Not far from beautiful downtown Catemaco, Veracruz, sits one of the oldest European towns in the Americas. Santiago Tuxtla occupies the valley below an ancient volcano, on whose sides numerous Olmec artifacts were discovered.
On a recent trip to the small town, we passed about 20 humongous motor homes slowly inching along the sinuous road curves in this region. Obviously they were heading for Catemaco. Noone in their right mind would travel the federal highway towards the Yucatan instead of the toll road.
But not one of these road monsters stopped at the regional Museum Tuxteco in Santiago Tuxtla.
This small museum contains samples of the most important archaeological finds in Los Tuxtlas, including the smallest and largest Olmec heads.
So much for cultural hedonism.
