In the morning, when the traffic in Villahermosa is not heavy 10 minutes is enough to get by foot from my Balboa Hotel to the ADO bus terminal.
The bus to Veracruz was already waiting, but they always wait till the last minute to pack you up…
It was a long, 8,5 hours journey. I had a front seat to enjoy the landscapes: fields of sugar cane, pineapple plantations, meadows with cows escaping hot sun to the shade of the trees. With only 3 stops on the way we reached the city of Veracruz at 5 pm. Equpped with the map (print it at home, no tourist info in the huge terminal) I started a 2 kms walk to my Hotel Maria Isabel Plaza. Sounds like a place for the aristocrats… 🙂 No, no, no… This old institution is located in the middle of the bazar area. But the staff – Jose and Paco were very nice to me. Jose speaks good English and responses e-mails! Clean a/c room (I do not use it) costs 11 USD per night… Before sunset I had enough time to make a shopping in the supermarket located just around the corner. Let’s have the rest in Veracruz!
