Marriott El Paso
1600 Airway Boulevard El Paso, Texas, 79925, United States
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El Paso
The moday after leaving Austin was another marathon of driving, this time through Central Texas, which, for the record, is a big-ass state. There were hardly any other vehicles on the highway besides the occasional tractor trailer. That combined with the fact that the speed limit was 80 miles per hour made it a pretty decent drive. The scenery was …
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El Paso
... with balaclavas to avoid reprisals. It was a very peculiar feeling to know that all this was happening just a mile or so from where I was sitting in the comfort of my hostel.
In fact, I discovered when I arrived in El Paso that my hostel has bloody historical connections of its own, albeit rather more distant than the daily massacres in Juarez. Still bedecked in all its faded 1920s glory, the Hotel Gardner was one of the most atmospheric hostels I've stayed ...
Airplains, Trains, and Cars, Oh my!
... and there, and the occasional billboard. The road stretched on forever and to the sides of us there were about two miles of shrubs and dust then some interesting looking mountains. (They were very different from New England.)
We then stopped at The Thing! It was worth the dollar seventy-five that it took us to get in. You got their and it looked just like a normal trading post except for the door that lead to ...
Starting my adventure
Starting my adventure arriving to the International Airport and flying to Houston
Empezando la aventura saliendo de El Paso Texas y volando a Houston, Texas. La Estancia alli fue de una noche en el Hotel Marriot instalado dentro de el ...
Beeline for the Border
... the dirty clothes in my laundry bag.
While my Jeep was being searched, three other officers repeatedly asked me some of the same questions about where I was in Mexico and how long I was there.
"Touristy stuff like going to the beach on Baja, snorkeling in Cabo, visiting historic missions, some time at Copper Canyon." I guess I must look especially shifty.
One such question posed in over and over again in numerous ways ...



