http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Durango/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Durango en-us Fri, 04 Dec 09 10:20:33 +0000 Fri, 04 Dec 09 10:20:33 +0000 Last February I was fortunate enough to visit the quaint town of Durango Durango Mexico. The one closer to Mexico City. There are two Durangos in Mexico that share the same name. All of my travels thus far to Mexico have been on the Baja side. So I had pretty much determined that Mexico was not for me. Tijuana Ensenada and Rosarito seemed to be just too dirty. But Durango is far from those http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Durango/Durango/blog-375173.html 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 farm http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Durango/blog-340151.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Durango/Gomez-Palacio/blog-274402.html To Durango and to MazatlannbspNorth America raquonbspMexico raquonbspDurango By Traveller1April 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Durango/blog-150101.html 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 Matts passport hostage and went to do the required work. After two hours and six lin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Durango/blog-145962.html