First stretch in Mexico: Tampico

Sunday 16th and begnining of Monday 17th of July

Last time I wrote we were spend the night at Matamoros, just pass the US-Mexico border. A lot has happened since. I haven’t had the time to peacefully sit and write in detail our adventures, but this is actually a sign that we always had so much to do that we didn’t have time to do anything else. I’m glad we are really taking advantage of this trip.

After spending the night at Matamoros we departed for our second destination: Tampico. Tampico is a city right at the middle of the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico. We arrived there after a 6 hour drive. Our first instinct was to go to the beach and have our first beach day at the gulf. We spend the rest of the afternoon there, played some soccer with a bunch of kids and sneaked into a private club to use the pool. Nobody seemed to notice or care. After that we sneaked into a hotel to use the bathroom and change. We decided also to camp on the beach as part of the real road trip experience, but first we went to hit the bars and check out the Tampico night life. Not much worth seeing. After a few beers we attempted to put up the tent (at 1:30 am). After a few minutes we finally crashed from all the hard work, but we somehow managed to finish the tent though.

In the middle of the night I heard some movement. When I opened my eyes I was by myself in the tent. As I exit the tent I saw far in the dark my brother running. It was truly a surreal scene. After a couple of minutes both Gabriel and Erick came back and explained that a couple of thieves attempted to take some our bathing suits, which we left outside to dry overnight (probably a bad idea to begin with).