Posted in Xalapa on February 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
High on Steve’s wish list for today was to visit the Texolo waterfall, which was filmed in the movie Romancing the Stone. Leaving Xico, we headed in that direction.
Roy took us down another heavily touristed road, and we almost immediately ran into a traffic jam.
Finally, the traffic cleared and we were able to move along. [...]
Leaving Zimpizahua, we headed for Xico. On the way, we crossed a bridge that Roy mentioned was at least a hundred years old. There was no traffic in either direction, so as we crossed I asked Roy if we could stop briefly so I could snap a photo out the window.
Steve did some quick calculations [...]
Posted in Xalapa on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Leaving Coatepec, Roy took us down a back road to Xico. We saw a bird man bringing some live birds to market.
One of the many advantages of taking a tour with Roy is that in his SUV, we were able to take roads like this.
As we were in the heart of a coffee [...]
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