Metepec, Mexico Travel Blogs

"No Español"
Sep 6, 2007

... to find certain foods is sometimes fun, but it makes many everyday activities that usually are taken for granted quite an adventure. Metepec, my current home, is a town about an hour west of Mexico city. I live with two other English teachers, one from ...

Adios Metepec
Oct 1, 2007

... , as I believe the language barrier is going to be the biggest problem travelling solo. I will be leaving many things in Metepec and plan to travel relatively light. Nicaragua, specifically Leon, where I plan to reside for the next to months, is around ...

I am here!
Aug 8, 2007

... someone who works for the organisation and me and Emma (another volunteer from UK) stayed at their house before traveling to Metepec. They were so friendly and made us feel very welcome. At the moment I am on an intoduction camp with 27 exchanges ...

Teotihuacan, la grandiose
Aug 24, 2006 (3 photos)

Vous les attendiez, les voilà , les fameuses pyramides géantes du Soleil et de la Lune. Soyez moins bête que moi quand vous viendrez. Chapeau et écran solaire s'imposent, quelque soit le degré de moutonnement nuageux à l'horizon. Moi, j'ai fini la journée ...

Teotihuacan
Aug 5, 2005 (11 photos)

I went and checked out Teotihuacan. It's famous. It has the largest pyramid in the world (not tallest). It close to Mexico City. That's about all I can say for it. But I did buy a really cool shirt. Is tie-dye cool again? Damn right it is!

choses bizarres et déconcertantes...
Aug 29, 2006 (13 photos)

Commençons par une belle platitude : le voyage, c'est la confrontation du même et l'autre. Tantot, on s'émerveille de retrouver à l'autre bout du monde ce qu'on fait chez soi, "Ah ? comment? ici aussi on fait ça comme ça ? " ou , tout au contraire, "Ils ...

More Mexico City, aka Pastry Paradise
Sep 28, 2005 (5 photos)

... in the morning Mexican breeze smack dab in the very center of the plaza. Obviously, the zocalo is of importance to Mexico, both historically and currently. Aztec legend has it that it is literally the center of the universe: Quetzalcoatl, the plumed ...

Jalpan - day 28
May 7, 2005 (7 photos)

... 130 miles taking a route recommended by Pancho, a man who lives in The Valley and has taken many groups on motorcycle tours into Mexico. He said it would be unforgettable and it was. The road winds up to 7,590 feet at Pinal de Amoles and makes ...

Teotihuacán, Mexico
Dec 10, 2006 (10 photos)

... Dead runs right into the Temple of the Moon, and is the main north-south road through the old city.  (Obviously  Mexico´s obsession with death started before the Spaniards arrived...)  From the Temple of the Moon, we cruised into a few of the ...