Tag: road trip

Recreation, Travel

Fond Memories of Mexico

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I just found my iWeb travel blog from my trip to mexico 3.5 years ago.  Reading my adventures reminded me of what a great time i had.  I need to get out of the US more often.  I have a few ideas in the works to bed my wonderlust.  We’ll see which idea pans out (or entices others)

Read Along:  http://web.mac.com/be3n/iWeb/Travel%20Log/

I wrote it in iWeb originally because it easily let you work offline and publish whenever you have internet.  Now i use the wordpress app for iPhone!!  (maybe i’ll migrate the posts here, one day)

UPDATE:  That day has come.  now you can visit those posts here!

Food, Recreation, Travel

Tequila!

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After passing countless fields of agave we finally arrived in the town of Tequila.  Home of a drink of the same name.  We visited the Jose Cuervo factory.  Tour and tastes for tourists because most of the actual Tequila production and all of the bottling takes place near Guadalajara.  I had a great time, even while I was almost beaned by a falling agave (they can be 50-70 kilos).  I learned much about the making and drinking of Tequila.  We even got to see the private cellar.  It was actually lost for decades, only found when growth and expansion lead to serious remodeling.


After the tour we met up with a friend Eric had made on his previous visit.  We met up for more drinks and wonderful conversation.  A really great guy with a lovely fiancé.  He is building a Tequila factory of his own.  As the day came to an end, we had to pack our car and get back on the road.  The sun was setting on the agave fields as we drove on to Morelia.

Recreation, Travel

Tepic

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The journey here was awful.  The 15 was usually a very nice drive, but for this stretch it was one lane each way and there were so many slow moving double trailer semis it took forever.  When we finally arrived at 1am, we discovered it was a hole in the wall town that we only slept in.  The hotel was straight out of the 60s and quite run down.  Rotary phones and no outlets.  What more can i say?  Back on the road!  this time to Tequila!

Recreation, Travel

Culiacan

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We arrived in Culican this evening.  An interesting little town with some very confusing streets.  They have a roundabout (i love those).  The only problem is that the signs are quite confusing.  The hotel had the most amazing internet.  I was able to fix my blog and video chat with the parents.  God i love technology.  We snuck out just a few moments ago to grab some grub.  Most everything was closed so we ended up grabbing some dogs from a street vendor.  On the way we found the most amazing cathedral.  Amazing in the night with the neon cross and all.

Recreation, Travel

Sea of Cortez

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Beaches of Topolobampo

We drove down the coast to Los Mochis.  Stopping for some sites before we drove on to Topolobampo.  Amazingly beautiful beaches (though eric says the southern beaches are where it’s really at).  You could tell this was a tourist destination, but it was almost completely deserted on a Wednesday afternoon.  The sand was amazingly fine and the surf was warm.  They call this the Sea of Cortez in Mexico and the Gulf of California in USA.  We found a restaurant to grab some seafood and a sangria before playing in the water for a bit.  Unfortunately we didn’t have much time to play, we are still making up the time we lost in Nogales.  We want to make it to Mexico City by Friday


Recreation, Travel

Guaymas

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We originally passed right through Guaymas.  Supposedly one of the principle seaports in Mexico.  We drove through town trying to find the lovely shorelines and resorts we had read about.  We had to turn completely around and drive back in to find it.  Eventually we found a shoreline and some very vulgar local punks.  They started as a great way for me to practice my spanish.  Eventually it digressed to sexual innuendo and panhandling.  On the whole, not the experience i hoped for.  I don’t recommend.

Recreation, Travel

Hermosillo

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We arrived in Hermosillo in the afternoon.  According to the guides this town was famous for it’s cathedral.  That was certainly on our itinerary, but first, food.  We found an amazing fruit and sandwich place.  A delicious chicken baguette with fruit and even a coffee for kira.  Not cheep by mexican standards, but awesome in every other respect.  The cathedral was lovely.  It had some very graphic depictions of Jesus and some beautiful chandeliers.

We also discovered a museum about the local native people.  Though we only barely made it before they closed, they were very nice and gave us a private tour.  They even gave us a taste of native mesquite medicine made from the sap.  There was even a school there on a field trip.  Some huts and some amazing murals.  Enjoy the pictures, there are more in my photo archive page.