After two relaxing days at sea, we arrived in Veracruz, Mexico.
Veracruz is lovingly known as "La Puerta de Mexico al Mundo" (the Door from Mexico to the World). The name of both the city
and the state in which it resides, Veracruz is strong in maritime history as the oldest and largest seaport in Mexico. The city
of nearly half a million people is a diverse, thriving metropolis alive with Afro-Caribbean-Latin charisma. Discovered by Conquistador
Hernan Cortes, it was the first Spanish settlement in the Americas. Spain would later begin their conquest of the Aztecs and Mayans,
stretching their empire from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean while sending millions in gold back to Europe. Veracruz is the home to
the amazing pentagon-shaped Fort San Felipe, ten remarkable coral reefs, charming architecture, plazas and restaurants, as well as the
largest aquarium in Latin America.
