Blogs from Guanajuato, Mexico, North America - page 20

On a recent trip to San Miguel de Allende I read about www.travelblog.org in a magazine. I love to travel and I love to write (although, normally just for myself!) so I thought, why not? I haven't been to tons of places but I'll write/journal/blog about my experiences so far. I hope that they are useful and insightful and I look forward to reading about everyone else's experiences and discovering new places. More to come, Stephanie ... read more

We love Mexico. Arrived in Guanajuato on Monday March 24th. We were welcomed by Sigfrido and Janet, and their two sons Tzintzun and Sereno, the Aguilar-Izzo family. Sigfrido is a master of clown theater, and he and Janet are an inspiring and moving artistic force in the Guanajuato community, drawing artists, mathematicians, and established musicians into their magical circle of movement theater. We made our home base at their imaginatively constructed house on a hill in Valenciana, at an old mine, where what was once a huge water tank has been transformed into an outdoor ampitheater. Each day was filled with activities. Because Tzintzun and Sereno have been homeschooled for a number of years now, the Aguilar-Izzo family gave us a marvelous model for interactive experiential learning. In addition to the constant flow of rehearsals at ... read more

Closing in on One Year Hi everybody. It’s been awhile since we checked in. What can I say? Life is so relaxing and beautiful down here we couldn’t drag ourselves to the computer to give you an update. We have been here for 8 months now and it’s been absolutely great. San Miguel has carved itself into our list of favorites. Now it reads, favorite city: Paris, favorite country: Thailand, favorite place to live: San Miguel de Allende. Between the culture, the weather and the friends we have made, this place is very hard to leave and some of our friends have been scheming to keep us here. Our initial plan was just to be here for a couple of months and then go to Argentina. Then we were introduced to a very sweet house sitting ... read more

Well here I go again. Rereading the blog I wrote from Guananjuato I was surprised that I hadn´'t mentioned 2 other items. I arrived at the Centale la Autobus ( always found away from the center of the town )around 3pm and following Lonely Planet directions found the city bus to carry me INTO town about a 20 minute ride. I mentioned that the town was in a valley but what I neglected to say was that we had to drive through three different tunnels to enter the city. The first took 18 seconds ,the 2nd took 8 seconds and the 3rd took 39seconds. These were for the roads leading into town . There are additional tunnels and subterranean streets ( dried up river beds actually) for leaving town. I did say the valley was impressive. ... read more

January 2008 Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/Ches.Alli/Chapter6NCToMexico It's been 3 months since we last wrote. What happened? We've been on the move constantly it seems without a set time to sit and write with an electrical connection. Anyway, here we are in Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan listening to KUNM online at our campground, the Hotel Villa Patzcuaro with both electricity and internet. This is a beautiful spot next to a quaint town known for its many artisans and we should be here into the new year. Back to the travel log and to October 7 when we left Allison's mom after a wonderful long and relaxing visit. We headed to Florida to visit Ches's mother, Sistee, who lives in Stuart. Now lets' face it - neither of us cares much for Florida. It is ... read more