Xalapa, Mexico Travel Blogs

Xalapa, Veracruz

A travel blog entry by aloijos

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Xalapa ...

I heard about couch surfing dot com so I decided to try it out. It's a bunch of people that are willing to let random people sleep on their couches. It's a pretty cool idea but it's a little sketchy at times and you never really know what you are going ...

Xalapa

A travel blog entry by rayou

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Xalapa est la capitale de l'Etat de Veracruz. Elle contient un des plus interessant mus�e d'anthropologie, essentiellement consacr� aux cultures olm�ques et tolt�ques. Il contient notamment plusieurs fameuses t�tes ...

Xalapa, Mexico

A travel blog entry by linzstoker

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We moved east to the state of Veracruz. Xalapa is a pretty cool town with a nice climate, lots of parks, and the second best Anthropology museum in the ...

The Real Mexico at last!

A travel blog entry by jb92434

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... little too much on the plate and it did become a bit sickly. We then traveled 3 hours east by bus to a place called Xalapa pronounced "Halapa". Which is 1450 m above sea level, the town is on a massive hill and everywhere the cobbled streets ...

En mi Lindo Veracruz...

A travel blog entry by susieandisidro

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... dance troups. The music, like most things from this region, are where you will find the strongest afro-carribean influence in Mexico. This might have something to do with all the black slaves that where brought here...Regardless of the reasons, the ...

Xalapa and Xico

A travel blog entry by dane

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We've spent the last few days in Xalapa (pronounced with the J sound, like Jalapeno). It's a cool town in Vera Cruz, but since it's in the mountains the weather is amazing. Much cooler and drier than the rest of the state. My tour of Mexico is coming ...

Xalapa

A travel blog entry by flitterjahr

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... schon hier dass sich die Archaeologen noch nicht einig sind, wer diese riesige Tempelanlage erbaut hat. Zurueck im Zentrum von Xalapa sehen wir, wie eine Konzertbuehne vor der Kathedrale aufgebaut wird, etwa 100 Meter Luftlinie bis zum Fenster unseres ...

Discovering Xalapa

A travel blog entry by scrumpysue

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... ; Xalapa is like a maze and the buses run non-stop to various places but as some of the names are similar or they go ...

Xalapa, Veracruz!

A travel blog entry by rodriram

Hola a todos! Ya ando en la Capital de ...

Too Much Work and Too Much Play in Xalapa

A travel blog entry by scrumpysue

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... some words - I was ecstatic! It was very sad saying goodbye to Adriana, Ana, Ayulia and the other people I had met in Xalapa and I promised Ayulia I would continue learning some Spanish when I get home and email her in Spanish - so I had better get ...

Xalapa, Mexico - very close to the end of the road

A travel blog entry by bobfm

Today I organized pictures and updated the site. Just relaxed. Taking less pictures. This place has some of the finest attractions Mexico has to ...

First Impressions

A travel blog entry by scrumpysue

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... gave me nightmares for a week - unfortuantely (or maybe fortuantely ) you weren't allowed to take pictures. I headed back to Xalapa after a couple of days feeling much more positive about the city and ready to start the voluntary work and ...

Exploring Xalapa on my own

A travel blog entry by bobfm

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... am going to visit in Costa Rica. I offered to bring her granddaughters' presents along but she thought the mail might be quicker. I guess they knew Mexico better than I thought I did. Eventually I will get there - if not by Easter, then Christmas for ...

Fiesta Longanista

A travel blog entry by millarmotortour

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... 3 of us to each 20 tortilla stuffed with pollo (chicken) and beers. As you can tell it is very cost effective to travel Mexico. I am staying one more night (sat) and going out with people from the hostel and then driving to Varacruz city tomorrow AM. I ...

Welcome to Xalapa, Mexico

A travel blog entry by bobfm

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... telling him "no Espanol, no more money, no understand problem" Then he finally left. I was told this would happen. Arrived in Xalapa without too many detours. Lost as usual. Tried to find a friend of a friend for a place to sleep. Finally found the ...

Time Travel

A travel blog entry by bobfm

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Settled in and just enjoying the city. So many modern things yet so much is what life would be like 40-50 years ago. Learned how to get a gas propane bottle changed. Wait for a truck with a guy banging a pipe wrench on a tank, then run out on the ...

Touring Xalapa

A travel blog entry by bobfm

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... resembles anything familiar. I don't think I could ever get myself this lost again to find this place. Throw a dart at a map of Mexico and that's where I think I am. I think people worry too much when they travel. Went on a guided tour of Xalapa. ...

Xalapa

A travel blog entry by luni

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Xalapa is the capital city of ...

Xalapa, Veracruz MX

A travel blog entry by jean-guy

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... � 6 hrs ce matin nous avions pass� 8 heures dans le lit et c'est assez, nous avons une grosse journ�e devant nous. � Xalapa apr�s avoir stationn� le camion avec la roulotte le long d'un grand boulevard nous prenons un taxi qui nous am�ne au ...

Plans are meant to be broken

A travel blog entry by nrbrown

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... Yes folks they accepted me in the course & off we (my mother and I ) went on Sat. (4 of Nov) It was a long trip (4 hrs to Mexico City & then 5 hours to Jalapa) We got up super early 4:30am and left for Qro. We arrived in Jalapa at 3:30 pm which gave us a ...

Xalapa for the Museum

A travel blog entry by swanning_around

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... 2 hours to complete the 85 kilometres from Veracruz to Xalapa. We wanted to come to the Museum of Anthropology, (the 2nd most important in Mexico because it houses the best collection of Olmec heads). Who are the Olmecs you may ask? I will try and give a ...

Xalapa

A travel blog entry by dymphna9817

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... run an English language centre together. They were incredibly kind and took a week off from the business to show us around Xalapa and we had a fantastic week together. Xalapa is a sophisticated and thriving city. We visited the small town of ...

First Day in the Hospital....

A travel blog entry by staceyellison

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Today was the first time we actually got to go on rounds at the hospital. My group of three was assigned to the kitchen to watch the nutrition staff prepare diets. We were in there for about five minutes, when someone came in and asked if we wanted ...

Quick drive through Xalapa

A travel blog entry by amc828

I didn't get to see any of Xalapa besides what we saw from the car because it was so busy (traffic was horrible) and I think the places they wanted to eat were blocked by the traffic so we ended up going to an Italian restaurant in a mall on the outskirts ...

Heal the World: CI in Veracruz

A travel blog entry by anniematt

... were so cute. They kissed all of us as we left! Today’s CI started off a little rocky. We were supposed to go to Xalapa to do some reforestation. But due to bad weather that CI was cancelled. It would be to dangerous to take all of us in the ...

Christmas in Xalapa

A travel blog entry by jojotdog

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... be nice. It won't take much to make me thnk twice and keep it myself. It was a 4 hour drive from Mexico City to Xalapa where Vanessa's family lives and the landscape went from fields of cultivated land to cattle grazing land to a lush ...

Is that why the Lone Ranger called him "TONTO"?

A travel blog entry by staceyellison

... the hospital are teens. And...finally...the group presented us with a "Top 10 List" of Survival Tips for Americans Visiting Xalapa: 10. Pizza Hut is located near the mall. 9. Always bargain 8. Don't forget your immodium! 7. Driving lanes are ...

Rice and Bananas and Salsa, the Dance not the Food

A travel blog entry by staceyellison

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Today was a long one... In the hospital today, my group was assgned to tour the kitchen with our translator, Juan Carlos. Although I am not a nutritionist, it was actually pretty interesting (and a LOT cooler and less gruesome than some of the other ...

A Day of Up's and Down's

A travel blog entry by staceyellison

... song for our group presentation... (To the tune of Frere Jacques) Duvalin, Nutella Duvalin, Nutella Peanut Butter Peanut Butter Mexico likes their chocolate We don't like their papaya or their Mole (pronounced Mole-ay) or their Mole Don't ...

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