Saltillo, Mexico Travel Blogs

Saltillo
Jan 1, 1999

Saltillo was where I lived, worked and studied.

The Road Trip and the Priest
Jun 11, 2005

... me Dan. So we drove through Mexico but were running well behind schedule. We decided we could only make Saltillo that night, which is a few hours into Mexico. He said there was a nice Holiday Inn there we could stay in. We? Holiday Inn? We also ...

A quaint little town well off the tourist trail
Nov 28, 2008

The small mining town of Conception Del Oro is locally known as Concha and is located 50 miles north of the San Tiburcio junction, which is the turn off for Real de Catorce. The people that I had hitched the ride with were coming here, so I decided ...

Cuatro Ceinagas
Jun 14, 2005 (2 photos)

... me to go to their friend's for a party. Many of us weren't feeling to awake then next morning when we headed for Saltillo (the capital of our state) on Thursday leaving at 7am from the school. We checked out some museums including a natural desert museum ...

Saltillo, Mexico
Nov 25, 2006 (6 photos)

... was a beautiful mission style building with a marble staircase and stained glass overseeing the lobby. Saltillo, in general, is a much better reflection of northern Mexico. While Monterry is much more industrial with strong ties to the border, Saltillo ...

Finally across the Border, only to be stranded.
Mar 16, 2005 (5 photos)

... and while travelling is paying back dividends! The border crossing was a cinch and even fun and exciting. It was instantly Mexico! And very different than Texas, however we didn't really need to leave Texas to learn Spanish as for hundreds of kilometers ...

Saltillo
Sep 28, 2007 (2 photos)

... is covered in "Churrigueresque figures and elaborately carved columns of pale grey stone. It is reputedly one of the finest in Mexico. Inside the transepts are full of gilt ornamentation and at the very top of the dome you can just make out a human ...

saltillo
Jan 13, 2008

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Meeting the family of my girlfriend - Mexico
Dec 16, 2005

I meet the family of my girlfriend for the first time.

Saltillo
Mar 13, 2005 (12 photos)

... time to complete the assignment, so I had some time to visit a small but nice desert museum and check out the city center. Saltillo is a relatively compact city, it turned out to be more of a US style than I had earlier expected. It seemed to be& ...

Mobile Update
Dec 20, 2009

Llegamos a Saltillo, es increíble que sea la capital de un estado y que sea una ciudad super chiquita como de 400,000 personas. Pasamos a visitar a Antonio, un amigo de mi papá del Huizachal, las últimas 4 veces que hemos estado por acá lo pasamos a ver, super ...

Saltillo
Sep 28, 2005

A week of trying to speak my limited Spanish

La route
Oct 7, 2008

del norte al pacifico

Mobile Update
Dec 20, 2009 (1 photos)

Tomamos la nueva autopista Saltillo-Monterrey, parece gringa, está enorme y te evitas cruzar las cumbres (=curvas y neblina). Nos encontramos con la planta de cemento de Apasco, no tienes idea lo enorme que es. 

Saltillo
Sep 12, 2007

Saltillo