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Where are the Motjies?
... hour or so. But not before trying the local speciality, "burritos de machaca" - stewed and shredded beef in a tortilla.
Belman and his friends, Manuel and Christina, let us squeeze us into their car with our mochilas grande (big backpacks) and kindly dropped us off as the other bus station. Thanks for the Mexican hospitality, amigos! ;) Feliz Navidad y Nuevo ano!
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Viaje al norte - Reise in den Norden (1)
... und Abends dann aus Müdigkeit und auch aus Respekt vor dem gefürchteten Nordmexiko im Hotel blieben. Am selben Abend kamen noch Emanuelle und Arnaud, zwei Austauschstudenten aus Frankreich, dazu. Sie reisten die ersten zwei Tage mit uns, mussten dann aber wieder nach Mexiko City zurückkehren.
Am nächsten Morgen ging es sehr früh los, aber das aufstehen lohnt sich. Die Atmosphäre im Zug ist genial und ...
The beginning of the unbearable heat
... was convinced there would be trouble with some of the passengers not having the right paperwork or something and we'd be stuck there for ages. As it was, we were the ones that held things up! We had seemingly every border guard there having a look at our ESTA froms (the visa waiver forms you have to fill out before you go to the States) because they so seldom have people from the UK crossing into the States from the Mexican border, and they weren't used to seeing them! ...
Ferry across la mer (sea)
This morning we tried out the hot tub in the hotel garden - just to see whether it was as good as the guide book stated (which it was) and the went to look around El Fuerte. The town was built by the Spanish in the 1500s to ward off attacks from the locals. At its' centre is the town square with a band stand and lofty palm trees which are overlooked by the colonial facade of the town hall. Being Sunday morning the church service was in progress as ...
The most expensive nuts in Mexico
A passing through place so nothing to report here as its the skip part of a hop, skip, jump, we´re on 4 hotels in 4 nights, not something you want to do regularly.
An old guy joins us on the bus, leaving his bucket of prawns on the back seat for the duration of the journey - he tests his English we do the same with our Spanish.
You spend a lot of time negotiating/not getting ripped off, usually about hotels or ...


