Viewing: barcos de pasajeros
December 3, 2014
Yelapa, Jalisco, México
We caught a late afternoon bus out of Guadalajara, took our Dramamine, and settled in for the long curvy ride. We were going to be spending the night in Puerto Vallarta before continuing on to Yelapa the next day. Tourist destinations like Puerto Vallarta don’t appeal to us much, we have to admit, which is why we weren’t going to be doing a whole lot more than getting some late-night grub and rest. We checked into the Hotel Suites Mar…
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October 12, 2014
Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, México
Chiapa de Corzo is one of three Pueblos Mágicos in the state of Chiapas, the others being Comitán de Domínguez and San Cristóbal de las Casas. It is also extremely easy to catch a passenger boat tour through el Sumidero from here and makes an excellent day trip if you’re based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, it being located only some 15km from Tuxtla and easily accessible by collectivo/combi. Given our itinerary, we ended up spending two nights, rolling in late in…
Posted in Nature, Pueblo Magico, Town | By traveleptic
October 5, 2014
El Sumidero, Chiapas, México: Part I, from the River
El Sumidero is a giant canyon in the Mexican state of Chiapas that runs more or less north-south although in the middle it takes two practically 90-degree turns leaving a section that runs roughly east-west. This giant rift in the earth lies to the north and to the east of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and can be appreciated from two very different perspectives – from its west rim looking down into it (or along the length of it) from five different viewpoints…
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