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Given recommendations from travelers and friends, Morelia, capital city of the state of Michoacán, turned out to be a good choice to split up a long trip to Puerto Vallarta. Confirming Lonely Planet’s instructions at the bus terminal tourist booth (with our limited Spanish), we caught the R-1 bus under the pedestrian bridge and headed [...]
Two trips outside the city that were must sees: the canals of Xochimilco and the ancient ruins of Teotihuacán.
Xochimilco: about 25 kilometers south of the city center used to be a lake in ancient times. The residents of this area continued to build up islands to cultivate crops until the lake became a series [...]
Arriving at the North Bus Terminal, Mexico City turned out to be surprisingly simple to navigate – as long as you didn’t mind a ½ mile walk underground between subway lines and the bouncy ride afforded by the rubber subway tires. Having a bit of daylight left after checking into the “Bed & Breakfast Mexico” [...]
We went to the Zacatecas bus station to book a bus to Leon (we would book a connection to San Miguel there) and found out that the information we got in town was incorrect. Instead of 4 buses running daily from this one company, there was only one, at 3:30 pm. Looking at our watches [...]
As many backpacker travelers know, plans can change at the drop of a hat. We were to go to a small “ghost” town called Real De Catorce, but with no vacancies due to the Easter weekend, the hostel owners in Monterrey recommended the capital city Zacatecas. A last minute cancellation secured us a room. [...]
We arrived in Laredo, TX after a five hour trip on a Greyhound bus. Strapping on our packs, we followed the stream of Mexicans to the bridge. 50 cents to walk across and voila – we’re in Mexico; no security checks, just distracted security guards, and a scaled down airport-like machine over a turnstile that [...]
Well we finished off the Texas phase of the trip with the official memorial events for my father with his side of the family.
We started things off with an informal dinner at my cousin Ronald’s restaurant Saturday afternoon. Really a small intimate gathering of the Chinese side of the family, only between 30 and 40 [...]