Tag: Orizaba
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December 9, 2023 – Orizaba to Xalapa, Mexico
Took an ADO bus from Orizaba to Xalapa today. Six long hours without a stop. The bus had a bathroom and showed movies on six small screens distributed throughout the bus. Of course, the movies were in Spanish. I’m constantly looking up stuff with Google Translate so translating words and phrases is my new hobby.…
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December 8, 2023 – Orizaba, Mexico
There is a cable car nearby that runs to the top of a hill, Cerro del Borrego. The cable car ascends to the top gaining 760 meters vertically. It only has three small cars going up and three going down. The sky was almost cloudless so it was a good day to take it and…
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December 7, 2023 – Orizaba, Mexico
Breakfast time. Desayuno here. Enchiladas in green salsa, and a bowl of sliced onions, carrots, tiny potatoes, cauliflower, thyme. Jello also. The waitress told me what the bowl is called and I forgot it before I could write it down. The reason for getting the bowl and the jello is because the waitress asked me…
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December 6, 2023 – Mexico City to Orizaba
Took a bus from Mexico City to Orizaba. The ride took five and a half hours. Supposed to take four and a half but the highway through Puebla was very congested. Orizaba is in the damp mountains of Eastern Mexico at about 4074 feet elevation with about 110,000 people. Looks like a nice place to…
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