Blogs from Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America

Our bags are packed and ready to go. Check out is at noon and the bus is booked for 2.30pm. We go down for breakfast - a large one today as the bus journey will be a minimum of four hours. Back in our room, I check our itinerary file for the bus tickets. Glancing at the spreadsheet - something is not quite right. It is the 20th today...isn’t it, I ask Ian. No, the 19th he replies! Well we are not moving on then! Doh! I go downstairs to speak to the owner - yes, we have booked and paid until tomorrow. OK, so we are not leaving today after all...surely he must have known that when he asked me if we were leaving today? So, on the plus side, Ian has not lugged our ... read more

The bed is comfortable and the air in the room a bit chilly, so we do not rise early, although we do Skype our parents back in the UK. First task today is to deliver our sack of washing to the laundry. Slightly worryingly the assistant quotes a price of 80 pesos for the load, about half that we have been charged elsewhere, and a completion time of only 3 hours! We somehow doubt this will be the price when we come to collect - it’s a pretty big bag and 80 pesos is only just over £3! We return to the hotel and decide to try their breakfast, largely as I have seen that they serve fruit and yoghurt. Ian sticks to scrambled eggs and ham, something that they never get wrong. So now we ... read more

Today we are going on a tour with Claudia, her husband and five year old son. We are pleased to see that we have blue skies and the sun is shining. Breakfast is scrambled egg with ham and mashed beans. It’s nice. I spot a set of weighing scales in the breakfast room - first chance for a weigh in since leaving home. I am pleased to note that my weight is exactly the same though Ian points out they may not be as accurate as our digital scales. Nice one. Well yes, but nothing to say these scales aren’t telling me I weight more! We set off for the Mirador for perfect views of the mountains and valleys which were obscured by mist yesterday. We can see down to the river in the Urique valley. ... read more

The time to leave the Pacific coast has arrived and I started to head my way toward the so called "Barranca del Cobre" A canyon on the northern part of the country. This trip was on the only train running in the whole Mexico: The Ferrocarril Pacifico. I planned to stop at "Urique" which I strongly recommend if you love true genuine people and some of the most striking part of this canyon to visit. It took about three hours to reach this spot and must say that it was probably the best train trip I had ever had in my whole life. Along the journey diverse scenaries unfolded after myself and all the kind you can imagine: Rivers, Lakes, Rugged landscapes ,Lush vegetation and, luckily, super blue sky completing the coloration of this unique place. ... read more

http://www.chepe.com.mx/ I am so excited that I was not able to sleep last night so I was up by 5:00 am. My bus didn’t leave until 9:00 am so I took my shower and had me eggs and bacon with potatoes and bean with some red hot sauce, with some coffee. My friend woke up and talked to me about what I shouldn’t do and have my things close to me. Also where to stay and what to see and not to go out at night in Guadalajara because I might end up in the wrong place. He also gave me a name of a hotel I should stay at and it’s close to town. The ticket only cost me 497 peso and that only 32.00 dollars so I load the bus and someone had thru ... read more