El Fuerte
Travel Blogs from El Fuerte, Mexico
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More Saffas??
... in January this year in Antarctica! Hmmm, Antarctica... *strokes chin* Check out their blog at www.livingthetraveldream.com The town of El Fuerte has a certain charm to it. Its name is thanks to the beautified fort that stands proudly on a hill. It no ...
Enjoy the moment
... directions. The whole package was prepaid and the reservation agency was very accomodating of our request to change. Back in El Fuerte, the gentleman at the front desk (who had been made aware of our predicament) offered to accompany us to ...
Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway
The Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway was started in 1850 something and wasn´t finished until 1961, if you look at the terrain that it goes through you´ll understand why, it´s crazy that they even attempted it. The railway runs from Chihuahua, up through ...
Tourism fortified
... the train to Chihuhaha over the famous Barranca del Cobre we went for the next best thing and headed for the town of El Fuerte at the very beginning of the route. A pretty town filled with elderly Canadians and, not surprisingly considering it´s ...
El Fuerte
We spent a lovely day here wandering around the cobbled streets of this pretty town. As seems to be the tradition in all Mexican towns the 'Governors Palace' had a mural showing the history of the place...involves lots of men on horses with belts of ...
El Fuerte
The pre-inca ruins of El Fuerte are among Bolivia's most important archaeological sites. It's a shame they were not that interesting! The museum in Samaipata had given us a lot of information about the ruins so were able to know what was what. The cold, ...
The awe-inspiring train ride - the world's finest
Just accommodation for now............. Accommodation El Fuerte offers some excellent mid-range accommodation but very little in the way of budget accommodation. All the hotel's that are mentioned are within a five minute walk of the plaza. Whilst here ...
Cowboy Country
I immediately liked this quaint little town; grand old buildings with peeling paintwork, worn cobble stoned streets, cowboy hats & boots, and the smell of fish around the river. I wandered for a couple of hours after arriving, which is all there really ...
No comparison to BC Ferries
... -fifty guess as to which way to turn out of the shipyard – again NO signage – and guessed right! The drive to El Fuerte early Sunday morning is a quiet one. This was good since our GPS kept changing its mind as to where I should be ...
Starting up Copper Canyon
Didn't know what to expect.... fist hours across the plain quite boring and THEN..... up intospectacular ...
El Fuerte
Just arrived in Zorros Hotel
... dress with the mask), but he is not home at the moment. Hope to see him during our stay. Wir sind abends in El Fuerte angekommen und haben ein nettes Hotel gefunden. Hier kommt der echte Zorro her, der als Vorbild für die Romanfigur herhalten musste. ...
Creel to El Fuerte on "El Chepe"
Wow ! Today I travelled on the truly spectacular railway from Creel down to El Fuerte. The "El CHePe" train (Chihuahua-Al Pacifico Railway) runs through the "Barranco Del Cobre" (Copper Canyon) and is scheduled to take about 7 hours to do my particular ...
A foreigner in El Fuerte
Staying for a couple of nights in El Fuerte a charming little Spanish colonial town which is the second to last stop on the Copper Canyon railway. I decided to stay here rather than the end of the line in Los Mochis which is a more modern and I'm told ...
El Fuerte - The birthplace of Zorro
... a taxi to the Los Mochis airport as we had been advised that we would be picked up there and transferred to our hotel in El Fuerte, the Rio Vista. After waiting 30 minutes for someone to show up we then rang the tour company that had organized our Copper ...
El Fuerte, Mexico
... quick stop and they allowed us on our way after we told them we were 'turistas' on 'vacaciones'. We only stayed in El Fuerte for one night, intending to head to Copper Canyon the next morning. After talking with the visitor information center ...
¿Where in the Hell is 'El Fuerte'?
... was learning that our van is a champ in the dirt. After finally arriving to a paved road, we unknowingly continued driving PAST El Fuerte for another 20 minutes. By then, we realized that we should have arrived already, so we asked for ...
El Fuerte
... , when a taxi driver delivers a guest the hostel is apparently charged for the delivery as well as the passengers. Hmmm, nice one El Fuerte council - that policy is encouraging tourism! The Fuerte (fort) was OK, but really not worth stopping for. I'd give ...
Los Mochis and the Copper canyon
... unexpectedly we found that this place was far more luscious in vegetation than we'd ever imagine. We caught the train from El Fuerte and spent 8 hours slowly chugging through an overwhelming green canyon, with some quite serious drops a foot or two away ...
Technology -Tackiness - Tacos
... and the statue had certainly duped some people. Earlier that morning we breakfasted with a Canadian couple in Barancas. They had stayed in El Fuerte on the previous night; they told us they had always (wrongly they now knew - heheh) assumed that Zorro was ...
Canyon Country
... all the more special tasting those goodies, and temporarily took the mind off the hard seats and stinking toilets. Luckily Mexico was no exception. Quesadillas, tacos, unidentified pastry parcels of goodness, all being fried up specially for the ...
Photos from Sinaloa
Photos from our last days in the mountains and then the town of El Fuerte on the coastal plain. I´ve started just using the photo text to tell the story so read through that as you view the pictures. Today´s are in order from Oct ...
Another city with little to do...
... was a little much to handle. Head off to Tres Amigos a travel company that provides free advice throughout the Copper Canyon region. El Fuerte has an underwhelming museum and a river along the side. It's a great little town to rest in because we were ...
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