Paid 30% more for a private room with private bath. $180 pesos.

My nostrils freeze the first night near the window so I move to the corner bunk the next night.

Hot water all day here! At noon it is warm enough to try a shower (no heaters in Mexican cheap hotels).

Out for lunch next day I try a local taco restaurant.

I try to explain in Spanish why I support them and not the Burger King conglomerate next door that is bent on destroying the local restaurants of the world. They just stare at me.

About $4.50 buys me a coke and enough of this dish, chicken, pablano, onion and mushroom to fill 10 taco shells. Melt in your mouth good!

Two taco stands next to the new very large Burger King.

Next stop, hotel to pick up my bags stored in the office and to the station for a 2 hour bus to Veracruz. Wonder if I will find warm weather (sneeze, sneeze)?