. We found the Tequila Plus service at the Antigua Central Bus Terminal and off we went. It took close on an hour just to get out of the city again and 2 hours to get to Tequila. Towards the end of the trip we started to see lots of the pretty pale blue agave plants used to make teq http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-243993.html Back to Rio Caliente In January 2008 I once again flew to Mexico for a restful week of hiking yoga good food and wonderful conversation at the Rio Caliente Spa in the mountains above Guadalajara. But something was very different this year. This time Cindy was with me. It was our honeymoon. I admit to a bit of trepidation taking my beloved to my favorite place in the world. But as a newlywed of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-239155.html Our travels took us to Tequila Jalisco. Yes there is actually a place called Tequila and we spent an entire day thereOn the way to Tequila your mouth starts to water as you pass the blue fields of the agave plant the cactuslike plant from which tequila is distilled. Less than one hour later we had arrived and to our surprise the finality of one of the most popular telenovela's was being http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-201624.html Tequila un pueblo realmente pintoresco donde se elabora la mayor parte de la bebida que lleva su nombre. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-130904.html yesterday I met two girls wendy and ling and they had already planned to go to the town of tequila where i had wanted to go sometime or another so i told them id join in. at first we were going to go it alone take the bus there and then just wander and find a tour. after the hostel staff gave us looks like really are you kidding no question marks on this keyboard that i can see.... we http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-113218.html A couple of days ago Dad and I and Leno drove about an hour outside of Guadalajara to Tequila of the alcoholic beverage fame. There were agave plants everywhere and huge canyons and volcanoes and we went to a hacienda to see how they produce tequila. Other than that we had a great seafood meal at a restaurant overlooking the valley and headed home for afternoon siesta. Besides producing t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-105911.html This Saturday I went with most of the other volunteers from my organisation to Tequila the town from which the drink first came.We went to the National Tequila museum where we were told in a terrible English translation possible courtasy of Freetranslation.com about the history of Tequila...Tequila drink. First aformentioned made by people local in sixteen century from cactus middle not distil http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-62462.html Who would thought There actually a town here that is called and creates the wonderful drink we call.... tequilaWith shops all down the main stretch with sample cups tours eagerly awaiting your presence and a super friendly hotel owner welcoming us with tequila. .... it's nothing short of terrificthanks tequilathanks ... mr lonetto http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Jalisco/Tequila/blog-31803.html