Puebla – Mexico Part 3

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The last leg of our trip was to a town called Puebla. It has over one million people and is about 130 km from Mexico City. We were picked up from our hotel by Oscar and his father, Enrique. (Oscar was a student of Tamar's on exchange in Calgary). The drive usually takes just over an hour with light traffic, but we made a stop on the way at Chautla. … [Read more...]

Part 2 – Mexico City

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Mexico City...what a huge change from Zihuatanejo! We arrived from our short 1 hour flight to an extremely busy airport; people were shuffling about trying to get where they need to be. We were immediately faced with a number of taxi stands in the baggage area and picked one randomly. (Tip for future travel is that when they quote you the price, … [Read more...]

2 weeks in Mexico…. (and not just on the beach)

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Part I -  Zihuatanejo (ok, it's the beach) Part II -Mexico City(definitely not the beach) Part III -Puebla("town" of about 1 million) Part I We arrived at the Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo airport in the late afternoon to be greeted by a hot, humid day. Our plane essentially parked in what appeared to be an airplane parking lot by the airport … [Read more...]