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Rio Rafting – Jalcomulco, Veracruz State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 May 2010
Poor Veracruz state. While other areas of Mexico inspire at least some recognition around the world, most people (us included) don’t know much about Veracruz except that it’s biggest city, Port of Veracruz, hosts what some claim to be the second largest Carnaval celebration in the world after Rio de Janiero (and we’ve met Mexicans who didn’t even know that much). Sadly, we didn’t make it to the city of Veracruz in time for Carnaval.
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Swirling Swifts from the Center of the Earth – Aquisimon, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 2 May 2010
At 1,220 feet from top to bottom, the Cave of Swallows (Sótano de las Golondrinas in Spanish) in San Luis Potosi state in Central Mexico is the largest cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and the 11th deepest in the world. The karst cave is also home to tens of thousands of white-collared swifts (not swallows, despite the cave’s name) who emerge from their deep, dark home every morning in a spectacle we were not about to miss despite the fact that it required a 5:30 am journey in the dark up 13 miles of rough road.
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Crazytechture – Xilitla, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 26 April 2010
Many people say we’re crazy when they hear that we’re driving hundreds of thousands of miles through The Americas. However, our Trans-Americas Journey often takes us to places where crazy (in a good way) is truly defined. Like Las Pozas (the pools) outside a tiny town called Xilitla in the hills of the Huasteca region of San Luis Potosi state.
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High-Altitude Fresh-Water SCUBA Diving – Lago Media Luna, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 24 April 2010
Everybody knows you can go SCUBA diving in Mexico. In the ocean. However, hardly anyone knows that you can go SCUBA diving in a spring-fed lake at 3,200 feet in the middle of the country. We certainly had never heard about SCUBA diving in Laguna Media Luna (Half Moon Lagoon) just outside of Rio Verde in San Luis Potosi state until we stumbled across a random blog post about it. We love things that are news to us so we immediately started digging for more information.
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Waterfalls of the Huasteca – San Luis Potosi State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 20 April 2010
It’s wet in the Huasteca region of central Mexico, a geographic area that creeps into parts of four states (Veracruz, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, and Hidalgo). Even when the rest of the country is dry it rains here, which explains why the Huasteca is lousy with waterfalls. The first waterfall we visit is Cascada Tamasopo where the blue-green water and calcified pools instantly remind us of Havasu Falls in Arizona, minus the long, dusty, hot walk to get there.
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Clowns and Cloisters – San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 5 April 2010
The charms of San Luis Potosi are more subtle than those of many towns in Mexico, but there are charms nonetheless–not the least of which is the fact that much of the central downtown area is either a car-free pedestrian mall or a lovely leafy plaza anchored by a church. Every Mexican city has plazas and churches but SLP has more than its share and it gives the city a garden-town feel.
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