Blogs from Veracruz, Mexico, North America

We have one more day in Poza Rica. Unfortunately, the town has nothing to recommend it, other than being a handy jump off point for a visit to El Tajín and also our onward journey. It’s not even mentioned in our guide book - which is a sure sign of zero interest. Lonely Planet usually come up with something...even if it is something totally terrible? They have led us on many wild goose chases over the years. Trip Advisor has five places on it’s list. The first three are shopping arcades. Then there is the new square which is described as a dangerous place, full of drug addicts and pick pockets...it’s the square opposite our hotel! Can’t say it looked too dangerous to us, even at night when we have been eating at the street stalls. ... read more

The good news is I remembered to put the camera in the front of the van this morning, the bad news is I forgot that the sd card was still in my computer (in the back of the van), the other good news is that I remembered that the kindle has a camera on it. Not the best quality but pretty good. This day seemed easier on us, and the dogs too. They all seemed to settle into the routine of being in the van for 3 or 4 hours, getting a break and then another few hours in the van. The roads weren't as bad today, not all good by any means but there were some pretty long stretches of perfect black top. We stopped at a gas station just past the Acayucan exit for ... read more

We left our beautiful beach spot at coco and headed south on MEX 180 to Catemaco.........believe me libra roads not bad and the most beautiful as we enter further into the tropics. Temperature hovering around 23 deg c in early morn we carried on through sugar cane fields , actual cow feed lots and towns of all wood carvings, then towns of sweets and more sweets and more. Only 1 toll 40 pesos then of coarse the road was terrible, no shoulder tire busting pot holes and topez to kill your unit.......but we all made it with no more than fridge doors jard open and a few broken draws etc. Viva Mexico. Arrived safe and sound on Catemaco lake we are Happy its Beautiful... read more

Leaving Chuola at 8 am nearing to pass directly through Puablo was quiet a challenge with the amount of traffic in the morning rush. The day was a real Mexican experience with all new roads to Challenge getting turned around several times and basically lost a few more times. But we made it and here we are at the beautiful seaside. We took the mex cuota getting out of town 1st toll 138 pesos (Puebla) i was a good road. 2nd toll 92 pesos again good road. Passing through Tlaxco which seemed to be dairy everyone is selling cheese, And suddenly a huge down grade which brought us from 2200 meters to sea level we reached our 3rd toll 141 pesos (Huauchinago) but turned into very rough road. 4th toll mex115 36 pesos, good road they ... read more

Den Montag koennen wir recht kurz fassen, der spielte sich vorwiegend auf der Strasse ab. Nach dem ausgiebigen Fruehstueck sind wir aufgebrochen. Fuer die ersten 100 km bis Huejutla haben wir gute 2 Stunden gemacht, nicht nur wegen der Kurven und kaum wegen der Lastwagen, sondern wegen der Topes, der in die Fahrbahn einbetonierten Bodenwellen, die mit zweifelloser Effizienz sicherstellen, das alle denkbaren Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen noch unterboten werden. Ueber die Landschaft kann ich keine Aussage machen, meine volle Aufmerksamkeit galt zu jeden Zeitpunkt den 50 m Asphalt (bzw. den Loechern in demselben) direkt vor dem Auto. Huejutla hat eine uralte festungsaehnliche Klosteranlage, der wir aber keine weitere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt haben, denn angesichts des von Fahrzeugen aller Art voellig verstopften Zentrums haben wir uns in die Tiefgarage eines Hotels gefluechtet und in dessen ... read more