It’s a Tuesday, a travel day. Zacatecas is 4 hours away, but we decided to take our time and do a little village searching. Along the way was Somberete, a traditional Mexican town where the streets are nice and crooked and where you constantly must watch your step. Think irregular Continue Reading
Monclova is straight south of Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras. It’s the beginning of some dry & dusty parts in northern Mexico. We haven’t been to Monclova in several years so it sounded like good place to start. We rented a room at Hotel Olimpia, right on the square in Centro. It Continue Reading
Saturday, May 28 It’s a short 90-minute drive to Bacalar, the lake of seven colors. It’s just a bit north of Chetumal, near the coastline. We found a deal on a private room at a hostel called “The Yak House”. We were greeted by a cute little bug of a Continue Reading
Tuesday, May 24 The drive to Palenque starts with an hour of good curvy road that takes you through Villahermosa, Tobasco and into Chiapas. We booked a night at “The Burnt Hotel”, otherwise known as Villas Kin Ha. It’s actually a few miles outside of Palenque on the road towards Continue Reading
Friday, May 20 Normally we would hit the road at the crack o’ dawn, all giddy and excited in a “no sleep” fog. Not so today. As mom would say, we were all bright-eyed and bushy tailed. It was easily 11 in the morning before we set the cruise control Continue Reading
Dec 26 It was quite a beautiful drive into Acapulco. The road starts by hugging the base of El Popo for many miles, then cutting across impressive gorges on mile-high bridges, followed by numerous dark tunnels as you approach the city. We had to wait a while at the hotel/condo Continue Reading
Dec 20 Well, this will be as far south in Mexico as we are going to go for this trip. Oaxaca de Juarez, (Oaxaca City), Oaxaca. Taking a convoluted route, we entered Oaxaca mid-afternoon. The streets are rough and rutted. Their layout keeps you on your toes as streets suddenly Continue Reading
Dec 13 A hotel room that is two story, bedroom upstairs, seating room below. Sounds cool, right? Yeah, so did we. Welcome to Morelia, where if you need to go to the restroom in the middle of the night be prepared for alot of groping. What they got wrong was Continue Reading
Friday, December 10 I’ve been in Mexico now about a month and a half although I haven’t crossed the border yet. These past four months were pretty tough on the psyche so I mentally started vacation early. Today Sharon and I made it official by leaving San Antonio just before Continue Reading
Our time in Melaque was the recharge part of this trip. During the summer months it’s not the type of town that buzzes like the din of the earth, a constant energy that oozes into the dusty streets. It’s rather sleepy and well, let us address the elephant in the Continue Reading
