In the early days of Cortez' occupation, the Spanish built several of these forts around the outside of the city. Veracruz remained a walled fortress until 1880. But this one, right downtown, is the only one left.
We've been cruising the BC Coast and SE Alaska on Erramus since we bought her in 2001. Check out our book, "Along the Inside Passage", (Altitude, 2004). [...]Although we have been planning to head offshore (Plan A), we are now on Plan B, which involves coastal cruising in the summer and land travel in the winter.