http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico en-us Mon, 09 Nov 09 00:21:13 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 09 00:21:13 +0000 Hector his friends and I all jumped into his jeep and set out to Cuatro Ciengas. We stopped off to see the Poza Azul. This biological reserve is unique and is home to many exotic plant species and cyanobacteria colonies. Scientists believe that this could have links to discovering life on Mars because of how these species adapted here which are extinct in many other areas of the world. We sto http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Coahuila/Cuatro-Cienegas/blog-451471.html The city of Monclova was founded in 1689 and is largely known as the steel capital of Mexico. That night we drove to the annual steel festival which is filled with authentic mexican music games and an abundance of the local beer Tecate. I was amazed at how cheap every thing was. The next day after some tortillas we went to explore the Aztec theme park in Northeastern Mexico. The park is is grea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Nuevo-Leon/Monterrey/blog-451435.html Arriving in Mexico after an hour connection flight from Dallas I met my good friend Hector and his family in Monterrey. This major industrial center is surrounded by beautiful moutains that are filled with trails and canyons. I immediately was exposed to the Spanish language with Hector's family speaking little English. My four years of study would finally be put to the test. It started to pour a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Nuevo-Leon/Monterrey/blog-451430.html Hey ich war bei den PyramidenYEAH http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Estado-de-Mexico/Teotihuac-n/blog-451254.html Der var en gang et stort og maegtigt rige. Riget laa paa en oe midt i en stor soe og havde kun 3 tilfoersels veje. n mod nord n mod syd og n mod vest. Paa oen var der to tvillinge byer der hver havde deres religioese centrum. Her blev der hver dag ofret et menneske hjerte for ellers ville solen ikke staa op den naeste dag. Kongen af riget var stor og maegtig og kontrollerede alle de andre fo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-451050.html A favourite part of repeated contracts on the cruise ships for me is getting to meet up with friends from previous ships. Irsquom into my final two weeks on the Ecstasy my replacement Brian has arrived and Irsquove begun his intro training but Irsquove got a few exciting reunions during these last days. Today in Cozumel was one I got to meet up with my friend Erica who I worked with http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-450994.html Naja auf gehts Mein Start war wie immer grandios. Hab irgendwie die Nummer meiner Kreditkarte durcheinander gebracht und prompt war die Karte gesperrt. Immerhin hat der Automat sie nicht einbehalten. In weiser Voraussicht hatte ich dann doch 10 Euro dabei. So konnte ich dann noch ein Taxi nehmen und wenigstens den Flughafen verlassen. Die Stadt war sehr voll denn zufllig ist grad einer der hc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Centro-Historico/blog-450812.html Today another day in Cozumel has rolled around. I wanted to go and see something I hadnrsquot yet seen there so I asked Chris if he wanted to go to a beach. In all the many many times Irsquove been to Cozumel Irsquove never just gone to a beachAs we walked off the ship the sun was shining. Wersquove had whatrsquos seemed like endless days of grey overcast skies and often rain. I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-450286.html The Sunday after the wedding see previous blog we went on a bus ride to Mexico City it was excellent we practically had business class aeroplane seats and 2 x movies fantastic After a short taxi ride across town we arrived at yet another lovely hotel Condesa Haus I would highly recommend it which had a four legged bath in the room in the very pretty suburb of Condesa. Sadly we found o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Guerrero/Troncones/blog-450034.html After 14hrs of travel and a transit through the US always painful we arrived in Chihuahua Mexico and we drew the short straw when Scottrsquos bag was lsquochosenrsquo to be searched. After finding nothing of interest we were on our way to a cute little hotel and rather than the usual washing of car windows at the traffic lights we were treated to some fire dancing entertainment grea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Sinaloa/El-Fuerte/blog-450023.html We put the fear in the closet about going into Baja Mexico and had a great time in one of our favorite Mexico towns. In the past year or so a major rise in kidnapping and murders were happening to many locals. We use to frequent Puerto Nuevo for a day trips with out of town friends. The quaint little town of Puerto Nuevo offers lots of the typical shops you would find in Tijuana with out the crowd http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Baja-California/Rosarito/blog-449806.html It's been 9 days since we last blooged and it's hard to think of how to begin recounting the adventures. We've made it to La Paz our final stop along the Baja Peninsula before we trek it over to the mainland. The city with it's quaint cobblestone Malecon boardwalk and abundance of palapas on the beach is the perfect place to recharge our batteries both electronic and human and catch our br http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Baja-California-Sur/La-Paz/blog-449792.html Bienvenue entrez et fait comme chezvous Cliqu sur View full entry sur la flche pour dmarrer la video. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Nayarit/blog-449704.html We hit the ground running that is after sitting on the tarmac for an hour while our plane's communication system got fixed. In a city this size always has something going on at any hour so we are walking all and dropping at night. First surprise was were the Alebrijes on the sidewalks of Reforma weird creatures some ten feet high. Pedro Linares started out as a common papier mache artist who http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-449691.html Mexico Timehttpbajatrek.comOn the road down Baja California Mexico you get a glimpse into the every day life of people what they do how they live where they live. To most it seems incredible that a different culture and way of life exists merely 50 feet from the international border. You cross it and yoursquore immediately plunged into a different world. Even the hustle and bustle feels http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-448525.html We have landed in sunny Cancun for a week of RR before we tackle South America and the final months left of our journey. After going through immigration and then pressing the magic button to see if you are to have a customs check or not we headed to the land of all inclusive food and alcohol we share 7 days with loud obnoxious self absorbed Americans.Our first morning we were taken to one of t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Yucat%E1n/blog-448227.html I have to tell everyone about what a terrific time I had at Playa del Carmen in Mexico. This wonderful resort isn't far from Cancun but I thought it was overall a better experience. The Mexican coastline is beautiful and the resorts are very accommodating. It is a blast going out to the beach and enjoying the sun here especially with all the great service and all expenses paid trip. I recommend http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Playa-del-Carmen/blog-447873.html Just uploading the Cancun Playa Del Carmen trip pictures that we took from April 13th 2006 to April 27th 2006 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Playa-del-Carmen/blog-447675.html Itrsquos been about a week and a half since the epic adventure of transferring to the Carnival Ecstasy. And itrsquos been pretty chaotic ever since.When I arrived on the Ecstasy it was in itrsquos final days of dry dock renovations. We had one night in Freeport then 3 days to sail to Galveston the shiprsquos home port. That time was needed. Though the ship had been in dry dock for http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Cozumel/blog-447316.html Tag 12 wurde in Guadalajara verbracht nach dem Einchecken in der Casa Vilasanta gings zu einem Strassencafe wo wir mit ein wenig Spanischkenntissen fuer die Menuekarte und ein wenig Glueck ein feines Fruehstueck zusammenbestellt haben Tortilla Eierspeis mit Speck und Bohnen frischer Orangensaft und Kaffee. Die Stadt Guadalajara an sich wirkte schon ein wenig entspannter als Mexico City di http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/blog-447072.html