Hilton Guadalajara

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Guadalajara

A travel blog entry by cmofames

Mom and Dad splurged here and we got to stay in the Hilton Inn. It was Saturday night and the next day was Easter. The hotel hid easter eggs for my brother Jim to find in the morning. We left after lunch and drove to Mazatlan. On the way we stopped at a scenic overlook and Dad ran into a guy he works with in Minneapolis. Small world!

Day One: A Taste of El Centro

A travel blog entry by schiferl

After six hours of travel by plane, I landed at Guadalajara International Airport. My friend Salvador met me and we headed for the hotel, the Hilton International, next to the Expo Guadalajara. We decided to spend the rest of the afternoon and evening exploring El Centro Historico, the older downtown portion of the city. We visited the Cathedral …

Prehispanic Archeology

A travel blog entry by luluandal

... for ceremonies to honor the wind God Ehecatl. One such ceremony was called the Volador ceremony, where a priest climbed a pole placed atop the structure and would perform a ritual simulating the flight of a bird. Los Guachimontones have many of these circular stepped pyramids in the middle of circular building complexes. One of the larger ones is the 60-foot tall pyramid at Circle 2 which has 13 high steps leading to ...

Intro

A travel blog entry by portoryko

Po dwoch miesiacach podrozowania po Ameryce Poludniowej wreszcie dotarlam do Meksyku. Nie mialam czasu na przygotowanie sie do tej wycieczki ale mialam szczescie! W Meksyku mialam przyjaciol z Erasmusa.

Ladujac w Meksyku o tym ogormnym kraju wiedzialam tylko tyle, ze slynie z tequili i chile, ze w dawnych czasach noszono sobrera i poncha a stolica kraju jest Meksyk. Dlatego tez, nie omieszkalam zajrzec na wikipedie w celu zmniejszenia mojej ignorancji.
Meksyk -kraj ...

Day 2 - Arrival into Ajijic (Aw-Hee-Hick)

A travel blog entry by forsterb

... my packsack, bags in each hand and the same for Deb. No car yet, and we don't know if you can trust all the cabs yet, so we hiked our way UP THE HILL with our load of groceries, stopping every 200 yards or so to catch our breath. See Deb, I told you that this would be healthy for us!! We'll need a new plan going forward.

We also went for lunch to Tony's - a local restaurant just down the road from ...