City Express San Luis Potosm San Luis Potosí

... Hidalgo. Although relatively clean, we did note that Ignacio Zaragoza would benefit from a good power wash. We later saw an ad that the city is using power washers on the sidewalks so hopefully it was due to be done soon. revel in the visual, auditory and olfactory pleasures or revulsions of the Mercado Hidalgo. Without a doubt one of the pleasures of Mexico is to experience the many "mercados" or markets that are a staple of ...

... light show that was taking place nightly during the holiday season in SLP. The amazing part was that it was being presented not only in the Plaza de Armas but also in Plaza del Carmen and Plaza de los Fundadores. This was a unique happening - three beautiful plazas and three spectacular sound and light shows all taking place at the same time. Now in this blog I did promise to talk about Christmas in Mexico. By intuition I surmised that ...

... Pour le deuxième, ce fut plus sérieux ; c'est sa pompe à essence qui a lâché. Heureusement pour lui, nous avons un serre-file dans la caravane qui roule toujours en dernier et dont le rôle est de porter secours aux caravaniers en problème. Ils se sont donc arrêtés en bordure de l'autoroute et avec sa femme qui parle espagnol, ils ont fait venir des mécaniciens qui ont remplacé la pompe à essence sur place. La pompe était dans le réservoir d'essence ; alors imaginez, une femme m ...

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 ...

... that was playing and jumping over each other. We picked out the Hotel Panorama based on Lonely Planet, a splurge at $860 per night. It definitely has the feel of a chain hotel, but it also has all the amenities (after all these weeks of carrying our luggage up and down stairs, an elevator is a luxury!). Our room is very large, on the seventh floor, with huge windows and an excellent view of the city. It is fully ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... words, "Mic Casa Su Casa (My home is your home)!" And these people really meant it. They were our Mexican families and treated us so. Sara's mom Nancy opened her home to us and gave us a comfortable room to sleep in. Pita's mom Pita made us the most incredible meal of the trip, Enchilada Potosini with tons of rice, beans, and dessert while her father Martin Sr. filled our glasses many times with the best Tequila and Mexican beer. All the while Martin Jr. filled in every moment ...

... have some important things to say and I would rather say it in the following log. Don`t worry, I am not going to leave you empty-handed. I have loaded some photos of the first week of my trip. I hope that this photos can speak for themselves and show you a part of what I saw. I will be returning to the States in a couple of days and I shall send my next log very soon. I promise... Jesus Torres

... 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.