RGVP Trip Day 6 - Veracruz to Tampico

We got up at 6 this morning, showered and headed to the bus where we got on the road by 730. The highlight of the day was our stop at Tajin. A very large ruins site, it has largely been uncovered in the last 20 years, and it appears there is still quite a bit to uncover.


We toured the site, and I will post some pictures later, but it was quite nice. We ate lunch at the site as well, and saw Voladores de Papantla - a group of five men who climb a large pole (Mario said 74 rungs tall). Four of them tie them selves to ropes which are wrapped around the top of the pole. While the fifth guy plays a flute and drum, the other four hang upside down from the ropes and swing around the pole which unwraps the ropes and lowers them to the ground. Then the fifth guy slides down one of the ropes to the bottom. We bought Mexican vanilla and Vanilla Liquor while were were there.


We then got back on the bus where we headed to Tampico. We got in to Tampico around 9:30 and are basically done for the evening. We are both exhausted and not looking forward to 10-1/2 hours on the bus tomorrow ... There should not be much else to talk about, and as soon as I can I'll put pics on these last two days.

Until the next trip.