Free travel home page with storage for your pictures and travel reports! login GLOBOsapiens - Travel Community GLOBOsapiens - Travel Community GLOBOsapiens - Travel Community
 You are here: Member pages
Login
 Forgot password?
sign up


Top 3 members
wojtekd 60
Member snaps
downundergal Sontecomapan - A travel report by Kerrie
about me      | my friends      | pictures      | albums      | reports      | travel log      | travel tips      | guestbook      | activities      | contact      |

Sontecomapan,  Mexico - flag Mexico -  Veracruz-Llave
5319 readers

downundergal's travel reports

Sontecomapan and a special Mexican family

  12 votes
Page: 1 2 3 4

Sontecomapan travelogue picture
We were lucky enough to meet up with Juan and Lucy Vega who invited up to stay with them at their "el rancho" out from Sontecomapan opposite La Barra. The only way to get to the ranch was by lancha or boat. First of all they picked us up and we picked up some supplies, the ubiquitous frijoles (refried beans) and tequila of course and then headed out of town in their pickup truck driving through the picturesque countryside to Sontecomapan. There is still some pristine jungle here; this is the spot where they filmed the Medicine Man with Sean Connery.

Favourite spots:
Sontecomapan travelogue picture
When we arrived by lancha the ranch was a hive of frenetic activity. We were warned this was a new enterprise and that we were the test guinea pigs, fine by us.When we there there was a main kitchen/eating area the main bungalow and 4 new cabanas being constructed. Accommodations were bunk beds and facilities limited.
Make sure you bring mosquito repellant and take malaria tablets!

What's really great:
Sontecomapan travelogue picture
We really enjoyed whole experience. Juan and Lucy were perfect hosts. Mornings spent swimming, afternoons lazing in the hammocks, excursions over to La Barra, hikes up the nearest peak, canoing through the mangroves, the experience was otherworldly. Juan with his fluent english very interested in knowing about your homeland and Lucy always correcting and encouraging your spanish.

Accommodations:
Sontecomapan travelogue picture
Accommodations when were there were very limited, bunk beds and cold showers but it is so humid this is not a problem. Because our hosts were so warm and friendly the limited comfort was not even noticable.

Restaurants:
Sontecomapan travelogue picture
Lucy is a great cook. One of the things that I liked best if they needed to supplement supplies they would hail a passing fisherperson and on the home run they would pull up at the jetty and you took your pick...fresh crabs, fresh fish, all cooked a la Lucy style with plenty of chilli. Unforgettable.

Other recommendations:
Sontecomapan travelogue picture
For more information if you are heading that way I would be more than happy to forward their address to you. We paid them a nominal amount to cover our food etc but I am sure as the enterprise gets off the ground they will set more permanent rate structure that I am sure will still be very reasonable.
It really was one of my more memorable travelling experiences.

Published on Thursday September 26th, 2002


send travelogue via e-mail    Publish on Facebook  



Wed, Apr 16 2003 - 02:23 PM rating by jcamar

Kerrie I am very interested in going there. Can you please send me the information of Don Juan, telephone number, address? I'd like to make a reservation there. rgds.

Information:
Login if you are a member, or sign up for a free membership to rate this report and to earn globo points!

 Spain
   Pampaneira average user rating for this report
   Ronda average user rating for this report
   Toledo average user rating for this report
 Thailand
   Bangkok average user rating for this report
   Ko Samui average user rating for this report
   Koh Tao average user rating for this report
 United States
   Las Vegas average user rating for this report
   Los Angeles average user rating for this report

 
Publish your own story!
 More on Mexico

   Bacalar - ahliexodus average user rating for this report
   Isla Mujeres - bear495 average user rating for this report
   Loma de Flores average user rating for this report
   Mexico Distrito Fe. average user rating for this report
   Tulum - bineba average user rating for this report




  Terms and Conditions    Privacy Policy    Press    Contact    Impressum
  © 2002 - 2024 Findix Technologies GmbH Germany    Travel Portal Version: 4.2.8