As our wheels hit the pavement coming out of the park, the low coolant sign came on. Stopped 8 miles down the road at the first Pemex and added 4 gallons of water. Paul, the tailgunner pulled in behind us and we needed to stop 8 miles later where we found a Quaker Oil stand and bought
Stop Leak and anti-freeze and poured that in as the leak had become a stream. Finally stopped.
Costa de Esmeralda to Veracruz. Nice trip - 115 mile took us 4 1/2 hours. The time it takes to get 20 units over the topes and through the small villages is lots. When you go off the road for a break, you sometimes drop 6 -8 " and think you're fall right over so you do this very slowly. We've seen chauca chauca trees which are also called the upside down tree because they grow as a straight stick, then the branches go out looking like the root system. Passed a Nuclear Power Plant. We're now into sugar cane country and are passing trucks loaded 12 feet high on the way to the processing plants.
We went by bus for a city tour of Veracruz. It was discovered by Cortez in the 1519 and been fought over by Spanish, French , English and pirates so there is many kinds of arcitechture, mostly colonial looking. Everything is made of marble and heavy stone construction. The early settlers brought in slaves from Africa to do all the building. We stopped first at a famous cafe house and enjoyed delicious strong coffee, served with cream and sugar.
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