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Travel Blogs from Monclova
20,000 Leagues above the Sea
... Potrero Chico for a few more weeks as I still have a few climbing goals to pursue. Afterwards I will be traveling down to Puerto Vallarta to visit my Aunt and Uncle for a few weeks and then staying with my father who just moved into a condo 30 minutes south of Cancun. I plan on using that area as a base for my exploration around Southern Mexico before finally ending my vacation and moving to paradise in Honduras to pursue my Diving career.
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Mexico
... formations and finally to the river, where we were at last permitted to swim. These waters, in the middle of the desert, are home to a couple of endemic species of turtles & fish. Still, did manage to see one of the turtles in the river at a great distance. Water refreshing & minerally, leaving us with a film of deposits drying over us on the windblown ride home in the back of the ...
El Carmen, Mexico
We arrive in El Carmen after an uneventful border crossing. We're staying at a Bible Institute which has a nice campus - it's trees have pretty deep pink flowers. I love it here. The work at the orphanage means most things are done by hand - mortar mixing, water carrying, cement moving - at least we have a small barrel mixer for the cement otherwise we'd never get anything done. It seems like everything in Mexico is made of cement. ...
Camping in Cuatro Ciénegas
... and wore a long sleeve shirt. It's so hot and sunny that you'll burn even if you're wearing 45-spf sunscreen. The white sand was also very cool. The camping itself was also quite a bit of fun. We had hot dogs and good old marshmallows, or bombones, as they are called here. Everything went extremely well. I'm definitely planning on going back to Cuatro Cienegas someday. ...
We love Monterrey!
... the pictures to this computer because our laptops do not work with their network. I hope that you are all enjoying a great break! We are loving Monterrey! It is soo americanized, that sometimes you forget that you are in Mexico! Everything is American! WalMart, Chileīs, Samīs Club, Home Depot.....even the cars are huge! SUVīs every where! Ok, I will get those pictures up as soon as I can figure out this computer!! ...