Texolo Cascada

In February 2008, we made a trip to Xico near Xalapa to see the waterfall used as a backdrop in the film “Romancing the Stone.” While the waterfall was impressive, we also found a second waterfall nearby to also be interesting. Anyone visiting the area should check out both of them. Our traveling campanion, Marie, [...]

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Santa Anna–His Home, “Lencero”

Santa Anna’s main home seems to have been just outside of Xalapa and is a wonderful place to visit when in the area.  Unfortunately, the chapel was closed for restoration work when we visited last February, but the main house and the grounds were lovely.  Now we were told the house was fairly sparsely furnished [...]

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NEW Zocáloa Yet?

When we were in Coyolillo this past Spring, the govenor of Xalapa literally fly into the mountain village of Coyolillo on a shiny, high tech, red helicopter and persent a scale model of a new zocálo to the “royal court” of the “Fat Tuesday.”  See photo –

We wonder if it is now under construction?  finished? [...]

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