Mexico Work Trip

Last week I travelled to Mexico for work.  I work in the mining industry and we have project sites and an office in Mexico.  My last visit was in 2023 so I was due for another visit.  I went with one of my colleagues.  He has been to Mexico multiple times and set our itinerary.  It was nice just following him along and not having to think too much about where to go in the airport or how we would be picked up. Since I’m the the one in our family who does the planning, I appreciated the break.  We also get along well and were good travel companions.  

We flew to Mexico City in business class, which was a nice treat for me.

I enjoyed my breakfast and watched Challengers. 

We landed in Mexico City and ran into a former colleague! I knew I was going to miss him on this trip so I was so pleased we got to have this quick visit.  The other gentleman works for us now and he was going to be meeting us in Hermosillo. 

We flew to Hermosillo that night.  They had these statues in the airport. 

We spent the night at the Hampton Inn and then after a quick stop at Starbucks, we hit the highway for about a three hour drive to Banamichi. Our company hires a driver and he drove us in a pick up truck.  

After we got out of the city the road was like this for half the drive.

Then we got into the mountains.  It kind of reminded me of the roads in Hawaii on Maui. Except these roads had guardrails!

We went through several little towns.  Finally we got to Banamichi. This is where we would be spending the night so we dropped off our bags at our hotel. 

Isn’t it adorable?

Comfortable bed.

I didn’t realize there was a pool, or I would have brought my suit!

Then we got back in the truck to go to the mine site. 

More twisty and turny roads. Some people get carsick but I was fine. 

In my PPE.

We had a meeting with the client, I got some documents signed, and we hung out with the technical group.   Then we went back to the hotel.

The land around the mine is ranch land and we saw lots of cows on our way out. 

That night was Game 3 of the Blue Jays/Yankees series.  We had the game set up on the iPad in the courtyard. 

Cheering on the Jays from Mexico. 

Our colleague went to get us some beer and chips.  And we met two other Canadians in the courtyard that watched part of the game with us.  

The next morning we headed back to Hermosillo to fly back to Mexico City.

Trying to capture the landscape but it never really comes through in photos.  We were in the mountains though!

Back in Mexico City and staying at a hotel by the airport. 

Another night of Blue Jays/Yankees, this time with a better result!

The next day we flew in and out of Zacatecas and spent the day at our office there.  I didn’t take any photos. I enjoyed seeing our Mexican colleagues and discussing some things that we could do over the phone or email, but is so much better in person.  When we finally got into our hotel that night it was about 9:30 pm.  I ordered some room service.

We were heading home the next day.  There was this F1 sim car and we tried it out. I kept it on the track but the settings didn’t require us to shift up or down so it was pretty easy.

Leaving Mexico City.  I did not have a business class ticket on the way home but I bid on an upgrade and got it so I was quite comfortable.

Six flights and four different hotel rooms, and a road trip of 3 hours each way.  Phew! But I enjoyed the trip and it was good exposure to what our people need to do to get to site.  I passed the time but binging Dept. Q from Netflix, a Scottish police drama.  I didn’t mind hopping on another flight because I got to watch my show!  I also had some episodes of Abbott Elementary for something lighter.