This weekend I went to Tuxpan and Tecolutla in the state of Veracruz. Tuxpan is centered on the banks of the Río Tuxpan, and about 10 min to the Gulf of Mexico. To get across the river, there’s a bridge, or you can use the shuttle system of small boats (lanchitas) that run back and forth. On the other side of the river (opposite the center of town) is the Mexican-Cuban museum of friendship. This tiny museum marks the departure spot for Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, Guevara, and the other leaders of the Cuban Revolution as they left Mexico for Cuba in a private yacht (Granma) to begin the Revolution in Cuba. So it was an interesting coincidence to be visiting this site in the same week that Castro officially stepped down as Cuba’s leader. Tuxpan is a pretty quite town (about 200,000) and most of the economy is centered around its port and the petroleum industry. 
From there we headed to the tiny town of Tecolutla on the Gulf of Mexico and the Río Tecolutla. This also happens to be the terminus of one of the watersheds that I’m working with. This beach town comes complete with hammocks on the beach and a plethora of seafood vendors with push carts right on the sand. Not too sure about the logistics of a seafood cart in hot sun, but I guess it works. Also not sure how much of the seafood you really want to eat seeing as most of the beaches along the Gulf of Mexico are fairly polluted from the petroleum industry. But all in all another good weekend in Veracruz and out of the office. Posting has been a little slow as the Mexican govt does a great job of blocking any and every website that you would actually want to go to.
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