Veracruz, Mexico

The state of Veracruz is a stunningly beautiful, historic part of Mexico, with wonderful people. One of the readers of this blog will be moving there soon, so I thought I would toss out a few links and comments. I've set all these links to open a new page in your browser.

There is a great blog set in Veracruz and Colorado by John Calypso, who posts comments here at times. Highly recommended!

Kelly and I have not been to the city of Veracruz but one time we drove down from Texas along the Gulf of Mexico coast almost that far before turning inland. That trip became the basis for my book, Mexico with Heart, which is completely online at this site. Here are the links to our Veracruz experiences:

El Tajin, incredible ruins in a magical setting:


The Emerald Coast Beaches, a slight shudder at passing Mexico's only nuclear power plant, and the Carrizal hot springs. This photo shows me alone in the hot water first thing in the morning. (We had camped there overnight... when people get there, it's much busier!)


We loved the city of Jalapa, also spelled Xalapa, but had a bit of a hair-raising day there.

Xico was the town in Veracruz that we considered living in. It and Bernal, Queretaro, where we did live last year, were our two favorite candidates to move to. This photo is of where we stayed in Xico:


We went back to Xalapa and its great museum before heading inland and out of Veracruz.

Viva Veracruz, indeed! It would be too hot for me at sea level but not up in the mountains!