Blogs from Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, North America

Just a short journey from our spot in Cuatzeo to Patzcuaro. Three tolls 20 pesos, 123 pesos and 106 pesos. Excellent roads until the 3rd toll when we exited to Mex 120, then way to many topes. Arrived at Rancho del Casa RV Park. Spent the afternoon at the Market place got all our shopping for the week.Today we are off to the next towns and a tour of the lake. Went to Santa Clara Del Cobra the amazing copper producing town. Heading Early this morning to Mexico City out Skirts... read more

Michoacan is really appealing with its numerous fantastic places and the island is one of these. I reached this island by boat which is the only mean to the island of Janitzio. When I was on my way to this place, the boat was approached by some fine fishermen. I then asked to a local what kind of fish they were catching and he explained to me that these are very popular fishermen of the Patzcuaro lake and called the butterfly fishermen because the net they use to catch the fish is butterfly-shaped net and they use skillful technique to catch the "pescado blanco" which means white fish. The local person also told me that the fisherman is located to the back of the 50 pesos Mexican banknote which was a surprise to me. I could ... read more

February 18th travelled to Patzcuaro Elevation 7130 Population 51000. Feb 17th went to a copper manufacture in San Carlos and to Tzintzentzan to a small community of wood furniture and pottery. February 18th to the Island of Janitzio. Went by ferry the day after Martigra by small boat in shallow waters no more than 9 meters. The name of the Island means (When it rains) The people are all Indians living very simple and speaking their own language. Most of the homes have no indoor plumbing, no internet or phone a population of 1910, 296 homes with less than half the children attending school for not more than 6 years.... read more

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 ... read more

Nach fünf Tagen Fahrt sind wir (endlich!) in Pátzcuaro gelandet. Den Tipp bekamen wir zuletzt von Kanadiern in La Ticla, die Pátzcuaro als den Ort mit dem schönsten kolonialen Charme bezeichnen. Patzcuaro liegt etwa 60 km von Morelia entfernt an dem gleichnamigen Lago Pátzcuaro, dem zweitgrößten See in Mexiko. Wir folgen ihrem Rat und fahren den Campingplatz Villa Pátzcuaro an. Wir sind positiv überrascht – nur gute 50 m von der Hauptstraße entfernt befindet sich dieser liebevoll angelegte Rasenplatz mit kleinem Pool, neu gebauter Dusche und sogar einem Gartenhaus mit Kamin. Internet ist überall zu empfangen. Spätestens da macht mein Herz einen Freudenhüpfer. Zuletzt war die Anreise mit guten 35 Grad im Schatten und herzhafter Kurvenfahrt auf der Mex. 37 durch die Berge recht stressig gewesen. Wie sehnte ich mich nach einer Dusche! Hans hatte sich ... read more