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Daida, D.
1981
Journal
Mexico
Nov. 4 to Mexico City where Duke is aware of
a place to purchase liquid nitrogen.
We drove west to Puebla and checked
into the Hotel Lastra. The hotel is
dear (a little expensive), but convenient,
and it has an excellent and reasonable
restaurant. Will drive into Mexico
City tomorrow.
We learned that at the end of the dirt-
gravel road at the Puerto del Aire
locality is the Veracruz - Puebla state
line. It is marked with a large
road painted white and none appear
along the road. We have been collecting
in [illegible] Veracruz,
Nov. 5 Up early so as to get into Mex. City
early to get the liquid nitrogen. We stopped
in Rio Tinto for a fast breakfast in a good
little restaurant just off the old road in
Rio Tinto. We got into Mex. City in mid-
morning, but had trouble getting thru the
city and finding the nitrogen distributor - again.
We finally parked the bus and Duke took
a cab to the place and got the liquid
nitrogen. We left to get out of town
between 12:00 noon and 1:00 P. By following