City Express Toluca

Le Nevado de Toluca (aussi connu sous le nom de Xinantécatl) est un volcan dont le sommet est à 4680m d'altitude, ce qui en fait le 4ème plus haut du Mexique. Dans son cratère il y a 2 lagunes : la lagune du Soleil et la lagune de la Lune.

Le volcan etait un lieu religieux à l'époque préhispanique et l'on a retrouvé de nombreuses offrandes dans les lagunes (céramiques, copal, etc ...

... was for my many friends from Mexico when they came to the U.S. There are no nice bridges for most of them. Rather, they have a tough trek through the desert, a ride with 10 people crammed into a small car, only to arrive hostage at a safe house until their ransom is paid. Right at the base of the bridge we encountered a trolley. Friend Don knows the trolley operator as he makes this trip at ...

... skinny dipping in the sea at 6:30am, chatting to fisherman, a party at a mexicans, an even more confusing bus ride back, a suicide mission to the beach for cocktails, a lots of lying down and groaning, before finally passing out on jo and lauras floor about 10pm sunday. job done! off to cozumel today for some snorkling, altho i suspect i might sink! more tales of high jinks mañana! xxx

... for food we get stared at a lot walking about as we're pretty much the only white people about everywhere we go. i get a lot of strange looks as im a good half a foot taller than the tallest mexican man and im blond - i imagine to them i look like a female honey monster! george is 6'4" so they really dont know wot to make of him, we're thinking of standing him in the zocolo and charging mexicans to have their photo taken with the giant we've sort of named ...

... and playing soccer when we arrived at 4pm. By the time dusk came, everyone had left, and we ere all alone in this lovely park. Guess what 9200ft elevation is like at night.... COLD! Poor old Eve groaned into life the next morning, and we shivered until our first cup of coffee forced the sun to shine our way once again. It was about 0 celsius, and bundled up joggers were braving the cold air for their morning run.

Our tour finished in Playa Del Carmen where Hayley and I said goodbye to Jojo - obviously saying all the usual 'promise to email' and 'keep in touch' knowing full well that we wouldn't - yes I am a tad cynical! Anyway next it was time for Hayley and I to say goodbye, she was heading off to the USA to meet some friends and I was ''going alone'' After an emotional goodbye I boarded the shuttle and set off back down the coast to Tulum. I checked into one of the few ...

... place is huge. We climb the pyramid of the sun (now widely understood to be a temple to water and rebuilt incorrectly in the early 20th century). The money shot has to be the view from the top of the moon pyramid looking down the avenue of the dead. We have gained a few days extra by moving quicker than anticipated through Peru and so, never ones to overlook an opportunity, we decide to head to Guadalajara for a few days...

... Basilica is one of the holiest places in Mexico. Framed on a wall is the cloak worn by a priest, on it is an image of the virgin Mary which apparently miraculously appeared and has stayed unchanged for hundreds of years. It´s now housed in a new basilica, the old is still standing but is leaning dangerously, as are many other buildings in Mexico City. The city was founded on ...

... three hours from Atlanta to Mexico City. The first thing I noticed before we touched down...glowing like a beacon of orange light, Home Depot. Cutsoms was an intersting experience in itself. I went up to the lady at the desk, with my immigration forms in hand, handed them to her, and smiled my best, "I am foreign, and ignorant, please take pity on me" smile and hoped for the best. She handed them back to me, and said something I ...

... Bathrooms in Austin were usable and so were in Laredo. In preparation to Mexico we had lots to do in Laredo, insurance, water supply, food, etc ... so we went to Wal-Mart got some water, groceries, Little Debbies, eat at Mc Donald's and back to the campground. And later we have to go to the mall to look for the book "Mexican Campgrounds" and internet connection, which we didn't find either one.