BajaBlanca - 2-16-2011 at 06:26 PM
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the name of this lake is CATEMACO ... it is set in an extinct volcanic crater. the town is neat. the people here are friendly. the setting is nothing
short of spectacular, with mountain all around and a natural preserve and birds birds birds.
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getting here was a definite challenge but here we are !!
CATEMACO LAKE IN VERCRZ, mainland mexico
Skipjack Joe - 2-16-2011 at 06:55 PM
I believe I've been there a very long time ago. And I liked it as much as you did. It was raining when we drove past it and the children used those
giant banana tree leaves as umbrellas.
For some I reason I recall having a soup with snook as the main ingredient somewhere in that area. But snook are a saltwater fish so it couldn't have
been at the lake.
One of our great finds in that area was the scissor tailed flycatcher. They are everywhere. Just look at the telephone wires.
BajaBlanca - 2-16-2011 at 07:01 PM
skipjack, thanks for the pic of that amazing bird !! we are still here and i am trying to get my husband to hang out for another day !! tomorrow, I
will definitely keep an eye out for that beaut - eee - fullll ssisssortail. the noise all the birds make is unreal - I lived in brasil for 18 years
and I dont recall ever hearing birds carry on so much.
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Oso - 2-17-2011 at 12:22 PM
The first time I saw Catemaco was from a train compartment at sunup, beautiful. My wife and I were on sort of a second honeymoon going from Mexico
City to Cozumel. I had just finished being shipwrecked for 3 months on the coast of Quintana Roo.
Be careful, Catemaco is also known as a center of brujeria. Several practicing brujos and curanderos.
Paula - 2-17-2011 at 01:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TdfYhDDbLU
Mystery solved!!
Now I know where this song comes from!
toneart - 2-17-2011 at 01:26 PM
Veracruz is different than many other parts of Mexico. It is tropical and Caribbean in character. Men wear mostly white with Panama Hats. Lots of
Marimba bands and fried bananas.
I saw the biggest rats there I have ever seen. They were Norwegian Water Rats that had scurried off the ships and were running around all around me. I
had to do the hot foot to keep from getting my ankles bitten, or so I thought. It was pretty creepy.
BajaBlanca - 2-17-2011 at 08:31 PM
rats ???? i haven't seen any. i havent even seen any roaches and i tried to pysche myself up to be prepared for them since i knew we were coming to a
subtropical area (i am REALLY afraid of roaches)
do you mean the capital city toners .... we shall be going tomorrow ....
here in Catemaco, there are no panama hats but lots of fried bananas so I am in heaven hahaha