{"id":14590,"date":"2022-04-29T15:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/?p=14590"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:06:50","slug":"mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican State Capitols: Villahermosa, Tabasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date Visited: 5\/13\/2021<br \/>\nOverall what you will notice about Villahermosa is how green it is. The city has some wonderful parks. Villahermosa means the &#8220;beautiful villa&#8221; but in Mexico it is known as \u201cCapital del Ed\u00e9n\u201d (Eden\u2019s capital). This is due to the two rivers Carrizal and Grijalva that cross the city and give opportunity for some amazing park spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Also crossing the Villahermosa is the Mayan and Olmec cultures that push forward in influencing the current culture. Villahermosa has some of the most distinguished pre-hispanic museums in Mexico, but they are not visited that much. So the bonus is if you go, you will probably be by yourself or very few people. <\/p>\n<p>This pre-hispanic influence manifestly prominently in the gastronomy which has some very interesting entries such as pejelagarto (which is a alligator looking fish), chiltepin (a small ball like chile), tamales, chirmol (a tomato based salsa), banana bread and coconut tortillas.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14590 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_082018\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_082018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14612\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14612'>\n\t\t\t\tTypical breakfast in Villahermosa included tamales, beans, and banana bread.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_104151\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_104151-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14613\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14613'>\n\t\t\t\tTo the left you can see a stuffed pejelargarto.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_110717\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_110717-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14614\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14614'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Olmecs were important to Villahermosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_115432\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_115432-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14615\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14615'>\n\t\t\t\tA Mayan mural about the river of life.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_125030\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_125030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14616\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14616'>\n\t\t\t\tThe temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Villahermosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_130955\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_130955-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14617\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14617'>\n\t\t\t\tThe colonial House of Tile in Villahermosa.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_131644\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_131644-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14618\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14618'>\n\t\t\t\tThere have been many invasions in Mexico.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/small20210513_184804\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/small20210513_184804-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14619\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14619'>\n\t\t\t\tTabasco Empanada\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Villahermosa historically has been known as a city that has been invaded. It started in the 1500s with the invasion of Spanish over the Maya, then in the 1700s with the English, in 1846 with the US, in 1864 with the French, in the 1920s by the people of Villahermosa themselves, and today by trendy coffee shops. The city has grown a lot, with the current president of Mexico coming from Villahermosa the city has seen a lot of investment. Many people have been coming into the area with the new job growth.<\/p>\n<p>\nVideo Introduction to Villahermosa<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxCayG4-9Pg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Visited: 5\/13\/2021 Overall what you will notice about Villahermosa is how green it is. The city has some wonderful parks. Villahermosa means the &#8220;beautiful villa&#8221; but in Mexico it is known as \u201cCapital del Ed\u00e9n\u201d (Eden\u2019s capital). This is <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/mexican-state-capitols-villahermosa-tabasco\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1475],"tags":[1558,2044,1485,1446,2045,2043,2042,2041],"class_list":["post-14590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mexican-state-capitols","tag-driving-in-mexico","tag-mexico-state-capitals","tag-mexico-state-capitols","tag-mexico-travel","tag-southern-mexico","tag-tab","tag-tabasco","tag-villahermosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14620,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14590\/revisions\/14620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnpedroza.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}