Hotel Azucar Veracruz

I went all the way from Papantla which is about 100 mile north of Veracruz to 100 east of Villahermosa. THAT. Is a LOT of miles. The roads were VASTLY improved compared to the previous two days ...

Pretty sure that one speed bump I hit in the dark that made the truck and trailer fly shook stuff down too. .
I thought for sure I'd killed the girls
we hit so hard. Narrow mountain road close to Papantla and we couldn't
even stop and check them for almost 10 miles. The trailer literally
Papantla, Veracruz-Llave, Mexico chrissybz

... potholes and all. It was a stressful couple of hours.

And
that bridge...holy
freaking ****. My heart still stops thinking about it. it was like
going up and down a cliff. (Maybe 30-40 degrees grade. I'm NOT exaggererating)

Thank GOD we had a gooseneck,. Bumper pull
would NEVER have made
it. I really don't know how the girls stayed on ...

... request of the secretary. We were fortunate to witness a traditional cleansing ceremony to bring luck to the new center and heard some important officials speak on behalf of the Herbolarium, including the secretary himself.


Such a productive day :) Andi, Jorge and I are feeling very confident about our tour but there is much work to do tomorrow! Back to the grindstone :)


Ahh, yes. I can't forget about my Cobbers. My boyfriend, Matt, and many of my ...

Accommodation

While here I stayed at Hotel Jilton, Hilario Menindez No. 8, Tel: +52 (789) 8960363. This small family run guest house offered en-suite rooms with cable TV and was managed under great ownership. Current rates are 175 + 200 Peso for 1 or 2 persons. The hotel doesn't look much from the outside, but once ...

However.....when we got to Pozo Rica, again we missed the correct turn to take us to the Mayan ruins of El Tajin. The lack of proper road signs is a big problem, and neither of our two GPS units work here. Also our map is inadequate and the directions in the guidebook not only aren't that clear but they're for coming from the other direction. Plus the fact that we are about 50 feet ...

... to see some more nerdy history things I learned in school, by far the best Museum Ive ever been too. I got back in time to leave the city by bus and head to Veracruz where I am now and Its raining its ass off. I couldnt wake up in time to head north to see more ruins so Im here for one more day and headed to Oaxaca tomarrow night and should get there in the morning.

La Huasteca Potosina c'est le pays des cascades ! Situé, comme son nom l'indique, dans l'Etat de San Luis Potosi, c'est un paradis de verdure et d'eau, avec d'innombrables cascades.

Sous une chaleur étouffante (35 et plus) nous visiterons 3 cascades, celle de Tamul (100m de haut) puis celles de Tamasopo et Puente de Dios. Comme nous sommes ...

... money for the weekend for the room, and then he had to deposit it in the bank account of the hotel to reserve our room! Credit Card anyone? Well, we had settled into our second hotel, and we took showers and headed out for dinner. We walked down to the mall and we ate at the food court. Three of us went to get pizza. We ordered it, and when they gave it to us, it definitely looked like and tasted like it had been sitting there for 5 hours.. haha what an experience! After that we ...

Tampico DOES have some points of interest, notably nearby Huastec ruins, but I had neither the time nor knowledge nor inclination for them at the time, so I change buses and move on. It's hot as Hell, so I order up one of those delicious-looking aguas naturales in the big jars with big chunks of ice floating in them. Big mistake.