Best Western Xalapa Hotel Veracruz Jalapa

... the daily minimum wage of 56 pesos times 10 days. What? 560 pesos (about USD50) for that? So I tell him that can't be, bla bla. He says that their office is right at the other side of the street and if we want to go there they'll probably only charge us half. Ahaaaa... Here we start the negotiation. We say we want to go to the office where he enters first and lets us wait outside while he tells the superior officer his version. We get in and Jason tells the guy that he didn't know, in ...

... 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.

... son Ian. They kindly let us park outside their house on the beach, and spoiled us with banana pancakes, and delicious meals. It was so nice, our daily routine consisted of surf in the morning, then lay in the hammocks read,eat,& play cards, for the rest of the day. We wanted to stay longer but after about 4 days we had to move on. Definitely a spot to come back to, and visit our new found friends.

... 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 ...

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 ...

We headed south again but inland this time, to visit the small city of Colima. Slightly cooler here and Colima was a lovely place to spend a day or two. Our main intention was to visit two large volcanoes and we headed out to the town of Comala to get a bit closer ...

... 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 ...