Travel
Only 7 kms (4 miles) away from the historical central area of the city of Queretaro is a 2,000 year old pyramid. With the remains of a 140 year old house sitting on top of it!
We figured out which local bus would drop us off nearby, and paid the 8 pesos (65 cents CAD) each for the bus fare. We got off, still on the main road, and walked the rest of the way.
Considering this pyramid is not very well known, it's a fairly impressive sight!
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- A Good Day With New Friends!
Long time blog readers Peter and Shelagh are from Vancouver, Canada but they are renting a house in nearby San Miguel de Allende and we invited them to come visit us here in Queretaro. So yesterday morning, they hopped on a bus and came to say hello!...
- Travel Day! Popayan To San Agustin, Colombia.
Had to get up fairly early yesterday to get to the bus station at a decent hour. We had read that the road between Popayan and San Agustin is in pretty bad shape at some parts, and that the 135 km (84 mile) journey would take 5 hours. Got up, went out...
- Playa Zicatela (day 5)
It’s our last day here at Playa Zicatela, and Alex and I wanted to spend it on the beach. So we got walked down there fairly early (around 10:00am) and paid the 100 pesos ($8.33) for the nice lounge chairs and umbrella. Click here to read more......
- Villa Corona (day 2) - Guadalajara
Monday March 23…8:00pm At about 9:30am, we walked up to the main highway to catch the local bus to Guadalajara. It’s about 50 kms (30 miles) from the town of Villa Corona to the centre of Guadalajara. The bus showed up, and it was 28 pesos ($2.41...
- New Pyramids On Egypt's Tourist Map
Egyptian tourism is being revamped as I write. Visitors always went in flocks to visit the pyramids at Giza and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo but now there are new reasons to visit or revisit the country. 11 new pyramids at Abusir, just...
Travel
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Only 7 kms (4 miles) away from the historical central area of the city of Queretaro is a 2,000 year old pyramid. With the remains of a 140 year old house sitting on top of it!
We figured out which local bus would drop us off nearby, and paid the 8 pesos (65 cents CAD) each for the bus fare. We got off, still on the main road, and walked the rest of the way.
Considering this pyramid is not very well known, it's a fairly impressive sight!
Click here to read more...
- A Good Day With New Friends!
Long time blog readers Peter and Shelagh are from Vancouver, Canada but they are renting a house in nearby San Miguel de Allende and we invited them to come visit us here in Queretaro. So yesterday morning, they hopped on a bus and came to say hello!...
- Travel Day! Popayan To San Agustin, Colombia.
Had to get up fairly early yesterday to get to the bus station at a decent hour. We had read that the road between Popayan and San Agustin is in pretty bad shape at some parts, and that the 135 km (84 mile) journey would take 5 hours. Got up, went out...
- Playa Zicatela (day 5)
It’s our last day here at Playa Zicatela, and Alex and I wanted to spend it on the beach. So we got walked down there fairly early (around 10:00am) and paid the 100 pesos ($8.33) for the nice lounge chairs and umbrella. Click here to read more......
- Villa Corona (day 2) - Guadalajara
Monday March 23…8:00pm At about 9:30am, we walked up to the main highway to catch the local bus to Guadalajara. It’s about 50 kms (30 miles) from the town of Villa Corona to the centre of Guadalajara. The bus showed up, and it was 28 pesos ($2.41...
- New Pyramids On Egypt's Tourist Map
Egyptian tourism is being revamped as I write. Visitors always went in flocks to visit the pyramids at Giza and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo but now there are new reasons to visit or revisit the country. 11 new pyramids at Abusir, just...