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Leon Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Leon, Mexico
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Fork in the Road
This is a top pick! ... in fact, there's very little of it! So we decided to conduct an experiment. A few days apart. Travelling separately in Mexico... Mario headed to Guadalajara with Adrian (Swiss) and Carolin (German) who were going in a similar direction. Meanwhile ...
Monte Alban
... ander plaatje dan de vorige ruïnes die ik heb gezien, die allemaal in de jungle lagen. Ik zie trouwens overal in Mexico en vooral ook in Guatemala veel roofvogels, volgens mij zijn het valken. Maar hier kwamen ze wel erg dichtbij vliegen. Wel leuk ...
The Road of Bones
Malin and I woke up at 5:30am in San Felipe to see the beautiful sunrise over the Sea of Cortez...a special treat to see for us "west-coasters", who are so often spoiled with just a single choice. By the time we had the bike packed up, gassed ...
Mayan ruins, Canyons and..........Shakira!
... Shakira in nearby Leon, complete with a posh hotel. So early the next morning we left our cheap & grim hotel in Mexico City and after another long bus journey checked ourselves into our gorgeous room in Leon which was bigger than our flat at ...
Schuhe, Schuhe, Schuhe
... samt Einkaufsstrassen gibt es auch. Gleich noch was zum Phänomen Einwohnerzahl: Mein Taxifahrer meinte gleich erstmal, Leon habe 1,5 Millionen - und bei Mexico City, dessen offizielle Zahl bei 20 Millionen liegt, wurde mir auch schon mal 25 Millionen ...
oops. i'm too busy for thisª
... ! I've been in kinda a slump because for about 5 months before coming here, i kept telling myself no shopping to save money for mexico. So i only bought two pairs of shoes, a Burberry and a Coach purse, and a wallet. Clint on the other hand..... i won't ...
Baja Dry Run
Baja California is awesome. It was my first time being in "real" mexico, away from all the tourist zones. Basically, five of us went down on an expedition to solidify the itinerary for the surf scuba safari we will be leading this summer. It was a ...
Cycling Hw 190 to Huajuapan de Leon
Km Post 177 at 1489m to Huajuapan at 1637m--40 km Trip alt climbed 653 m Max alt 1953m Avg climb 3%, max climb 11% We packed up the tent and were back on the highway about 8AM. 5 km down the road we were happy to find a village with several choices for ...
Panaderia and surprise down a washboard road
A great day! Left La Bufadora and drove over and thru the mountains to San Quintin. On the way we had a "picnic" when we stopped in San Vicente for a rest (pee break) and there was a bakery (panaderia) right in front of us!!! I wont' bore you with ...
Day One Seventy
The going really got rough today. The road south of Puertecitos can't really be called a road at all. It's really just a path where some of the bigger rocks have been pushed aside. The backwoods farm roads in Tennessee are smoother. Between dodging rocks ...
Malin's thoughts and more pics.
We had prepared for our "road of bones" for a long time, at least I had tried to prepare mentally! Jess' description of the "sense of human isolation as awe-inspiring" was to me more like terrifying. I feel as if I've been a part of adventure ...
Grottenlangweilig
... kann ich leider *g* nur bis 13:00 Uhr am Stand sein, weil ich dann schon, mit Melissa, zum Flughafen muss. Dann heisst's zurück nach Mexico City und ab ins wohlverdiente Wochenende. Genau dieses wünsche ich Euch auch! Bis fast gleich, Rinne ...
a lovely time in Leon
Leon, in the state of Guanajuato, is Mexico's fifth largest city, and the shoe and leather capital of Mexico. We'd only planned to stay with Pepe, Chelo, Danny, Diego & Hackett for a night before heading on to Jalpan and Xilitla. But they're so ...
Day One Seventy-Four
The first stop this morning was at the tiny combination TelNor office, Internet cafe, and tienda to call home and check e-mail. We spent the rest of the day exploring the cultural attractions of Bahia de Los Angeles consisting primarily of the Museo de ...
Sea of Cortez
Three weeks in this town! I was only coming for a couple of days but it's one of those places that won't let you leave. Bahia de los Angeles is beautiful. I thought I'd come and sample the delights of the east coast of Baja, with warm water and good ...
Day of the Dead Eve, alone in the desert.
... I could make out these enormous cactuses (cacti?), each as big as a house. Farout! This is deepest darkest, Baja. We're in Mexico de verdad now, baby! This morning I got a ride the last 50 miles into town here at Bahia de los ...
Cycling days 48-53: Toluca to Huajuapan de Leon
... have to repeat the sequence. As we get to the bottom of the steep grade and approach the outskirt of Cuernavaca (Mexico City’s #1 weekend destination), our mouth waters at all the stalls selling aromatic foods. It is not even 10am yet, so ...
Mexico at last
... Mexican people (the Olmecs) and another detailing the story of the Jesuit monks from their beginnings to their eventual expulsion from Mexico by the king of Spain. When I confessed to the young woman selling tickets that I couldn't speak Spanish and ...
I'm Learning Salsa in Mexico!
Mexico Journal 07-09-10 Today was yet another interesting day in Mexico. I got up at around 9 a.m. today, as I'm becoming accustomed to doing. I feel badly about getting up at 9 because I feel like I’m missing part of the day. However, we go to bed ...
Our first day of climbing
Today was our first day of climbing in El Potrero Chico. The area is beautiful and has a really fun atmosphere. The day was finished with a few beers and dinner at Checo's ( ...
La Despedida - An Adventure Ahead
... If I get behind now, I'll never catch up! I didn’t sleep last night at all because I was preparing to leave for Mexico. I don’t know why I always leave everything to the last minute when I’m studying abroad, but it always seems to happen ...
The day of the chosen one
... check. Chilled at the 'port for a while, down a cold one with ma cherie and then up, up, up we went. Landed in Leon, Mexico to an almost surreal landscape. Well, not so much surreal than what I was used when I used back home in Ecuador: sunny blue ...
My First Joint Taxi Ride
Mexico Journal 07-26-10 Well, I didn't get up until 8:30 this morning. I wanted to be up by 7 in order to get some work done, but I just couldn’t pull myself out of bed. Oh well. When I got up, I had a stomach ache. I’m not sure what’s ...
First experience in Mexico (outside of Tijuana)
The whole stay here has just been strange. The first morning here I preached in a church - in spanish! First time since 2006! Even though I took out my guages and put in clear spacers, they asked me to take them out, as well as my eyebrow ring. They ...
Histories of Those Around Me
Mexico Journal 07-13-10 Today I got up at 8:45, as I am becoming more and more accustomed to doing. I got ready for my day and had breakfast alone since everyone had already eaten and since Holly was gone at the gym. I had mango, toast with peanut butter, ...
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