Mexico Mosaic: Nuevo Laredo to Villa Santiago Print
Written by Dick Davis   
Tuesday, 01 July 2008 21:12

Border Crossing

The Grand Marquis needed a lube, an oil change, and the tires rotated. I stopped before the border in Laredo, Texas. There was a long wait so I went to a café next door, sat down, ordered coffee, and looked in my guidebook for Villa Santiago, Mexico's latest designated Pueblo Mágico. This Magic Town was not listed in the Lonely Planet Guide, but my map showed that Villa Santiago was just southeast of Monterrey in the Sierra Madre Mountains. I guessed it would be about a 4-hour drive from the border, but with Monterrey in between it might be longer. Villa Santiago would be a new experience. I would head east, take the scenic route, back roads and side trips, before going south to San Luis Potosi.

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