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By skitzaphonic
September 22nd 2009
Guanajuato North America » Mexico » Guanajuato » Guanajuato
I'm in Guanajuato. It's fucking amazing. You will never see me ever again. Some other cool things happenned in Mexico City, which I'll get to in a sec, but the sheer brilliance of a Mexican university town with 20,000 students and no rules cannot be emphasized enough. 'To party' is a verb and an occupation. It's a business. You can party with anyone in Guanajuato. It's like saying you work with someone. And it might just be the death of me. Mexican Independence Day is on September 15th. I'd heard rumblings that this was something not to be missed, but nothing [View Full Entry]

skitzaphonic - Paul Creeney | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 22nd 2009 | 152 Views | [diary=438857]

Guanajuato
Universidad de Guanajuato
Street Art

Contrary to the assurances given to us by most people we met north of the border in the USA, we have survived a week in Mexico, and have neither: a) Been struck down by a vicious mutant form of the swine flu virus. Nor: b) Been riddled with machine gun crossfire after being caught up in a savage battle between the military and the narco-terrorists. Furthermore, I have been trying out my Spanish on the locals, and have thus far managed to avoid (as far as I'm aware) asking "would you mind if I fondled your wife's breasts?" whilst seeking directions. [View Full Entry]

Max and Christine - Max Bower | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 6th 2009 | 182 Views | [diary=434121]

40 miles of dirt track...
Meet Paul
San Miguel de Allende

To excuse myself from not writing about last weekend until this weekend, I can only share with you all the same reason I've been exhausting my housemates with: essays. My professors here in lovely Mexico decided it would be muy bueno to assign 3 final essays for 2 classes. Thus, my writing attention has been focused elsewhere. Lo siento. Guanajuato! I sing thy name from the forested mountaintops that surround you! I spin, arms spread wide, dizzy as your colors blur into a rainbow in front of my eyes. Jealous, Guadalajara? You should be. Guanajuato is the quintessential microcos [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 15th 2009 | 46 Views | [diary=428284]


It’s been a while since I last wrote but I’ve been really busy and recently sick with ‘the revenge’ and time has just flown. Busy may seem like an oxymoron here in Mexico, since our perception in America is of a more laid back existence which is still true to some extent, except for us crazy gringos and some hardworking Mexicans. To start with, I volunteered to help the San Miguel Author’s Sala (www.sanmiguelauthors.com) which has recently absorbed the annual Writer’s Conference scheduled in February. I’ve committed myself to selling their book [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 5th 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=415426]

Hardy's house
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This past weekend, we traveled four hours via bus to Guanajuato, Guanajuato (state). Guanajuato (pronounced gwahna-hua'-toh) is known for being one of the most beautiful cities in Mexico. Cobblestone streets, outdoor markets and mariachi make this small mountain city unique. The history of the city dates back to the 1500s with the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The name means "hill of frogs" in the local indigenous language. On the bus ride from Guadalajara to Guanajuato, we got a chance to see the Mexican countryside. Not surprisingly, we got a glimpse of "third-world" side of Mexico. Mos [View Full Entry]

Calamari - Kelly Murray | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 2nd 2009 | 104 Views | [diary=413553]

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Day Seven: We left Teotihuacan around 8:15 for the drive to Guanajuato. We had to head back toward Mexico City and didn’t know how bad the traffic would be even though we were going to be skirting around the north side of the city. We found the roads without any problem but just as we were entering the highway toward Queretero (which we need to pass through along the way), we had our first experience with police corruption. A couple of Policia Federal cars parked along the side of the entrance ramp pulled us over and showed me what looked like [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 19th 2009 | 119 Views | [diary=410004]

Sprial Staircase
Mural panel by Diego Rivera
Guanajuato alleyway

I don´t know what else to say but just ¨lovely¨. Guanajuato is just lovely. I was impressed with how fine of a city San Luis Potosi appeared to be but Guanajauto is a city I could really get into. I´ve been here an hour and I´m already making plans to stay longer... The first morning I was there I went to do some laundry. The day-keeper at the hostel, Christopher (kris-toh-fér) gave me directions and I left with a pretty good idea of where I was going. I just needed to go to where they sell chicken. I did, no laundrymat [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 23rd 2009 | 33 Views | [diary=410321]

Church, Guanajuato
Sunset at the University of Guanajuato
And by night...

This has been a very exciting week for us, and especially me! Last weekend we were invited out with our friends Maggie and Gene to a gallery in the country about 45 minutes from San Miguel. The gallery is called Galeria Atotonilco, and is owned by a ceramic artist named Mayer Shacter. He and his author wife Susan Page (Why Talking Is Not Enough, How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together, The Eight Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive, If I’m So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single, and The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 16th 2009 | 33 Views | [diary=408911]


Pictures!!! Finally!! [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 5th 2009 | 49 Views | [diary=405656]

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After two weeks of being bored, not doing anything due to the lack of kids in the Hogar, we decided to get on and do something interesting!!! We had already been planning to go to Guanajuato for a while as EVERYONE had told us that it is a beautiful city with a lot to do and a great atmosphere. SO...Wednesday morning we packed up our stuff and off we went! Wednesday Four hours on the bus from Guadalajara to Guanajuato brought us to the bus station where we were immediately pounced on by tour guides etc etc because yes, as usual [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 24th 2009 | 153 Views | [diary=401573]

PĂ­pila
Tired climbers!
Me, Amilie and Alix in Barfly


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