Best Western Hotel Noray Veracruz

... full of interesting stuff, that would have been even more interesting if any of the explanations had been written in English.

We got an overnight bus from Oaxaca to San Cristobal. The overnight buses in Mexico are luxurious. Massive comfy reclining seats, personal tv's, refreshments, etc. It was way more comfortbale than any of the hotels we had stayed in. Unfortunately the bus couldn't compensate for the fact that the road was unbelievably bumpy, and also the most winding I ...

... to visit the anthropological museum in the afternoon which was fascinating for the first hour, lots of amazing photos and videos about current Mexico, and the history of mankind, but when I got to all the ancient artefacts and Aztec history I was flagging and skipped through that a bit more quickly. Went to my favourite Taco joint again for tea before bumping into a family of Mexicans that work locally, whom I met a couple of days previous and kept popping up since ...

... it was a completely different story!

Wow. Could they ever dance! And their smiles and their eyes were all the thanks that we needed. It was hot, we were all sweating, and it hurt to move as many of us were still sunburnt from our day at the beach. We didn't care. It felt so wonderful that, in spite of their current physical states, they wanted to dance and move like they probably hadn't in a long time.

And when we were done and about to leave, many of them stood up and ...

Hello friends!

I just wanted to let you all know that I'm safe and sound in Veracruz :) It was a long travel day on Sunday (from Phoenix, AZ to Mexico City), and after spending all day in Mexico City, I traveled to Veracruz to start my advance work with UWP. I will write tonight as I have so much to tell you all! Complete with pictures! :)

Stay cool (it's hot here!) and expect another entry later today.

Lots of love,

Megan

... central. wow... you would never guess you were in a city. so calm, and on a stunning day like today, we laid in the grass and tried to grasp that we were actually here, in mexico..... surreal things happened again, like a horse suddenly being stood beside us with a ranger on top. he had crept up silently on the grass and made us jump. again you can buy anything, but they all sell the same stuff on the stalls, so how do ...

... granted) that were amazing to see. Following this Simon fell down a manhole and badly twisted his ankle so we postponed the ruins for a day and the following morning he managed to limp around Teotihucan and up the worlds 3rd largest pyramid. Impressive and we both had achy legs by the time we´d finished. Oh and we managed to have a curry in Meixco city and it wasn´t half bad!!! ps. faveorite Street food so far hugo´s advice ´look ...

... t want her worrying about my safety, love you Mom, we just layed low, and took it easy in Veracruz. There is so much activity in Veracruz, particularly in the Zocalo, which we spent a lot of time in again, that you could just sit there and feel the energy. One very memorable thing about Veracruz was the food. I had some of the best seafood I have ever had. I could go down ...

... the bars in the fair. Had lots of invites to parties by Mexicans but by this stage I was feeling well rough. Couldn't find a taxi so had to get a local bus which was kinda scary. Everyone was ****** (the driver too I suspect) and kept handing us drinks then crowding round and shouting in Mexican. Eventually got back at 7am feeling as rough as hell. Tomorrow will be a major rest and chillout day. No more Tequila for now. Sept. 16th - Zacatecas (Mexico) Very late rise at 12 ...

... of bringing some rum back with them from Mexico. It was not much cheaper than the rum you find in the U.S. but those who partook said it was a heck of a lot stronger. Unfortunately, one our experienced sailors partook a little too much. We were in the first rising seas of the trip. This was a beam sea and waves kept lifting and dropping us, a little more every few minutes as the seas rose. It was rough enough the captain had ordered ...

... father manuel del taco's second miracle: catholicism. the jurors found him guilty of consuming too much body of christ. it seemed, though, that lopeztapec's replacement, jaime oliveros made the act of corn plate consumption marketable by adding just a few simple ingredients such as frijole refried beans; goat cheese; guacamole and spicy meats. after father del taco died from one of the many diseases the spanish imported back to mexico to wipe out the villagers in ...