Campestre Y Spa Viejo Gogorron San Luis Potosí

... parts of the city. As already mentioned in part 1, the main focal point of San Luis Potosi is the Plaza de Armas. From here the urban planning beckons the visitor to explore other directions by means of pedestrian streets. The strongest attraction is offered by a glance down Ignacio Zaragoza. It is a pedestrian mall that leads south for eight blocks to Jardin Colon and the Mercado Hidalgo. Just the prospect of eight blocks without ...

... gawking, locals holding hands and just enjoying a Christmas Day walk. It all conspired to put a great big smile on our faces as we strolled around the Plaza de Armas. What could be more fitting in a town named after France's Louis IV than to meet in the Plaza de Armas a family from France who had come to SLP for a wedding. For a fleeting moment it was beautiful to converse in "the language of Moličre" and compare notes about Mexico and ...

... ils ont de belles autoroutes, celles qui sont payantes en meilleure condition que les autres, alors que les routes secondaires sont parfois étroites et cahoteuses comme les nôtres. Un point positif que nous avons noté ŕ notre premier plein d'essence est son prix avantageux ; il n'y a qu'une compagnie gouvernementale qui distribue l'essence au Mexique et c'est Pemex qui a un seul prix ŕ la grandeur du pays, soit 0,60 $ pour le diesel, 0,70 $ pour le régulier et 0,87 $ pour le super ...

WEATHER: sunny and pleasantly warm TOTAL MILEAGE: no driving. All currency is in pesos. We decided to spend another night at this hotel and spend the day as total tourists, going out three times. In the late morning, we went to the Alameda- it had fewer gardens then the one in Queretaro but did have a pretty pond with geese and other birds. We also wandered around the train yard- not as attractive but, as this is an old mining ...

... and the hotel has at least one restaurant and an unusually emerald green pool. Of course, there is A/C, cable and good drinking water. There is an interior parking garage. In the early evening, we took a walk and ate at a cafe a few blocks away. Some of this area is blocked off to traffic, which makes walking a pleasure. I enjoyed strolling the plazas around us- and we saw a beautiful rainbow from our room!

... humans with there heads in there hands, some where pulling there hair out and generally looking distraught. We saw more than enough of that and moved on to the Jaguars and Ocelots who were not much better off in smallish cages and exposed to lots of burning hot sunlight. They looked very worn out. Sam was particularly saddened, being a big cat himself, we got to a cage with a big black Jaguar in it and it got up and looked Sam right in the eye. It was really weird to see Jaguars ...

... whatever reason - perhaps it was the dreaded "beach fatigue" - Manzanillo was the first well-known resort destination that didn´t work for us. We continually asked each other if we were missing something but after much exploration, we realized we had indeed seen it all, and so moved on after only 2 nights. After Manzanillo we finally turned inland, driving 70 kms northeast to Colima, the capital of the tiny state of the same name. There wasn´t a person to be seen when ...

A short day trip. Delores Hidalgo is the home of the church from which on September 16, 1810 padre Miguel Hedalgo y Costilla issued the Grito de la Independencia spawning the Mexican Independence movement. Subsequently excommunicated and eventually beheaded, Hidalgo is a national hero for whom countless streets & plazas are named throughout the country. Despite its' historical significance, the town ...

... of Chile, The Salt Flats of Southern Bolivia, La Paz, Lake Titicaca, and to Cusco and Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, I don´t have much time so say a few words about this life-changing trip. Believe, what i would like to do more than anything is to tell all of you about my adventures, but I have tried to write this letter five times already and I can never finish, or start, or something comes up ...

... is the cheapest. Queretaro also boasts a Costco, Sams Club and major shopping centers, etc. so it is a favorite destination for middle class SMA residents and ex pats for major shopping but that requires a car. If your Spanish is not that strong, you will probably get more out of an organized tour that often includes stops at Bernal or Atotonilco as well. The local tours once you are there are all in Spanish but there are a couple of nice small museums as well.