Holiday Inn Ciudad de Mexico Toreo Satelite Central Mexico and Gulf Coast

... standard. For breakfast the line for the omelet station was incredibly long but there was the normal assortment of breakfast items. For lunch, there was a pasta station, with pizza, a grill, salads, hot and cold food as well as desserts with ice cream. The main buffet was only open for dinner since the occupancy was pretty low during our stay and we didn’t eat there at all. It is air conditioned and the dress code for dinner is casual. Had we ...

A day at the Mayan Pyramids and Cenote (underwater pool). Chichen Itza which means "at the mouth of the well of Itza ". The Kukulkan Pyramid in Chichen-Itza which known as "El Castillo" (the castle), is one of the new seven wonders of the world. It is exactly 24 m. high. Chichen Itza was one of the greatest Mayan centers of the Peninsula of Yucatan. Throughout its nearly 1,000 years history, different peoples have left ...

... the remaining 3 pesos. How sweet! That's never happened to me before!! We didn't even tell her to come back! That's what a great town Pto. Morelos is! MaryEllen and Larry finally made it in to town and we showed them our room and we went to the Ojo de Agua next door and had drinks and cerviche and great fun. I can't believe they just happened to be here the same time we are. We stayed on the beach for about 600 pesos of fun before ...

... comme guide. Il nous offre ses services pour 500.00 pesos, le tour prendra toute la journée. J'ai une petite conversation avec Lucille et nous avons très confiance en lui, nous le prenons et serons très satisfait de notre décision. Le site à voir est immense, des sentiers se croisent partout, nous n'aurions pas eu toutes les informations savantes qu'il nous a divulguées et surtout nous aurions manqué la moitié des singes et dindons ...

... regrettait avoir perdu du sommeil pour si peu... Nous continuons donc un autre 1.5 km pour nous rendre au Grupo Macanxoc, très intéressant mais nous sommes heureux de revenir au camion vers une heure trente de l'après midi. Nous décidons d'arrêter au petit village de Cobà pour diner. Nous choisissons un petit restaurent qui fait du poulet sur charbon de bois style mexicain, très bon. Un peu plus d'une heure plus tard nous arrivons au Grand Cenote, ça ...

... in Prince George, British Columbia I would have walked right by the person or even changed to the opposite side of the street. But this was Cuyutlan and since the other person looked like an expat I couldn't wait to strike up a conversation. That is where the story began as "Nils" from Washington, DC was one of the men in the group we had seen the night before. They were doing what everyone else does ...

... places to spend the winter months in Mexico". It gave us another opportunity to review with them the advantages of San Miguel and as we stated previously, the town has an unprecedented opportunity for social contact with other expats as well a panoply of activities, cultural and otherwise to keep busy during the winter months. However it was telling that when they invited their extended family to come to Mexico, they ...

... chaleureuse. Le 25 décembre, journée de Noel nous nous rendons tous à Progresso passer quelques heures sur la plage. C'est la première fois que je passais Noel sur la plage à 32o C. En revenant à la maison nous nous arrêtons à Dzibilchaltun pour y visiter la pyramide des sept poupées. Musée très intéressant, en plus nous prenons le sentier de un kilomètre qui nous amène à la pyramide. Courte visite, il fait très chaud et nous sommes anxieux de revenir à la maison en ...

... Notre visite nous amène ensuite à la forteresse de San Juan de Ulua, cite historique le plus important de Veracruz. Sa construction débuta en 1535 et s'échelonna sur 200 ans. En 1755 San Juan devint une prison, une des plus sinistres de la nouvelle Espagne. Nous visitons son enceinte et ses pièces lugubres d'environ 20 par 30 pieds, où on enchaînai 100 à 120 prisonniers. De retour au centro nous en profitons pour aller prendre un bon café au restaurent El ...

... about the people who once lived here except that their technology was far superior to our own, having built a system which had a fresh water system based upon collecting rainwater though channels and diverting rivers into vast underground reservoirs they also had an underground sewage system, and they were able to seperate the fresh water system all based upon the topography of the land, so toilets and their flushing system followed gravity and flowed out of the ...