On the Road to La Huacana

I forgot to say that we ate at a restaurant (one that the family goes to every time they come to Mexico) It was my first real Mexican meal and I ate Tacos de Pollo and strangely enough, the meal came with french fries covered in Mexican queso. It was very delicious but very odd that my first meal in Mexico had french fries with it!


Once we got past the Northern part of Mexico and really started getting into the central and southern parts the landscape and scenery really changed. The vegetation started getting thicker and more tropical, and the highways became more packed. We also started seeing some cities instead of just random houses on the side of the highway. The first city we had to go into was Queretaro. The road that we had to take took us straight into the middle of the city. As we traveled into the city there were cars and people everywhere going about their day. There were tons of cafes and restaurants, movie theaters, and shopping centers. Then, we got to the middle of the city and took a wrong turn...
This was when it got scary. People in Mexico are INSANE drivers and they are very reckless. They would cut in front of you, turn into you, honk their horns constantly, and speed like crazy! We got lost and went straight instead of exiting where we were supposed to go so we ended up in the heart of the city. We went into a tunnel once and turned on the wrong side of the road because there were 3 city buses next to us and they seemed like they were trying to hit us. So, we were stuck in the tunnel with buses and various cars honking at us. The buses are the WORST drivers and they will just hit you, its like they don't care. We almost got in a wreck probably about 4 times, and I don't mean it just might have been a wreck, it would have been one, I am talking like an inch away. The picture that I posted below this is a picture right before our first almost wreck with the bus. You can see the buses ahead of us...So, like I said we were lost. Somehow we made it back to the right exit and Ulises's dad started second guessing himself and decided not to take it. Everyone sighed and said "you should have taken that exit!" He was sure that wasn't it though. So, we found ourselves yet again in the same part of the city, in the middle with all of the crazed drivers. It was very neat to get to see the city, but at the same time we were lost. We yet again almost got in some wrecks and eventually made it to the same exit again. His dad started saying he wasn't going to take it because he didn't think it was the right one and everyone started yelling "take it!" He continued second guessing and almost didn't take the exit again! But, everyone kept yelling and he swerved over to take it right before it was too late. I will post some pics of Queretaro, it was a very pretty city! There were many very nice things there as well as some modern features. One of the first things downtown that I saw was unfortunately McDonalds.










Once we made it out of Queretaro we eventually made it into another smaller city. Ulises told me this city was very large but it was more suburban than Queretaro, he also told me this city was much larger than La Huacana but it looked similar. We got lost in this city too. We spent much more time in this city than we did in the previous and asked directions from probably 5 different people. They all told us different things and we started getting into the residential roads which meant we were very lost. Thank goodness that we made it out and back onto the highway, I was starting to feel like we would be there all day! We were still very far away from La Huacana but everyone was getting excited and we were all talking and laughing! We played UNO and ate Mexican snacks. People here snack so much! (I love it!).

Oh and they pump your gas here, but you have to pay to use the bathroom and sometimes they give you a sheet of toilet paper. Definitely always bring your own toilet paper and seat covers! I saw some horrors in those bathrooms and it was lucky to find a nice one. (Just a little tip if you ever go here) In bigger cities its better because there are stores and restaurants but, good luck in towns.