Holiday Inn Aguascalienties Aguascalientes

... Later, time for some good Mexican family fun - cockfighting! - the ring was actually part of the casino, so one of the few places that was a kid free zone. The tickets were supposed to be $12 but wormed my way in for free - they make plenty of money from the food, drink and gambling! As well as bets on the cocks, there was a sort of roulette wheel where you could wager on red or green, with monies & tickets being thrown back & forward round the huge ring in tennis balls! First the oposing ...

... city for the average expat. As a matter of fact I would not recommend it for those who are not average either. Therefore, with respect to Aguacalientes, I will not even engage in my usual pluses and minuses in trying to analyze the merits of a place. Having said all that, there are a few comments that need to be made. Yes the Plaza de la Patria has its definite merits. For instance, we were totally impressed by the murals in the Palacio de ...

Accommodation <br><br>Whilst here I stayed at Hotel San Antonia, Zaragoza No. 305, Tel: 01 (449) 9159341. This was the best of the budget options in town. The en-suite rooms with cable TV are standard but do vary, so look at a few until you find one you like. Avoid the rooms on the ground level around the parking area. Rooms 35 - 38 are your best bet as they are the nicer rooms and also set back ...

... and people are forced to drive due to lack of public transport, or the fact that most taxi drivers (in Mexico City anyway) have the deserved reputation for being knife wielding muggers? Mexicans justify their alcohol fuelled races by saying they still drive carefully, and it's true that amongst the ones I know tales of crashes after a night on the sauce are practically non-existent. Completely the opposite to home where even driving home from the pub after 2 pints is ...

... a restaurant next to Collusium st. I don't remember the name of the place but it was a yellow Argentinan steakhouse with a really cool tequila bar. The steak was really big, near 1 pound and cooked to perfection. This may have been one of the best steaks that I had ever eaten. After dinner we returned to the hotel and continued working. We finished up around 12:30 am and caught some shut eye.

... my bags and away I went to the hotel bar. My companions and I spent the night going over business stuff and enjoying the atmosphere. We sat in the outside section, unfortunately this was covered by a sun screen so we could not see the night sky. I hit the bed around midnight as I had a long day planned for tomorrow.

... some extenuating circumstances you might want to consider: *I don't have a clue how often I'll have time and/or access to an internet cafe. *I'm not my most insightful when I'm traveling with a group. The Morocco part of the trip I'm totally group-enveloped. *I've just bought a card-reader for my camera, but I don't know if I'll be able to make it work in internet cafes in Africa or France. *I don't do "this is a pretty place" kind of travelogues. If I ...

Ah, little piece of heaven (henceforth known as LPH) number 2. Neat, attractive, small, fresh. At 2,500 metres it gets rather chilly at night. It is a UNESCO heritage town (the pink sandstone one) so building/renovating/advertising in the city centre is very limited. Hostel Villa Colonial has a really nice roof top area and generally very good facilities and extremely friendly staff. $190 (pesos) for a double in a good sized room ...

... they will number over a million upon arrival. Estaban created quite a stir the first time he bought chicken breasts but didn{t want the heart which is a delicacy. Everyone was making jokes about it, no heart, no love, no romance, etc. We went to Mexico City and the pyramids with a group tour one weekend and have decided it is not all that overwhelming to do Mexico City on our own some time, you just have to be careful. We went one day on ...

... steep roads that were designed for horses, burros and carriages. Today the colonial buildings are being used as hotels, shops, banks, and government offices. To celebrate Allende's birthday, the town stages a several hour long parade along one of the major streets that marks one side of the jardin, which is what they call the main plaza. One of the idiosyncracies of SMA is that many of the major streets change names every few blocks. The parade route comes down San Francisco ...