Daniel - 4 - City

Villahermosa

The Green City

Villahermosa, the evergreen city. Sometimes a Hell, sometimes a Heaven. There are many stories and legends written in the rocks, trees and streets of the city. You can feel the scent of life in this teemed city, what are you waiting to visit it?

Located in the southeast of Mexico, forming part of the Mexican Gulf. It has a tropical weather, with really hot temperatures reaching 40°C in summers and slightly cold temperatures of 20°C in winter, the isn't a big variation in the moonsoon weather between seasons. There are jungles and swamps and a wide range of tropical fauna.

Sadly, because of several tumultuous skirmishes and battles throughout the city's history, many historical  heritages are damaged or have been lost. But what gives life to the city is the closeness to nature and the environments and lives and that depend of it.

However, what the city does have, is traditions. Dishes or variations of dishes you will only find here, like certain enchiladas and tamales made with some special cochinita (pork) that gives it a speical flavor. We also have sweets, such as dulce de leche (milk candy) and the famous pozol, a refreshing drink made with cacao. Ritual dances that have peen practiced since olmecs and mayans time. Unique handcraft, such as special pots called jicaras, and unique flora, such as trees called Ceiba, that grow tall and broad in roughly 20 years. It was believed by the mayans that this tree was the bridge between Heaven, Hell and Earth. There are also legends around the Ceibas, like the legend of the White Woman, that tells that a spirit of a wailing bride haunts men that come close to the tree at nights.

The city's biggest resource is oil, which has good and bad consequences, the good part is, it's helping the city become a modern one, slowly becoming one of the most important in the country and the second biggest in Mexico's southeast. What the city needs is a chance, and once it arrives the city will soar and become what it should be; a beautiful fusion of nature and modernity.