Best Western Xalapa Hotel Veracruz Jalapa

... morning we pass a bakery for some fresh home made cookies, and I feel I finally have my Christmas cookies! Speeding up and trying to get back to the state of Colima as well as the same named town, Jason passes a car at a continuous line (like we normally do with 18-wheelers in front of us) and of course a transito stands right at the tope waiting for us and having a big smile on his face. We pull over and talk to that inexperienced officer who tells us at first that we have to pay a fine ...

... Magico, but without a nice vibe. It was famed for it's ponche (fruit punch - nice but not cheap) and what the guide raved about as tapas bars - these were in fact like regular Mexican cantinas, which for every round of drinks you purchase, give you a free snack - unlike tapas bars, you don´t chose, you get what is listed/given or pay extra! Here, it was just all the cheap & generic taco based stuff, not the tasty meat & seafood stuff found in good places.

... continued down the road, running out of gas and he went and brought gas back in his jerry can.  We continued all three down the road, finding  a great campsite at Playa las Brisas and spending our first night altogether, the three of us, celebrating with a 12 pack of Modelo beer....

... mid-size city. Well today's destination - Colima - The Palm Tree City - may just be what you are looking for. The trip from the Pacific Coast to Colima was about two hours with a change of buses at the Manzanilla bus station. This raises the question, how could we possibly not stay in Manzanilla for a day to check out this large coastal city that is indeed home to a fair number of expats. I guess it was panic. Time was passing quickly and if you look at the ...

... town. <br><br>Posada Pueblo Blanco, Benito Juarez No.60, Tel: 01 (312) 3155039, Web: www.hostalpuebloblanco.localizanet.com . This centrally located posada is housed in a fine colonial building and has pleasant rooms around a plant filled garden.

... www.hotelceballos.com . Their current rates were 793 Peso for a standard room and 894 for the executive room. The high ceilinged rooms were decked out with nice antique furnishings as was the public areas. And the hotels staff was by far the most ...

Day 1 We started the road trip at 6am in the morning and made a pit stop to have home-made quesadillas for breakfast. Day 2 We drove to the hot springs where some of the cousins did rafting on the neighboring river. Day 3 We drove to El Sabanal beach and paid for a day-entrance to the Las Dunas resort. Even thought it ...

... took a bus to Xalapa and got a room at Hotel Limon, a nice little hotel right downtown. Besides exploring the city and eating very cheap but very good food for the first couple days, we didnt do too much. On Thursday I got hold of some relatives that live here and so they put us up for a few nights while Paul and I looked for an apt. as well as show us a little more of the town. A friend of my moms cousin has a co-op ...

... group keeps fluctuating with its attendance so I ended up giving a ball to the high school guy's soccer team to raffle. We went to every single business in town including the Flor de Café and the Mayor to ask for money for uniforms and transportation money. I was very impressed with the amount of money we got from all the pulperias... something like a little over $500 cords ($30) - our goal was $2000 cords. I them helped the team write up two letters for Flor de Café and the ...

... to work in Cancun. Apparently, he has been in the restaurant business for the past 20 years, but could´t afford his own place so he always had to take on partners. He moved to Jalapa five months ago and opened up his own restaurant. It is located on Enriquenez/Camache near the Blockbuster and Burger King. After dinner I went back to the Hostel, relaxed for a little while, and went to bed. I woke up early as usual and headed off to the Museo de Anthropolgia. It cost $4 to get ...