I am catching up on the blog with the gallery. I recently updated the Photo Album with the pictures of my trip in Monterrey, Mexico last August. Once again, I was there for work but stayed over for one weekend, where I had some time for a little bit of sightseeing.
On Saturday, I simply went walking Downtown where I could grab a few pictures. Overlooking the city is ‘Cerro de la Silla’ (meaning ‘Saddle Mountain’) which has a special shape acting as a symbol for the city. Unfortunately, there was a lot of humidity in the air during my visit, and never got a very clear view of it.
Quite interesting is the Paseo Santa Lucia, a riverwalk on the side of an artificial river just finished in 2007. It looks a lot like the riverwalk in San Antonia Texas actually. It starts right downtown, from the Macro Plaza. You can also ride in a small boat from one end to the other, which I did for the return trip.
At the other extremity of Paseo Santa Lucia, one can find Fundidora Park. It used to be a Foundry, converted into a Park. Horno3 which still looks like a very industrial complex actually hosts stores.
On Sunday, I went in a different direction to visit the caves ‘Grutas de Garcia’, near the town of Garcia, west of Monterrey. This seemed far from everything. The access to the caves is high in the mountains. You can hike to the entry, or simply take the cable car (which I elected to do!). The view from up there was inspiring.
Taking pictures inside the caves ended up being a small challenge due to the small amount of available light. I had my mini tripod with me, which allowed me to get some decent shots in the lot. Some rooms where really big. It’s hard to render the size in a simple picture.
One of the main attraction inside is the ‘la mano del muerto’ : the hand of the dead, shown below.
It seems like I may be back there before too long (big project for our company over there) so I am sure I will add some sub-albums to this one in the future.
As usual, many more picture in the album below, located in the TRAVEL section of our photo album,
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