Useful Travel Tips for the Adventurous Globetrotter

This magic towns name comes from the nahuatl Huascazaloyam that means place of birds, water, vegetation and happiness, adopting de Ocampo in honor of the celebrated Mexican politician by the name of Melchor Ocampo, who lived in this place for a few years.

Capital City of the State of Campeche, Mexico. The city is full of history, forts, pirate legends and romance, with a beautifully renovated Centro Historico considered by the UNESCO as part of the worlds cultural heritage. Architecture, colorful houses and buildings, unpaved roads and a Malecon streching 5 miles along the coast will make you feel in a relaxing almost tie traveling experience while walking he streets of Campeche’s Centro Historico.

Travel to Hidalgo, Mexico, the place where the first soccer club in the country, the Pachuca Athletic Club, was founded in the year of 1900. Today the Pachuca - Real del Monte District retains much from its period of association with Cornwall, England where pitched roofs of corrugated iron are not uncommon giving an almost English appearance.

The Tajin archeological site in Veracruz, Mexico, which name means thunder or hurricane in the Totonac language, was an important gulf coast city and ceremonial center long ago. The first construction probably began there 2,000 years ago.

Skydiving in Mexico is a unique experience due to its different geographical landscapes that include deserts, beaches, forests and mountains. After 30 seconds of free fall an the outmost excitement, the parachute opens, allowing the control of direction and speed. This sport involves complex skills that can take up to hundreds of jumps for full domain, but the main aspects are usually understood after a few jumps.

The Cervantino Festival is indeed one of Mexico’s most prestigious, international and complete events around the calendar. Guanajuato pays homage to Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote.