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This was my favorite sight out the bus window going back to the school from el centro.
I was told that an unknown artist paints murals on this wall on a regular basis, and the owner of the property just as regularly paints them out. Since it was just before Valentine’s Day when I arrived [...]
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The malecon
Veracruz is a working seaport. You can see the cranes for offloading cargo to the left of the street lights.
Near the Mercado Hidalgo
I eventually noticed that taxis always have the name of the city from where they’re dispatched on them. That was quite useful information on a trip a few days later.
Most of [...]
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Ice cream and shaved ices (nieves) are popular here. I kept meaning to stop in at this shop to sample one, but there was never enough time!
I didn’t eat here; I ate across the street at a comida corrida (fast food). It was one of those surprise meals where I really had no idea [...]
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