Hotel Victoria Veracruz

... with the baggage guys trying to locate it. There was nothing for it but to go into town and check in to a room. Í had all my valuables, but had to spend the evening in my sweaty bus clothes and hope it would be there in the morning. Luckily it was. *breathe a sigh of relief* - if that was Asia i don´t think i would have seen it again.<br><br>Veracruz is a sweaty little sea side ...

... for it. <br><br>I cannot express how amazing the show was last night. Because Veracruz was my advance team city, I was able to watch! I haven't seen a show since it came to Montevideo in the '90s and all I have to say is WOW. I was blown away. I kept thinking, "I do this? Really!?" I truly believe that anyone who has ever had a doubt in mankind needs to watch a show. Your beliefs will be completely and utterly reversed. I was so incredibly moved and ...

... citizen's center on Thursday. It was a hot day (as usual!) and a fellow castmate refused to put on a costume because of the heat of the day and the smell of the costume. All around this person, other cast members were putting on their own respective costumes, wrinkling their noses because of the smell of 2 months worth of wearing the costumes, but putting them on nonetheless. Without any complaints. I tried to talk to this person and explain that everyone was going through the same ...

... small, poor community rich with history. It is home to the first Catholic church (and first church for that matter) in the Americas and the home of explorer, Hernan Cortés! It was so awesome - and a bit eery - visiting the home of such a well-known conquistador. His home is quite large and made out of stone. He built trees on top of his home to protect himself from harsh weather and now, the roots of the trees are what is holding his home together ...

Hi friends :)<br><br>Just wanted to wish you all a fabulous Wednesday! I've had a crazy 3 days here as we were prepping for the cast's arrival on Sunday and Monday, the cast arrived on Monday, and today was our first full day with the cast as well as Mexican Independence Day! I started a blog tonight but need to get up early tomorrow as we are going to the beach! I'll be sure to finish tomorrow!<br><br>I hope you all are well :)<br><br>Hugs,<br>Megan<br>

... Fuss in voller Krawallausruestung und sogar zu Pferd. Die letzten Leute werden von der Strasse gescheucht und so ein bisschen drueckt diese massive Polizistenfront auf die Stimmung, aber dann kommt der erste Wagen und alles ist vergessen. Wir stehen, tanzen und feiern mit den vorbeiziehenden Taenzern. Die Wagen sind meist hinten mit so vielen Lautsprechern beladen, dass ihnen fast die Achse zu brechen droht. Sie beschallen die naechsten hundert Meter hinter ihnen ...

This scenery is fantastic. Volcanic-shaped mountains on the right, topped with lush vegitation, and add a few donkeys and you get the picture..... At 80miles an hour, the donkeys seem pretty slow. On the left there are glimpses of the gulf from as far south as any of us have ever seen. Nautla looked like it might be worth slowing down for....but as far as we are concerned this is like the movie Cannonball Run until we get to the Pacific....we are ...

... dinner around 6 o'clock or so. Here it's almost the opposite. You have a medium sized breakfast (for me it's usually huevos, frijoles y melon) and a large lunch around 1-3. Then, if you go out for dinner, you leave around 9:30ish at the earliest. When I've gone out to eat with people here in the past we've usually left for the restaurant around 7:30. They will feed you, but there's no one else in the restaurant then. I mention this because we didn't ...

... big cities much then, nor could I handle them very well. I still don&#8217;t like them much, though I can handle them much better now. Veracruz is pretty large itself, but laid-back. But it&#8217;s hot, the summer coming on fast in the tropics. I make tracks up north, next stop Tampico.