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    From El Norte to Real de Catorce (and back)
    From El Norte to Cozumel (and back)
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    Travel Mexico Series

    By Jeffrey Gowing

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    About this series

    For all of my adult life, when choosing a vacation destination, I have been drawn to places that are 'off the radar' of most travelers. My recent trip to explore Taxco in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, was a good example. When I've told friends who asked where I'd been, most of them had never heard of that city, and without exception, the next question I was asked was "Were you not scared to travel in Mexico?" My usual reply has been "There are parts of San Antonio that would make me far more nervous, particularly after dark".
    Fifteen years ago, if anyone had said to me "In 2013 you will have been living in San Antonio Texas for a decade, and developed a fascination with Mexico, it's people, history, and it's culture.", I would have questioned their sanity. However, life sometimes takes unexpected pathways, and that has been exactly what transpired. My life as a sailor visiting exotic ports around the world has morphed into something quite different and wholly unexpected. On my return to San Antonio, I began searching for my next destination in Mexico. The small mining town of Real de Catorce caught my eye. It sits at 9000 feet above sea level on the side of a mountain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeffrey Gowing
    Release dateJan 16, 2013
    From El Norte to Real de Catorce (and back)
    From El Norte to Cozumel (and back)

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      From El Norte to Cozumel (and back)
      From El Norte to Cozumel (and back)

      From El Norte to Cozumel (and back)

      Jeffrey Gowing
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      My pal, Carla, has traveled to Cozumel many times in the past via flights from San Antonio. I’ve made the same trip with her on a half-dozen occasions over the years since moving to San Antonio from New England in 2000, always to enjoy the spectacular scuba diving for which this destination is famous. For me, the journey has always been about the enjoyment of getting there, and the adventures one can experience along the way. Travel via airplane is easy, but you miss out on ever seeing any part of the countryside. Most of my voyages of discovery have been made in the past by way of sailing my C&C yacht, Vamp, to various tropical locales. In December of 2012, I began researching online resources available for a road trip via private automobile from El Norte to Cozumel (and back). I'd been asking my pal, Carla, for days if she wanted to take this trip with me, letting her know that if she declined, I was going to fly into either Cancun or Mexico city to see the parts of Mexico I wanted to visit by bus. Finally, at the last minute before I was about to book a flight, she said "Yes, I'll go." Much of the information which I could find on the Internet was at best confusing, and at worst, rife with dire warnings about safety, and the prevalence of drug trafficking in Mexico. Read on to discover that what we encountered on our trip completely contradicted those erroneous warnings, and find out for yourself what a joy traveling the back roads, or “blue highways”, can be. It is my hope that our short account of our trip down the Gulf Coast might inspire the reader to explore that marvelous country just south of the border.

      My pal, Carla, has traveled to Cozumel many times in the past via flights from San Antonio. I’ve made the same trip with her on a half-dozen occasions over the years since moving to San Antonio from New England in 2000, always to enjoy the spectacular scuba diving for which this destination is famous. For me, the journey has always been about the enjoyment of getting there, and the adventures one can experience along the way. Travel via airplane is easy, but you miss out on ever seeing any part of the countryside. Most of my voyages of discovery have been made in the past by way of sailing my C&C yacht, Vamp, to various tropical locales. In December of 2012, I began researching online resources available for a road trip via private automobile from El Norte to Cozumel (and back). I'd been asking my pal, Carla, for days if she wanted to take this trip with me, letting her know that if she declined, I was going to fly into either Cancun or Mexico city to see the parts of Mexico I wanted to visit by bus. Finally, at the last minute before I was about to book a flight, she said "Yes, I'll go." Much of the information which I could find on the Internet was at best confusing, and at worst, rife with dire warnings about safety, and the prevalence of drug trafficking in Mexico. Read on to discover that what we encountered on our trip completely contradicted those erroneous warnings, and find out for yourself what a joy traveling the back roads, or “blue highways”, can be. It is my hope that our short account of our trip down the Gulf Coast might inspire the reader to explore that marvelous country just south of the border.

    • From El Norte to Real de Catorce (and back)
      From El Norte to Real de Catorce (and back)

      From El Norte to Real de Catorce (and back)

      Jeffrey Gowing
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      For all of my adult life, when choosing a vacation destination, I have been drawn to places that are 'off the radar' of most travelers. My recent trip to explore Taxco in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, was a good example. When I've told friends who asked where I'd been, most of them had never heard of that city, and without exception, the next question I was asked was "Were you not scared to travel in Mexico?" My usual reply has been "There are parts of San Antonio that would make me far more nervous, particularly after dark". Fifteen years ago, if anyone had said to me "In 2013 you will have been living in San Antonio Texas for a decade, and developed a fascination with Mexico, it's people, history, and it's culture.", I would have questioned their sanity. However, life sometimes takes unexpected pathways, and that has been exactly what transpired. My life as a sailor visiting exotic ports around the world has morphed into something quite different and wholly unexpected. On my return to San Antonio, I began searching for my next destination in Mexico. The small mining town of Real de Catorce caught my eye. It sits at 9000 feet above sea level on the side of a mountain.

      For all of my adult life, when choosing a vacation destination, I have been drawn to places that are 'off the radar' of most travelers. My recent trip to explore Taxco in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, was a good example. When I've told friends who asked where I'd been, most of them had never heard of that city, and without exception, the next question I was asked was "Were you not scared to travel in Mexico?" My usual reply has been "There are parts of San Antonio that would make me far more nervous, particularly after dark". Fifteen years ago, if anyone had said to me "In 2013 you will have been living in San Antonio Texas for a decade, and developed a fascination with Mexico, it's people, history, and it's culture.", I would have questioned their sanity. However, life sometimes takes unexpected pathways, and that has been exactly what transpired. My life as a sailor visiting exotic ports around the world has morphed into something quite different and wholly unexpected. On my return to San Antonio, I began searching for my next destination in Mexico. The small mining town of Real de Catorce caught my eye. It sits at 9000 feet above sea level on the side of a mountain.

    Author

    Jeffrey Gowing

    The author is a lifelong sailor whose formative years were spent exploring the waters of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts and cruising the New England coast from Maine to Manhattan. His voyages have taken him from off shore trips to Bermuda, to a stint as a charter and delivery captain based in Miami, the Virgin Islands and the Eastern Caribbean. He now is a resident of San Antonio, Texas and travels to scuba dive in Cozumel, Mexico as often as work and finances permit. Look for his new novel, From El Norte to Real de Catorce, available as of August 2013.

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