Blogs from Vera Cruz, Veracruz, Mexico, North America - page 3

Well after an exhaustingly hot day in Veracruz visiting the fortress of San Juan de Ulua, we're off to lunch. We had an amazing meal at Villa Rica restaurant. The seafood was incredible. It seems like the meals just keep on coming - course after course - ummm! Our next stop was to visit another tourist attraction in Veracruz, the El Aquario. We saw lots of neat sea creatures - turtles, fish, manatees, and jellyfish. In the evening, we all felt like shopping so we visited a art market on the malecon. It's great - a place where you can bargain for what you want. There was also entertainment - dancing and music traditional Veracruz style. Now, its time to get back on the bus for an hour and half drive back into Xalapa. I'll ... read more

Again this is an entry that was started a day ago in another city which in the travelling timewarp seems light years away - especially after an overnight 15 hour bus ride. At least the buses are more comforatable than in Canada and the US - lots of leg room and the seats recline and fortunately they turn off the movies between 11pm and 7 am (they have overhead speakers here - you do not use headsets and while you often can turn off the speaker above your head, your neighbour is not far away - this bus had fold down televisions and unlike in Canada where they played videos here it is all on computer). Staying in a cheap hotel here near the zocallo - basic, clean, seems safe - for 150 pesos a night ... read more

In the farming hills of Vera Cruz state, about 50 K from the Gulf of Mexico, I found silence and livestock rolling in the grass. You need a compass up there to navigate because there are no road signs to speak of. Coffee producing mountain towns like Coatapec and Xico, about 10 km from Jalapa (Xalapa), offer unusual access to rural life.... read more