Our road trip continued West to Tequesquitengo Lake then North to Cuernavaca where we started our way back East to Atlixco and Puebla for a family reunion then two quick stops in Villahermosa and Mahahual making many kilometres in a short time...
Day 13 - Tequesquitengo Lake. A nice afternoon drive that got a little tense as the road tightened up as we raced to catch a sunset over the Lake. It didn't help that we were held up by a labour strike for over 1.5 hr.
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| Nice road early in the day |
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| Cute kids |
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| Huge Cacti! |
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| Beautiful Morelos |
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| A cute kids toilet |
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| Rough road |
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| Just in the nick of time |
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| Tamay Hotel just making sunset |
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| What a view |
Took a chance to ask for a room at the seemingly no pets Tamay Hotel after finding nothing anywhere else. They accepted pets and us with no view for $45. How about a room with a view?... Oh ...it's $45 too!
Day 14 - Cuernavaca. A short drive North to the capital city for a one night stay at Home Sweet Home which is pretty good if you are lucky enough to get the one garage spot. Unfortunately Cuernavaca was in covid red so the main attractions were closed.
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| Shut'er down! |
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A few souvenirs with some of
our Mezcal buys |
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| Closed |
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One of a few churches sharing
a courtyard in the centre of
town |
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| Nature's lawnmower |
Day 15-16 Atlixco and area. Finally turning back East and meeting up with Ana's brother Erick and family, Jimena and Emilio after our 5 hour day arriving in the tourist town just South of Puebla.
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| Love me some odd transports |
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| And some crazy carrying |
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Can't even tell what type of
vehicle it is |
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Starving for something we
found some delicious local |
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| Just like mama makes |
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| Centre of Atlixco |
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| Tricky to see the famous Popocatepeti Volcano |
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| The whole team for the ride |
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| Cutie Pie |
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| Me, Erick, Emilio, Ana and Jimena at... |
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| Val'Quirico a mid-evil European town...? |
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| Puebla, quick stop to see the biggest Cathedral |
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| Little walk around Puebla |
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| The Cathedral |
Puebla is one of the biggest cities in Mexico and only a few hours from Mexico City.
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| Surviving fun times |
After a slightly disappointing stay the first night at Hotel Villas Mariposas due to a monster party that rented out the entire place leaving us stuck in our room more or less...we found this AMAZING spot for less than what we paid at Mariposas.
Finca el Nogal which clearly is set up for massive parties, but not the night we rented it. Check it out!
What a huge property!
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| Parking for 16 cars |
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| Cutie, sleeping on my clothes |
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| Enormous Moth! |
Day 17 - Long day to Villahermosa which included a hike to the top of San Miguel before leaving Atlixco. Very nice to spend a few days and moments with Erick and his young family.
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| Extended Family |
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| Cerro de San Miguel |
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| A lot of Atlixco |
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| Alright, back on the road Honey |
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| Still can't see that damn volcano! |
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Paying $0.10 CAD /km on these roads and we
get to enjoy this 3km backlog for the toll booth! |
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| Oh well, hahaha |
Continued on through all kinds of terrain not really taking any breaks in order to make it as far as possible before sunset.
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| No luck seeing mountain tops |
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| mountainous near Orizaba |
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| Runaway lane |
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| Near Coatzacoalcos |
In Villahermosa a likely oil connected town we stayed at Hotel Casa Real one of the only reasonable options in the unkept and perhaps dangerous centre. With a temp of 32C in the NIGHT with high humidity we were not fussed to do anything and stayed in our AIR CONIDITIONING resting up for the second big day in row.
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| Hotel was more like a renovated compound |
Day 18 - Mahahual. Early start with some points of interest on the journey ahead. On the North road to the coast and along it there wasn't a lot of space, but a very pleasant drive until we entered the less affluent Campeche where the road was extremely rutted in spots.
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| Livestock crossing |
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| A few inlets on the Tabasco coastline |
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| Campeche rutting |
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If I didn't show the road side trash I would be
instagramming, hahaha |
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| Gulf Coast |
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Holy smokes, how is this
still on the road? |
Arriving to Ciudad del Carmen over their toll bridge for $1 USD.
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| Love the family photo in rear |
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| "I like it" |
Back on the road after a less than mind-blowing experience in Ciudad del Carmen. A quick stop for a skinny dip on the Campache coast at someone's rarely used beach front property. A nice experience.
Hours later after returning via the route from Bacalar we continued North and East to arrive at Mahahual our final stop on this Epic Journey.
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Quaint little beach town that is on the
Cruise Ship circuit |
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| Everybody destroyed tired |
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| Cruiser in the distance |
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| We did it! |
Arrived home in the late afternoon in time to set up a Mezcal tasting for a few Agava Lovers.
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| Most of these from Oaxaca |
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| Hmm, which is the best? |
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| I'm ready to sleep for a year... |
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