Blogs from Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, North America

Today we are off to Puente Dios - God’s Bridge. It’s another series of waterfalls where one can supposedly swim...although we have our doubts. This set of falls is on the same river as the Tamasopo Falls that we visited yesterday, just a little bit further out of town in a different direction. We negotiate our taxi and 20 minutes later we are up in the thick of the jungle. We are dropped near a railway track which we must cross and then we find the entrance booth. They are trying to rent me a life vest for swimming but I tell them I’m going to take a look before I commit to anything. I may be a ‘fish’ but I don’t want to be a dead fish! Unlike yesterday, today’s view is going to require ... read more

There is not much to say today. We are in the tiny town of Tamasopa in the beautiful and peaceful Huasteca Potosina region. We have wandered around the town...it took all of five minutes. We have had another easy day. The hotel has emptied and I have enjoyed a swim in the pool. Now we are sitting in the square having dinner. We have no idea what we have ordered other than there is some element of chicken in it! Our meal has arrived and it is nothing more sinister than breaded chicken (fried to within an inch of its life), salad, chips and rice. There is some kind of mini festival going on in the square. A brass band is competing with loud music from a loudspeaker. It appears to be pretty much over by ... read more