Monterrey, Mexico Travel Blogs

Monterrey - City of Mountains
Aug 20, 2008 (20 photos)

... nbsp;Elias and Myrna Valdez also were here to meet us. Jon had just arrived from Houston. Monterrey is a sprawling city of 3.5 million. third largest in Mexico, but by far th most advanced. A 45 minute drive takes us to the home and convention ...

We love Monterrey!
Mar 20, 2007 (10 photos)

... because our laptops do not work with their network. I hope that you are all enjoying a great break! We are loving Monterrey! It is soo americanized, that sometimes you forget that you are in Mexico! Everything is American! WalMart, Chile´s, Sam´s Club, Home ...

Aprendo espanol
Jul 8, 2006

After my two weeks volunteering, I then spent a week doing spanish lessons in the morning and time with baudelio and eva in the afternoon. My lessons were 9am to 1pm at the offices used by Oswaldo. Getting there entailed a bus journey, a metro journey ...

Volunteer week two
Jul 2, 2006 (5 photos)

So - back from the country to week two. A similar week - fruit collection, distribution and helping to clean the store. The store had been deserted for a long time and then someone had donated to Baudelio for a couple of years. He needs somewhere to ...

Random volunteer bits
Jul 2, 2006 (5 photos)

... So - no weight lost at all and stomach holding up fine. 2) I was on the radio the wednesday of the second week. It's a Monterrey only station, and AMMAC have a half hour slot every wednesday where they talk about social issues. It was in a radio studio ...

In Transit
Aug 19, 2008

Flying from Saskatoon - Calgary - Chicago - Monterrey. Not too direct but still getting into Monterrey early afternoon. Jon is arriving half hour ahead of me (from Houston), so timing is impeccable. All I know so far is that we are booked into two ...

First week of volunteer project
Jun 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... Other highlights of my first week included driving the little white van (B has a little white van and four bigger vans) through Monterrey, following B in one of the bigger trucks. I also later drove the people carrier and shot a red light - luckily no ...

Week 2 of classes
Jan 23, 2008

... Spanish. It's really forcing me to think in Spanish almost all of the time.  I also am in a group with a guy from Mexico and a guy from France.  The Mexican speaks Spanish and a little bit of English.  The French guy speaks French and a ...

TEC Orientation
Jan 11, 2008 (21 photos)

This week has been an orientation for all of the international students.  I signed up for classes, a process that was very confusing and unorganized.  It took me two days, but I eventually got the classes I wanted.  We have also had many ...

An Eventful Weekend
Feb 4, 2008

... , as is most of the food here. The drink situation was confusing though.  I asked for water, which is fine for drinking in Monterrey.  They charged me the same price as the soft drinks.  It turns out that they don't have water there, so I ...

Starting Classes
Jan 15, 2008

... looks today than I have in my entire life.  I'm relatively tall (6'4") and stick out like a sore thumb here in Mexico.  Before the Mexicans arrived, a lot of the international students spoke English to one another.  That's not really an ...

1st Exams
Feb 9, 2008

... weekend.  Saturday I am going to Cola de Caballo (a waterfall) where you can also bungee.  Its the highest bungee platform in Mexico, so it should be pretty cool.  I've never done it before, so I hoping I have the nerve to try it. ...

Into Mexico
Sep 17, 2007 (5 photos)

... shipped to a garage in Guadalajara and we will make our way there to get them fitted. We are eventually leaving the garage in Monterrey today, 27 September; the people could not have been more helpful and friendly. One of them lent his car so we could go ...

Getting Situated
Jan 8, 2008

I arrived in Monterrey yesterday at about 11 in the morning. I didn't have any problems getting there, and there were people at the airport waiting for me. We took a bus from the airport to the campus, which was about 20 minutes away.  Once on campus, ...

Mexican Christmas
Dec 25, 2007 (4 photos)

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Final days in Monterrey
Dec 28, 2007 (4 photos)

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Madness in Monterrey!
Jan 26, 2009 (6 photos)

We spent a great 5 days in Monterrey.  A really lovely city, different to what we expected.  Its an industrial town so we expected factories etc but they are all in the suburbs.  The city is suurounded by a beautiful backdrop of ...

First day out in Monterrey
Dec 21, 2007 (16 photos)

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Waterfall and Lake tour
Dec 22, 2007 (7 photos)

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McAllen, US and Reynosa and Monterrey Mexico ***
Oct 28, 2006 (3 photos)

... , we declined such a practice, being Irish and all! Saturday night, we went out in the cosmopolitan social nucleus of Monterrey and it was unbelievable the amount of well-dressed people there...most of the peeps were way better-dressed than most Irish ...

How to make a tamale
Dec 23, 2007 (12 photos)

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La Huasteca
Dec 26, 2007 (6 photos)

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Monterrey at last
Dec 20, 2007 (3 photos)

A 12 hour journey later and we arrived at a little bus station somewhere in Monterrey. We were thankful of the Executive-styled bus (well worth the extra) but unfortunately there was a mix-up with the rellies and no-one knew where were were.... apparently ...

Look see of Saltillo and Monterrey
May 27, 1976

Impressed with Saltillo and Monerrey.

Grutas de Garcia
Oct 25, 2009 (27 photos)

Ein netter Männerausflug zu den Grutas de Garcia mit unserem roten Käfer...

Flug, Ankunft und Wohnungssuche
Jul 30, 2009 (50 photos)

Nu börjar det!
Jul 15, 2008

... var ifrån man ringer, dessutom har det visat sig att kontantkortet jag köpte är spärrat för att ringa till nummer som inte är från Monterrey, eller om det är Nuevo Leon (staten där Monterrey ligger). Iaf fick jag tag på killen till slut och hans bror skulle komma ...

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Jun 26, 2007

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