Blogs from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, North America - page 3

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Our bags barely touched the ground in Tumbes as three charming and seemingly helpful guys loaded the four of us (& bags!) into the back of their five-seater car while they all squished into the front!! Ten minutes later we find ourselves in a locked car park in the (seemingly lawless) no man's land between Peru & Ecuador! The three men were now threatening us and asking for USD$35 each! At first they wouldn't even let us out of the car bit we forced our way eventually. They then stood in front of the boot, but Heloise surreptitiously sneaked our bags over the back seat while they all ranted at the rest of us with increasing aggression. We stormed over to the car park gate where we were confronted by a corrupt security guard who wouldn't ... read more

Well, we made it across the border with ease. got the green light everytime. Driving was not so bad, nice hwy for next to the border. By 5 pm, we were arriving in the outskirts of Monterrey. Driving into this city was hellish. I cut someone off, and they slowed to let me know. The lanes were decieving, I was doing the best I could! What a mess! We got to our hostel in one piece. El hostel aqui esta muy tranquil! Went out to a club, visited the historia de mexico museo, and fed the hungry on sunday. Grilled cheese sanwiches, juice, and bananas. I am dealing with some poison ivy that showed up a day after I left the woods in Arkansas, the mexico heat does not help, although, I am looking forward to ... read more

On the Evening of the tour in the city i went with a friend of Lucy to a nice club called (i think) Rodeo , almost everyone there were dressed as cowboys and the music was latino Mexican and everyhere and there some country music as well , they tought me how to dance and it was really funny cuz they mostly have this one dance and the rest are variations of this dance it is like a slow dance but where you have to grab the girl just a little above her behind and spin, next they were dancing country whice i really liked , all this dancing in lines and changing directions it was really fun , once in a while they all was shouting Yaaahoooww like cowboys , and we all drunk more ... read more

Today i arrived to monterrey , and yetarday i landed in Mexico . In this trip i felt the true meaning of being a tourist , i cheacked out of the hostel at 13:00, bus to the central station i got there by 3 . i have waited 2 hours and then a 9 hours bus to Miami , taxi to the airport and 13 hours to wait for the plane , i tried changing flight destantion or have my flight earlier but couldnt becuase i bought the ticket from elal (bad thing !!) 2 hours flight and a 13 hours bus to monterrey , all in total of about 39 hours on the roads .. In the middle of the way to Monterrey , at around 2:30 in the night someone is waking me up ... read more