City Express Hermosillo

... many of the snowbirds have arrived yet. Saw a small herd of wild burros on the way outside of Q'zite. They were the first wildlife we'd come upon in many- a-mile. Our site here at the Park is quite nice with lots of room to spread out and enjoy the weather here this winter.

... direction on the correct street. Of course, only after all this did we realize our Lonely Planet guidebook conveniently contained a very well marked map of downtown Tijuana! As we found the route we should have been following, however, we began debating going back to find the government office at the border crossing where we were supposed to have procured our tourist cards. <br><br>In the end, fairly exhausted from already having been lost at least ...

... was about 1/2 Mile that took over 2 hours . . . In the few desert runs I have been on this was almost the most fun, requiring multiple ...

Spent most of the day downloading pictures from camera to computer to back up hard drive . . . so only had a very short time to get out and shoot a few . . .but the pictures I did get are worth sharing . . Jackie

... adequate food and water. I really think this looked like a skull laying on top of the mountain. But then I could be seeing things! One of the more interesting things we stopped and looked at . . .a yellow and black Gila Monster. Hope everyone enjoyed my day at the desert .. . Jackie Whedbee

... for an early night then you may want to stay elsewhere, as next door has musician's playing until 23.30 hours and probably even later on a Friday, Saturday night. The other selling point was the cheerful elderly night manager. <br><br>Hotel San Andres, Juarez y Oaxaca No. 14, Tel: 01 (662) 2173099, Web: www.hotelsanandreshermosillo.com . This recently fully refurbished hotel was excellent ...

Destination 267: km142'459 Meine urspruenglich geplante Ausreise aus den USA am 10. konnte nicht ausgefuehrt werden, weil ich in 4 Tagen in Tucson wieder mal alles andere erledigt hatte, als das was ich haette tun sollen. So kam es, dass ich erst um Mittag von Tucson wegkam und da ich die Grenze frueh morgens passieren will, habe ich im US Grenz- Staedtchen Nogales auf einem Campingplatz uebernachten muessen. Am folgenden Morgen war es dann ...

... the local staff speaking English, and only Keely and I to translate the process was....bumpy, at times, but we learned a lot about the daily operations necessary to keep this system running. From interest rates (5% range) to loan structures ($100-$2000, 6-12 months, flexibility when the situation dictates), to client base (largely urban, confined to &lt;50 K around the office), to where funding comes from (mixture of ...

... a grad school program combining a year of schooling at Tech with two years in the Peace Corps, then a return to Tech to defend their thesis related to sustainable development in developing countries. Tech offers several degrees in this Masters' International program, civil engineering, environmental engineering, and forestry, among others. It is an excellent and efficient program that I've been interested in since hearing about it a couple years ago, and now ...

... of Chi Chi had another idea. He followed us throughout the city, and in his enthusiastic and sweet manner of repeating himself and making grandiose plans that would never pan out, we came to realize that he wasn't entirely checked in upstairs. We did our best to humor him, and lucky for me he did most of the talking. He led us to a few different lodging options, and finally we decided on Casa Margarita's, a combination hostel-lodge with a common eating area complete with breakfast ...