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RE: Huasteca Potosina, SLP, Mexico

by chris0daniel 07 March 2012

Robert--Years ago I used to enjoy camping in the Valles region but I personally wouldn't hang around that particular corner of Mexico…
Huasteca Potosina, SLP, Mexico

by kevlarrob 07 March 2012

Hey, fellow travellers! Does anyone have any experience with any adventure companies in Ciudad Valles in Huasteca Potosina, Mexico? I…
RE: Questions re: Mineral de Pozos to Xilitla via Penamiller. Xilitla to SLP.

by dlglidden 02 November 2011

If you go to Xiitla via Jalpan, then on your return I'd go to SLP via Ciudad Valles. The road is picturesque and goes through the heart…
Zacatecas to Xilitla by bus

by canchito 07 May 2011

I am about to leave Zacatecas and head for Xilitla but am finding it confusing on which route to take and the availability of bus transport.…
RE: Mexican soldiers gunned-down American, how many more?

by michoacan 30 December 2010

Friends and relatives have related too many horror stories about their friends and relatives getting ambushed on highways, beaten, robbed…
RE: 3 week holiday in Mexico ideas?

by musilion 30 September 2010

I agree with Nolabound about Xalapa -- it was one of my favorite places. There used to be a convent that made and sold the best marzipan…
RE: How to get from Guanajuato to Las Pozas (Xilitla)?

by bajaboojum 10 April 2010

If you're driving, I'd go MX 45 (Queretaro) to MX 57 and turn north at San Juan del Rio. There is a nice hotel there (I don't remember…
RE: 2-3 week trip based from Monterrey

by bajaboojum 05 April 2010

Here are a few of our favorite destinations in northeast Mexico: Close to Monterrey is Parque Chipinque and Cola del Caballo. Chipinque…
RE: Huasteca Potosina in mid february?

by emilianorodriguez 02 February 2010

Thank you very much for all the info and specially #5 for the complete review. Regarding climate I´ve recently checked the weather of…
RE: Huasteca Potosina in mid february?

by usafrance2008 01 February 2010

MY FULL REPORT ON THE HUASTECA POTOSINA (2005, 2006 and 2008) I have been to the Huasteca Potosina several times since 2005. When I was…
From Queretaro to Xilitla

by pantsninja 10 January 2010

This not really a journal entry but more advice for those that want to venture between these two interesting towns and where I stayed.…
RE: Hotels in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi

by usafrance2008 13 December 2009

I have visited Ciudad Valles on three occasions, but is unfortunately a rather unattractive, agroindustrial city, largely based around…
RE: Hotels in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi

by Queretaro 11 December 2009

I was in the Hotel Taninul in August and I thought it was terrible. It was extremely run-down and yet cost around 80 USD for a double…
RE: Hotels in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi

by Berto301 11 December 2009

Here's a place to start. The pricing is current but probably negotiable. http://www.allmexicohotels.com/san-luis-potosi/ciudad-valles/…
Hotels in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi

by xochitecatl 11 December 2009

Hello fellow travellers. I'm wondering if any one has got any suggestions with regards to hotels in Ciudad Valles, right in the heart…
RE: Sótano de las Golondrinas, Aquismón

by mikk 12 November 2009

Thanks. We took a pickup 2 Mexican couples + me alone & payed 100 pesos each + 20 for the ticket + tip to a young "guia". The road was…
RE: Mexico > Ixmiquilpan > Xilitla by bus

by mikk 07 November 2009

Yes. I like both of these places. There is a Flecha Roja bus leaving Ixmiquilpan 11:15 and arriving to Xilitla ??? ... 18:50. Search…
RE: Tampico/Beaches

by dlglidden 24 June 2009

Eddie is right about Mexican beaches on the Gulf. They are +nothing+ like Mexican Pacific Coast beaches. I simply wouldn't bother with…
RE: Virgin de Guadalupe Festival - Dec 12 - Good Places to See It?

by dlglidden 12 December 2008

We've been to Aquismón, a sleepy small Huastecan town off the road, but not very interesting (unless you just want to say you've been…
TicketBus website not working

by usafrance2008 05 December 2008

I have tried accessing the Ticketbus.com website to find out about fares and buses that go from Guadalajara to Ciudad Valles in the state…
RE: Bus to and from Matamoros to Xilitlia

by dlglidden 24 May 2008

That'll be a long bus ride. I've driven from El Paso to Xilitla via Saltillo and will be glad to answer questions about driving to Xilitla…
Re: Bus to and from Matamoros to Xilitlia

by larpman 24 May 2008

Not lying on a major highway, Xilitla is far to small too warrant a bus from such a distance. You could take a bus from Matamoros to Tampico…
RE: Bus from Tampico to Xilitla?

by larpman 21 May 2008

I did the route in reverse. There was no bus change in Ciudad Valles, but the does did stop for around 30 minutes which was announced.…
La Huasteca

by cookieman 04 January 2008

The LP book gives this region it's own map and a bit of a mention as a beautiful place but also make sht epoint that it is not heavily…
Queretero to Xilitla bus info needed

by rand0mflux 02 October 2007

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if you have the time a wonderful circuit to Xilita from Queretaro is to go to San Luis Potosi spend a night or…