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Backpacking Mexico - 1st city

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About 4 Mio. inhabitants and the ritchest city in Mexico. There are still a lot of poor people and tons of kids begging. As flights to the US are cheaper than to Mexico we landed in Houston and took the Greyhound to Monterrey. It´s still a long busride down to Mexico D.F.

Favourite spots:

TEC - Technologico de Monterrey A bed Nice park and church Wal Mart (huge - for Germans ;-))

What's really great:

Not very touristic - it´s not much to see there. People are friendly and a bit curious about meeting foreigners.

Accommodations:

Private rooms of friends

Hangouts:

Some nice and small restaurant downtown where Fidel Castro went to when he stayed in Monterrey with Che. Forgot the name.

Other recommendations:

Good for hikes in the hills.

Published on Friday September 6th, 2002 by isnoogood

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