RVing in Mexico with Raymondo y Marsia - 2012

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Sunday, 19 February, we moved on to Patzcuaro and are parked at Villa Patzcuaro. This is a nice little RV park within the city itself. Here, we Americans outnumber Canadians nine to one. The showers are clean and hot and we have internet in the camper. I get to read the Mercury News with my morning tea. What more can you ask for!

It was a short drive from Uruapan to Patzcuaro but we made an interesting side trip into the tiny village of Tingambato to see its archaeological site. We never made it to the ruins. Our rigs were way too big to be in a village of that size but walking backwards up a street to make sure Ray didn’t hit something, I chatted a bit with a guy whose name now escapes me but he told me in perfect English that he had lived for some time in San Leandro and had visited the Berryessa flee market every other weekend.

Wednesday, Ray, Michelle and I caught the bus back to Uruapan to visit Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio “Eduardo Ruiz”. This small tropical oasis must be one of the most beautiful places in the world. The falls are created by Rio Cupatitzio flowing through. Even the falls that appear to be man-made are propelled by gravity alone - no pumps are used. Everywhere you look there are waterfalls and tropical plants. The banana trees are gigantic. Even Ray, who is usually pretty blasé about botanic gardens, was impressed. The attached video just makes you feel cool just by watching: http://www.videosurf.com/video/parque-nacional-uruapan-73519411

Leaving the park, we bought a bag of unshelled macadamia nuts. These are tough nuts to crack - tasty but the shells are very hard.

Here, in Uruapan, we had our most delicious meal of the entire trip so far. Chicken Mole at Mole Orapondiro on Calle Independencia near the National Park. The sauce is sold by the half/full liter para llevar (to go). It is said that Mexican ladies buy the mole made here and pass it off as their own.

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