Heading South - Caves, Silver and Non Existent Buses


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October 23rd 2007
Published: October 23rd 2007
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You´ll be amazed to know that cack-handed Scook took this one, and not dab-handed Nat
Hello All

We've been having some more fun since we spoke to you last, staying in Taxco, an old silver mining town in the mountains south of Mexico city. Highlights included browsing all the silver shops which brought out the magpie in both of us. Si was on the verge of buying a silver topped walking stick when I found him, but I reminded him he wouldn't have much use for it having forgotten to pack his tap shoes. We also had a great trip to the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, gigantic caves with thousands of years worth of build up of mineral deposits which have formed crazy shapes. It's quite hard to describe, but imagine the inside of a giant cathedral dug out of rock and you´re getting there. anyway it was super impressive, the only downer being that the tour guide was a bored teen, and most of the other tour group members were bored teens, so most of the commentary was along the lines of ´hur hur, those ones look like boobs´etc. But still, it was cool. Unfortunately the bus that was supposed to take us home did a disappearing act so we spent an hour and a
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Gentlemen, I´m afraid I missed the swimsuit round
half at a bus stop dodging angry looking insects, but found a cab in the end. And driving around is great - the scenery is amazing, lots of lush, wooded mountains.

Today we arrived in Acapulco - first impressions aren´t great, its like a giant sprawling Walworth Road, with beaches. But we´re off to see some apparently world famous cliff divers in a bit, so hopefully that´ll be interesting. And we´re escaping first thing tomorrow to Puerto Escondido, where hopefully the first sunbathing of our trip will be on offer!

Hope all is well with everyone back home, let us know how you all are,

Lots of love

Nat xxx


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Nat outside the big cavesNat outside the big caves
Nat outside the big caves

unfortunately the ones inside didn´t really come out
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Our only photo of Acapulco

I know what you´re thinking - ´this beach looks nice!´. Well - it smelt of dead fish :(
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Casa Kim

Was right next door to...
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Hotel Pasado Collins

It must be a sign!


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