Monday, February 16, 2009

Huasteca Potosina: Cascada de Tamul

I am currently in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi for the next two weeks to do a macroinvertebrate sampling project in a wetland where other volunteers are working on projects. Ciudad Valles is located in the Huasteca Region of the country that includes a part of the states of Veracruz, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi (and a tiny piece of the northern part of Puebla). It is a very hot, humid area (gets up to 50°C in the summer), but is known for it’s amazing waterfalls and turquoise blue water.

So this weekend, before starting the project, a group of us took a trip to the waterfall called Tamul. It’s a canoe trip that includes a stop to swim in a cenote (basically a cave) and obviously the waterfall of Tamul.

The boats.....


The nuns (that were on a different boat)


The cave....



Cascada de Tamul


Our boat: The prettiest ugly one (La fea mas bella)

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