Guanajuato once a major mining town, nestled on hilly terrain is clean (they actually wash the streets everyday!), colourful and free from traffic lights and neon signs. (It was inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage site since 1988) Narrow cobbled streets leads you through many well preserved colonial buildings and in a tunnel under the city was where the bus dropped me at this wonderful place after a 5 hour bus ride from Patzcuaro. I went at the best time ever as the yearly Cervantino Festival, the biggest arts and music festival in Latin America was being held for the whole month. With the Cervantino festival on, Guanajuato was truly alive. I got a taste of the Cervantino Festival,when a clown jumped on board the city bus and started belting out jokes in Spanish. Although I
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