http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Veracruz en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:16:02 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:16:02 +0000 Puebla Puebla a 24 de noviembre del 2009.Saludos de nuevo a toda la family.Les vuelvo mandar un saludo a toda la bola en especial a la SRBC por la reciente noticia de que se sobrevivir por lo menos un ao ms ya era hora que la bola de burros intiles del Senado hiciera algo bueno en su miserable gestin con perdn de los burros que no tienen la culpa de que los relacionen con los parsitos http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Papantla/blog-464011.html Tula Hidalgo a 17 de noviembre del 2009. Saludes a todos. Despus de una semana de silencio y la prdida de muchas fotos un maldito virus de PC queretana ah les mando otras fotos. Ahora toca el turno a Coatepec Veracruz inscrito como pueblo mgico por la SECTUR donde anduve hace poco ms de una semana. El pueblo se encuentra a slo 20 minutos de la ciudad de Jalapa o Xalapa como le q http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Coatepec/blog-463788.html Papantla Veracruz a 9 de noviembre del 2009. Saludos a todos. Ah les van una fotos de la ciudad de Crdoba Veracruz ubicada en la zona montaosa del centro del Estado a una hora del puerto de Veracruz 3 horas si agarran autobs de 2a. clase como el suscrito. La ciudad tiene 130 mil almas cordobesas y tiene una vocacin industrial en una regin donde se vive de la agricultura especialm http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Cordoba/blog-463622.html Crdoba Veracruz a 6 de noviembre del 2009. Saludos a todos. Ah les van unas fotos del adormilado pueblo de Tlacotalpan Veracruz ubicado al sur del Estado en la orilla del ro Papaloapan. El pueblo es ni ms ni menos que el lugar de nacimiento del famossimo Agustn Lara lo cual llena de muchsimo orgullo a los lugareos y pareciera que dicha particularidad est por encima de la consideraci http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Tlacotalpan/blog-463618.html Veracruz Veracruz a 5 de noviembre del 2009. Muchos saludes a todos y todas. Les mando un saludo desde estas jarochas tierras as como algunas fotos del famossimo pueblo de Catemaco Veracruz. La localidad tiene cerca de 30 mil almas y est ubicada en la zona de Los Tuxtlas que est al sur del Estado San Andrs Tuxtla Santiago Tuxtla Catemaco etc. misma que se caracteriza por tener z http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Catemaco/blog-463593.html We stopped in the town of Cotepec to find out where to go to see coffee plantations knowing that they were nearby. It is a cute little town clean and vibrant albeit touristy. We went into a shop with a deli case that sold snacks and gifts and into a ceramics shop for a look around before finding the toilets through the courtyard of the building. We were told there was a coffee shop down the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Coatepec/blog-425630.html We ended up having three weeks of canceled class because of the swine flu epidemic and halfway through the first week I think I started going a little crazy and decided that the best way to deal with this whole swine flu thing was to travel According the next day I hoped on the first flight out of Guadalajara to Veracruz the state of Carnival small people and witch doctors.I arrived on Monday http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Xalapa/blog-401310.html May 6 WednesdayI checked out of the hotel and got to the Vesca BMW dealer right at 900 am as they opened. After a bit of back and forth explaining what I wanted the routine 12000 mile service I was told to expect it to be done by 400. So since they didn't offer loaner bikes unlike the Beaver Falls WI shop I walked a few blocks to a big mall. Breakfast coffee and walking around the ma http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Vera-Cruz/blog-398206.html May 3 SundayUp early packed and on the road prior to 800 am the earliest departure so far. We had an easy day's run into Veracruz from here only about 160 miles and the road was a lot more twisty than most of the Yucatan penninsula much more like a relative of Chiapas. We stopped for lunch at Catemaco in the same restaurant overlooking the beautiful lake as before with Rafa and friends. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Vera-Cruz/blog-396296.html Pablo warned us that the road to Vera Cruz was a bit hard to drive. It wasn't as bad as we expected after hearing this disclaimer although it was a curvy two lane highway through the mountains for much of the drive. We went up and down through the mountains and watched the trees pass us by. The scenery here is different from anything I've ever seen. Mexico is full of regional differencesWe d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Vera-Cruz/blog-395186.html We made it to the state capitol of Xalapa home of the Jalapeos at night. We Parked the car on a hilly street with stone sidewalks higher than the tops of the cars in order to walk around and figure out where we were going. The raised plazas were beautiful at night We found the hotel and checked in this one was much nicer than the one we stayed in last night but the same price. We were a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Xalapa/blog-395184.html April 8 WednesdayThis was a day to split up and have a little alone time. I hopped on the bike after a fruit breakfast and rode across town to the BMW dealer. Luis tried to help me find someone that had a decent gps map of Mexico as the Garmin had informed me that Mexico was not in North America therefore it wasn't on the North American map that I had purchased. No luck with that it would t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Xalapa/blog-390468.html April 6 MondayAbout 230 am the wind came up something fierce out of the northeast. Little showers blew through and I had to get up to zip up a few things and tighten up some lines. The wind got stronger to the point of blowing stakes out of the sand. By about 630 I'd been up several times and finally got the extra line out of my bag and tied the appropriate tent poles to trees. This at le http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Vera-Cruz/blog-388429.html April 4 SaturdayChecked the bike out of Senor Roman's garage donated the two Walmart blankets to him I think he can use them as he apparently sleeps in the garage on an old car seat. Our plan was to head for Vera Cruz and see how things went along the coastline figuring that we'd stop for a hotel somewhere near the tourist area. We had a fairly late start out of Papantla and as we headed f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Tecolutla/blog-388408.html April 3 FridayThis day began with wonderful coffee and pastry in the Cafe Catedral a little shop right next to the cathedral. Then we walked down to where Bear was parked hopped aboard and took the wrong road to El Tajin. With no map and no GPS I had to use a little intuitive sun decoding and we managed to get to the site. Another coffee at Restaurant Isabel the lemonade stand from yeste http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/El-Tajin/blog-388398.html April 2 ThursdayCheck out time is 200 in the afternoon for many of the Mexican hotels so we knew we weren't in a rush this morning. We planned to ride only as far as Paplanta not a very long ride. We had coffee in a nearby shop that Deb had spotted last night checked for a cash machine and walked along the river for a bit. Tuxpan is where Fidel Castro departed for the conquest of Cuba. He http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Papantla/blog-388392.html The afternoon of Saturday March 7th we arrived to the town of Acayucan Veracruz. Chuck and I paid for a room at the Hotel Arcos del Parque located across the street from the main square. We paid less than 35 USD for a nice and clean room with air conditioning cable television comfortable bed hot shower a pool bar and restaurant and offstreet parking. That evening we noticed our van w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/blog-382239.html Well i haven't updated in a while so here i go So since last i've spent most of my time in Monterrey chillin going to class and just living life. I climbed Cerro de la Silla the symbol of Monterrey. It took the people i climbed with and myself a good 5.5 hours to climb up and back down again. We spent a total of about 8 hours on the mountain counting our midway break and our break at th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Vera-Cruz/blog-376217.html The wakeup call came at 530 this morning for a drive to Veracruz. We caught a local bus to go to one of the beaches which was scarey because we didnt know where to get off and nobody speaks English here. My Spanish is not enough to understand their answers even if they understand my questions. We finally find a beach. Not the one we were looking for but close enough. The wind and sur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/blog-374611.html Hey EverybodyI don't know if anyone will even think to check this blog anymore I know it's been a very long time since I last updated. I have safely arrived back in Xalapa after a wonderful break full of travel. I am excited to had unpacked my hiking pack which was crammed full of clothes for a little less than a whole month. It's very nice to be settled in with a schedule again to fill my days. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Veracruz/Xalapa/blog-374399.html