February 25th to march 13th.
I stayed a week in Mexico city, partied with friends, got some rest, before going back to the trip. I did one thing I had not done before: I went to visit the wholesale market. I went there at 5am to see all the action. I saw the fish & sea food market, and then the fruits & vegetables one.
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market- “No, we aren’t crazy”
Mexico city wholesale market – “Only for connoisseurs”
Mexico city wholesale market – “What fucking crisis?”
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
Mexico city wholesale market
I then left Mexico on sunday the 5th and went to the Cantona archeological site, in the state of Puebla. It’s an important site but not easy to access, so not a lot of people visit it. I went there with a friend from Mexico city, in her car, and I spent the night in Puebla (the capital city of the state)
Cantona
Cantona
Cantona- Juego de Pelota
Cantona
Cantona
Cantona
Cantona
The next day, I went to Xalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz. I visited the city, and went the day after to the museum of anthropology, where I could admire impressive Olmec colossal heads.
Xalapa
Xalapa
Xalapa
Xalapa
Olmec colossal head
Olmec colossal heads
I then went to Tlanepantla, a village in the Veracruz state, which is a Unseco world heritage place, thanks to its unique architecture, with colourful columns.
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan – museum/zoo – crocodile turtle
Tlacotalpan – museum/zoo
Tlacotalpan – museum/zoo
Tlacotalpan – museum/zoo
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan – little rain
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan
I left on thursday 9th to go to Villahermosa, in the state of Tabasco. There I visited the city as well as a museum/park.
Villahermosa
Villahermosa – Parque/Museo la venta
Villahermosa – Parque/Museo la venta
Villahermosa
On friday, I went to Comalcalco, 1h away from Villahermosa. It’s a little village with a great Maya archeological site, (arriving early I had it almost to myself!), and a chocolate plantation and plant. Before leaving for Campeche, I went quickly to the Villahermosa regional museum of anthropology, where there is the stela on which was anounced the end of the maya cycle on december 21st 2012, which afraid a lot of people that thought it was gonna be the end of the world.
Comalcalco archeological site
Comalcalco archeological site
Cacao plantation
Cacao plantation
Monument 6 of Tortuguero announcing decembre 21st 2012
I then spent the weekend in Campeche, couchsurfing, I saw the fortified city and the beach :).
Campeche
Campeche
Campeche
Campeche
Campeche
Campeche
Campeche
Campeche
I then took a night bus to Cancun, where my cousin Isadora is meeting me this march 13th, and we’re gonna travel together a few weeks. You’ll see that in the next post!