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Monterrey Slideshow
Monterrey
Travel Blogs from Monterrey, Mexico
And orientation ends...
... the administrators spoke and the arts department brought in some folk dancers and a mariachi band. And of course, no event in Mexico is complete without free alcohol, which just made me laugh (There was CocaCola for us non-drinkers, as well). Afterwards, ...
Cascadas y Naturaleza
So my dad reminded me that I havent updated this in a while, so I thought I should cover my two big trips thus far (and a small little adventure)... All in seperate entries, of course, so I can place more map pins! Small adventure - the "short walk" ...
Mexico
... made the trip to mexico, and insead of the usual cattle class, this time i'm the bussiness, well in bussiness. First inpressions of monterrey is that the city is a very industry based with lost of bussiness, but once you speak to the locals you get some ...
Monterrey, Mexico
We spent 2 days in Monterrey, which is actually a great place to visit. Like any city, there are different worlds within the city. For the most part, you can tell you're in Mexico when driving through the city. However, there are parts ...
Still alive in the Mexician border war zone.....
... Monday, yesterday, for a total of 4,092K for my Mexican road trip so far. Crossing the border at Laredo into Mexico and going to Monterrey was the most difficult and hardest part of the road trip - yesterday, going to Monterrey was hell - I got lost ...
avion de regreso...
Como dalio tan tarde el vuelo no nos quedo la opcion que emborracharnos con cervesas.. por lo menos cuando llegamos nos estaba esperando beto, cantu, gochi y ma... eran las 3 y media de la mañana.. y si.. si fuimos a los del ...
A night out with the girls...
This night was going to be a quiet one since I had just returned from Mexico City, but that ´small idea´concept didn´t last long and we ended up going all out. If it seems like in many photos I look eerily like Smeegle from Lord of the Rings, blame it ...
Monterrey
... ;but did not have a chance to see much at that time, mainly some highlights of the city center. March 25, 2008 - I'm back in Monterrey - this time for longer.. I have moved to work here, the plan is for the next few years, and I hope I will get ...
Rock you like a Hurricane
That was the name of the first new cave we found. Two days later we were experiencing hurricane Alex. Monterrey got 31 inches of rain. We think we got less. We caught up on sleep, watched movies in the van, and then had to hike out ...
Grutas de Garcia, and more
... in concrete paths. Saturday was fun! we went to Texas to buy clothes. apparently Texas is the cheapest place to buy clothes, with Monterrey having prices as much as double. i got a haircut too. it was such a strange feeling to finally once again feel ...
Anyone for some more chilli?
... told that I would have to pose as a nun because Lauren (other koala) and I (despite doing to different projects in Mexico) are at risk because we are foreigners and our university here did not want that responsiblity, and that if we were affilliated with ...
Im neuen Zuhause
... indigen, Mestizo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Die Sicherheitslage hier ist wirklich sehr bedenklich und hat sich seit unserem Entschluss im August, nach Monterrey zu gehen, extrem verschlechtert. Täglich gibt es Schießereien und Morde, nicht nur unter den verfeindeten ...
Feldforschungstagebuch IV
... so schlimm war es nicht ;-), war die Chefin der Rechtsabteilung der Komission für Menschenrechte im Bundesstaat Nuevo Leon (dessen Hauptstadt Monterrey ist). Ich besuchte sie in ihrem Büro im Zentrum der Stadt. Die ca. 50jährige Dame war sehr höflich ...
Arrival to La Quinta
Finall arrived after a long and difficult day of dealing with bad vehicles and border town red ...
first impressions..
Hi alll my freinds.... it IS true I AM in Mexico and I really never thought I could be here...with THE people around ...
Beautiful Ending
Today is our last day here in Mexico. For our last day we get a free day. In the morning we got to go shopping in one of the main markets of the town. Right now I am sitting at the top of one of the highest mountains looking over the city. It is o ...
drowning in spainish
... every eye out for my amigo, looking looking jaja Ahhhhh Yay!! :D i see him im happy now. Driving from the airport in monterrey to sabinas a small townlike 3hours away way exciting, the weather was not as i expected and rain was everywhere the car was ...
Ab ins Warme
... . Die Berge sind jedoch meist nur schemenhaft zu erkennen, Schuld daran dürften der hohe Smoganteil und Industriestaub haben. Monterrey ist nicht nur die drittgrößte Stadt Mexikos, sondern auch die Industriestadt des gesamten Landes. Die ersten zwei ...
how to miss a flight and not the next one
... like (see below) we messed up with gas stations to refill, we had to drive even more than needed, we spend 2 hours crossing monterrey until the airport, but after a 10 hours drive, sweating of stress we arrived 10 minutes before our flight. we could get ...
