Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 840

The university decides to stay at the Laredo - Texas side for insurance and security reason, but we are free to go to the Mexican side of the town - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. All the vans are to stay at the hotel along Rio Grande, and we walked over the Friendship Bridge to Mexico. Just like that, we are in Mexico without even having our paperwork checked by the Mexican immigration and custom. The assignment is to observe different culture through landscape design projects in Mexico. Carrie, Sandy, Jason and I were paired up to walk around as a group, and we survived the day. We had our dinner at a small piazza tucked in somewhere and I guess it was bluntly obvious that we don’t look like Mexicans, as we hastily had to decline many ... read more

Yes, I am now in Acapulco, Mexico. It is very much like Rio de Janeiro in many ways - sun, sand, beach volleyball, lifesavers, concerts on the beach...I love it! We are hoping to move to somewhere more tranquil and paradise-like soon, but are not sure where. We are doing the stupid thing of travelling without a guide book ( we were too stingy to buy one for only two weeks) so it is a challenge! Hoping to make friends with some nice backpackers with a Lonely Planet soon! Last night we went to a restaurant with a real life Manuel from “Fawlty Towers” (I apologise to those of you who are not British and have no idea what I am going on about!). It was uncanny though. He had everything - the black trousers and ... read more

..... Tec de Monterrey Escuela de pilotos Condado de Sayavedraa Atizapan Cancun Acapulco ... read more

A decade of travels around the globe “Nostalgia isn't quite what it used to be”.... 10 years. A decade. If only someone had told me back then how much there's to see... Flashback to Mexico City's airport, August 2000. We just landed, trying to find our way out of the enormous terminal, feeling utterly exhausted from the long flight. 24 hours ago we were celebrating the Queen’s Day in frenzy Amsterdam. "Excuse me sir"- I'm approaching an officer in uniforms. No answer. "Excuse me!"- I'm trying again with his partner. Still no reply. In the second attempt I'm starting to realize the bitter truth. No one speaks English here! Now how are we going to find a place to lay our heads? We rushed to the nearby public phone and tried the first hotel on our ... read more

Myself, along with 5 good friends of mine head down to mexico for a night of partying. Not sure of the date as it was a long ass time ago. Anywho, take a taxi from the boarder to rosarito. 30 minutes later the taxi drops us near papas and bear and all the other hub bub. $10 all you can drink... have a great time. I end up having to babysit one of my friends as he drank way too much. hold him up so he can piss in the bathroom. it was ugly. Locals were friendly. the place seemed to have a great vibe. Although we were all quite drunk and happy ourselves. 2 of my friends end up getting in to it with some locals over something to do with the price of a ... read more