Hotel Torre Molino
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Day 8- Esmeralda Coast
weather- cooler but still very warm, constant breezes total mileage- 0 miles It was really nice to stay out of the car today! We have an upstairs room-- they let up park on the lawn next to our building (there are several on the grounds, as well as a restaurant/bar, a pool and a play area), which helped with us hauling all our stuff to the room. …
Day 7- Paplanta to the Esmeralda Coast
weather- hot, steamy. Thunder and lightning in evening. I woke up before Charlie and walked up to the plaza to take a few pictures. This is one of my personal challenges during this trip-- I want to get out by myself each day, so that I have to rely on myself to communicate and get around. However, this couldn't have been easier-- the plaza is in …
Activities On Lake Catemaco
... for a good vista, but were rewarded by being at eye level with a solitary monkey on a tree. It was much hotter on the return journey, with the sun up and beating on our backs. There was no wind and it was perfectly calm. Back at the resort, the obvious thing to do was to jump into its inviting pool.
The other 2 groups only returned at 12 and 12.30 pm, the time when we were supposed to start making our way to Catemaco town for the ...
San Diego, Tijuana & Hermosa Beach
... loads to see, there ain't a great feel to the place. This time we stayed at hermosa beach which is the other side of LA and it completely changed our opinion of the place. Firstly, we caught the greyhound from san diego (which had free wifi) and at an additional boarder control we were all asked for ID. One african guy who didn't have the best grasp of the english language got out his prison release forms instead... Brilliant. So we waited 10 mins while ...
Pendant ce temps, a Veracruz...
... of the waves and catching up on my sleep. Then I went back to town for my salsa lesson. Carmen had showed where she goes for lessons and I had arranged to go there late afternoon. I was really tired (still hadn't had much sleep) and the weather was humid, but Carlos the salsa instructor was really good with me. I finally got taught the actual steps you have to do!! It was fun but really exhausting, 2 hours of dancing! In the evening I ...