Category Archives: Mexico

Walk to Matamoros Mexico

Written by Sandra on December 30, 2007 — Leave a Comment

From South Padre Island, it was an easy drive to Brownsville where we found parking then walked across the boarder to Matamoros, Mexico. I was finally overcome with curiosity, and paid $1 to one of the many street vendors to find out what a corn on the cob stick with mayonnaise, red spices and sprinkled with cheese would [...]

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Rocky Point, Mexico

Written by Sandra on March 15, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Our getaway to Puerto Penasco, Mexico- or Rocky Point as we gringo’s say, was a lot of fun. It was an expensive trip however, because there were lots of kids there on Spring Break. We stayed at the lovely Peñasco Del Sol Hotel for $234 plus they charged an extra $28/additional person-there were 5 of [...]

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Side Trip to Acapulco

Written by Sandra on June 5, 2003 — 1 Comment

Since this morning, my stomach has been screaming “bloody murder.” Chris seems to be sulking and I can’t say I blame him. He wanted to go to a club-drink and what not-me, party pooper (literally) that I am just wanted to go back to our hotel after dinner. I tried to go for a walk, [...]

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Piramides

Written by Sandra on June 4, 2003 — Leave a Comment

We went to see the Piramides today. First though we walked to have a delicious and reasonably priced breakfast at a small local shop. It was odd though, the ladies bathroom didn’t have a toilet seat, just a rim. I decided to wait until getting back to our room. The drive to the Pyramids was [...]

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Xochimilco, Boat Ride

Written by Sandra on June 3, 2003 — Leave a Comment

We drove to Xochimilco where for $55 (550 pesos) a man took us for our own private boat ride that lasted almost 2 hours. The man didn’t speak any English and communication was a challenge, but he made do with pointing and non-verbal cues. The scenery was quite lovely-floral and fragrant-very green and lush. The [...]

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Getting to Mexico City

Written by Sandra on June 2, 2003 — Leave a Comment

Getting to Mexico City from Phoenix was half the adventure today. Preparing for the big day-our first international flight together-Chris and I spent the night at a great little hotel in Phoenix, conveniently close to the Sky Harbor Airport, according to our map, in hopes that we would have a smooth easy going, stress-free departure [...]