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ledibatracia777-blog · 6 years ago

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The Huasteca Potosina is a true wonder

If you are a lover of the wonders that nature offers us and you are thinking about your next adventure, then it is very necessary that you take a flight to San Luis Potosí and thus be able to know an area surrounded by truly beautiful nature, with rivers, waterfalls, vegetation and scenarios to captivate ecotourism lovers. The Huasteca Potosina is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful regions of Mexico, covering 20 municipalities of San Luis Potosí, including Aquismón, Ébano, Huehuetlán, Valles City and Tamazunchale, standing out these last two as the largest and most important in the area.

Valles City is also known as the "Gateway to the Huasteca Potosina", here we won´t only find cultural attractions such as the Huasteco Regional Museum and the Museum of Cultures of the Huasteca, but minutes away we can explore beautiful natural attractions.

While the municipality of Tamazunchale located in the southeast of San Luis Potosí, in a mountainous area, it stands out for different tourist attractions, but among the most important are the Tamar spring, the fossil area and the crystal breeding sites.

Any time of the year is perfect for traveling to the Huasteca Potosina, but to enjoy the maximum celebration of the region and experience one of the most deeply rooted traditions it is important to be present at the end of October and the beginning of November, which is when it takes place "The Party of Xantolo". Celebrated in the different municipalities that make up the Huasteca and in each of them altars, gastronomic samples and offerings are prepared to celebrate the meeting between the living and the dead.

The least you have to worry about is where to stay or where to eat, since the Huasteca is a tourist community with a wide catalog of places to book or where to taste the dishes of the place. The only thing that really matters is that places to know while in this beautiful place, some of the main natural attractions of the Huasteca Potosina include:

The Micos Waterfall: Near Valles City, you will find these beautiful scenarios, which are a set of seven stepped waterfalls that reach 20 meters in length. Travelers who enjoy kayaking, waterfall jumping and rafting will find in this area the perfect place to spend hours of fun.

Tamasopo Waterfalls: A set of three waterfalls up to 20 meters high make up these beautiful waterfalls, which form a perfect and peaceful spa that can be enjoyed in a totally family atmosphere. Relaxing in the waters of the waterfalls is a unique experience of its kind.

Tambaque River: The Tambaque River or Spa is the ideal place to enjoy the Huasteca with the family, as the shallow depth of its waters invites you to cool off on the hottest days.

God's Bridge: An ecotourism paradise in the Huasteca, particularly known for its "Blue Pool", which is a beautiful open cenote surrounded by vegetation, a place that deserves to be known.

Escape to the adventure in any of these places with just take a flight to San Luis Potosí and travel the wonders of the Huasteca.

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putnamrm-blog · 5 years ago

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Day 36 - A day in La Paz

Turns out curry was not a good call after all! Holly was up a couple of times in the night and is now unable to trust a fart! Dry toast for brekkie for her!

We bravely press on, heading out into town for our first real look around La Paz. I was wrong about the escarpment a few days ago, La Paz is really just nestled into a huge valley. It's the usual South American architecture - square brick buildings with no paint, plaster or pitched roofs, all of them just flat roofs, some with rebar still sticking out the top of the concrete pillars, waiting optimistically for the next floor to go on. And it's pretty much that as far as the eye can see. Certainly right up to the top of the valley. At the top the ground levels off into a high plateau and it's hard to see much further, except to see the giant mountains of Huanya Potoso in the far distance.

The city itself is big and noisy and smelly. The streets are packed with minibuses (colectivos) filling up their seats before heading off to who knows where. The more unique element is the network of cable cars flying above the city. Makes total sense, in a city so jam packed and so hilly, to use cable cars. The network isn't huge but it's pretty effective. We'll give it to after lunch. First though, we're on the hunt for the Witches' Market. Supposed to sell all sorts of weird and wonderful potions and stuff. I've even read about pickled llama foetuses being available. Eurgh! Anyway, we follow googlemaps to the very spot and all we can find is a fairly standard (though pleasantly quiet) street lined with stalls selling the usual tourist jumpers, keyrings, fridge magnets etc. We've already got the souvenirs we need so are a bit disappointed not to find anything more obscure.

All is not lost though as we head for lunch at a spot Rob and Jess texted to tell us about. A place called Popular Cocina. It's definitely popular. As advised, we arrive at 11.50 for 12.30 opening and are lucky to get the last table of first sitting. Three courses for BOB 65 (about 7 quid) including a drink. The food is outstanding. Probably the best we've had the whole trip except, maybe, for the Argentinian steaks but they are a different category. There are only 2 options for each course so we got one of each and all were fantastic. I'd say the best value meal I've ever had for sure. Only problem is that Holly's stomach must have shrunk overnight as she's so full she can barely walk! We manage to get to a cable car station and plonk ourselves down to enjoy the views. We ride up to El Alto (the top of the valley towards the airport) chatting with a guy after his dad nudges him into practising his English with us. It's definitely cooler at the top (perhaps why they chose to build La Paz in the valley). Then we ride along the rim of the valley before taking another line down and towards the hostel. Holly needs to sleep off her lunch!

The cable car is a great way to see the city as we can look down onto the traffic and the busy market streets. Overall, La Paz doesn't have the instant appeal of other cities we've visited. Mostly, I think, as it seems so inaccessible. It's massive and sprawling and doesn't have a distinct centre so you can't just ignore the outskirts. I'm sure if we had more time here we'd find a bucket load of hidden gems but sadly we just don't have the time. This trip is flying by, we've only got three weeks left in South America and still have most of Bolivia to see. We haven't even touched on Chile yet! There are some nasty sounding protests going on in Santiago at the moment so we're hoping they'll settle down before we arrive. We'd expected a bit more trouble in La Paz given the controversial election that took place on Sunday. We've seen a good few protests but nothing dangerous, just banners, whistles and firecrackers. Hopefully it stays that way, but we'll be out of La Paz on Thursday anyway.

Spoke to soon on the protests... Still no real trouble but we got our first taste of tear gas tonight on the way back from the bar (a very nice one called Diesel Nacional). Protest has just gone past the front door before we went to leave and there was still a good bit of tear gas in the air. Burning throat and streaming eyes but nothing too serious! All part of the experience!

Later in the evening we wake to the sounds of a kerfuffle outside. We're on the 5th floor so happily peer out the window to see protesters running up the street, chased by police on motorbikes firing more gas at them! It's all over pretty quickly, just leaving behind their bonfires burning in the street. Never really feels unsafe but not too welcoming either.

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