http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Zacatecas en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:43:32 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:43:32 +0000 We are now in Mexico and feeling surprisingly comfortable everyone we meet has gone out of their way to assist us. The guy at the car wash in Hidalgo de Parral who showed us the way on his bicycle to the hotel we were looking for the owners of Hotel Acosta who allowed us to park in their front foyer to make sure the bike was safe secure although it could be seen by all through the window. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-446520.html Zacatecas was a cool town. It had great architecture and everything in the centro downtown was easy to get to by foot. Rode in a cable car that crosses over the city. It had awesome views of Zacatecas. Traveled deep under the earth into a retired mine called El Eden. The mine was first worked on in 1586. As many as five people died on a daily basis back when they worked on the mine. They http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-340014.html The weekend planned in San Luis Potosi was cut short due to the disgusting state of the hostel. Whatever you do dont stay at San Miguelito Hostel described in the Rough Guide as a brand new place with a roof terrace it has never been cleaned since. Theres a fusty odour and grime on everything...to give Angela her due she made a small effort to mop the floor and was a very sweet lady but I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-339405.html ZacatecasIst schon ne weile her seit meinem letzten Eintrag. Aber wie heisst es Keine Nachrichten sind gute Nachrichten Anspruch und Wirklichkeit......gehen bei mir etwas auseinander zumindest was meine Finanzen betrifft. Soweit ich es bisher absehen kann wird mein Geld nicht fuer die geplanten sechs Monate reichen. Das ist zum einen natuerlich schade zum anderen aber nicht wirklich tragisch. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-337736.html La Quemada is a set of ruins and a pyramid 45 minutes outside Zacatecas. They are not as spectacular as some of the ruins in southeast Mexico but they are mysterious because nobody is sure about their origins. There is controversy as to the culture that inhabited them and for what purpose. We spent the day wandering around them and enjoying a beautiful day. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-315214.html I spent the 10th with John UK James Australia and Tomas Switzerland hiking up the Cerra de la Bufa taking the teleferico down and touring the mine. They even gave us hard hats for the mine tour. Que Padre. On the way back I got some photos of the people gathering in one of the plazas for a clown and comedy show. This happens every evening. A really lovely city. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-315206.html There is a great mask museum here. The building was originally a monastary then a prison and now a gorgeous musem. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-310684.html I was on a total of four buses to get from Real de Catorce to Zacatecas. I arrived there a little after 9pm and the town looked amazing at night. Luckily the hostal Hostal Villa Colonial had some open beds. 9 a night with an amazing view of the whole town. Zacatecas has one of the coolest cathedrals in all of Mexico a lot of museums and a cable car teleferico that takes you to the top http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-309910.html I only left the US five days ago but already it seems like that was ages ago It was sad to leave Phoenix Ill miss Luba Terry and Sean but at least I know Ill probably be going back there before I go home. I also miss the guaranteed comfortable bed every night air conditioning and clean water On the bus into Mexico I was the only nonMexican. I know this because when we got to the borde http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-300732.html After over a month in Mexico we are now officially sick of the buses. Always with movies being played but often competing with the drivers radio. And frequently we are arriving at our destination before the movie is finished. Hmm.Zacatecas is set in the hills at around 2500 meters but it was surprisingly warm. We stayed at the Hotel Condesa which was quite pleasant. Unlike Guadalajara this town ha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-273770.html The last stop Zacatecas couldn't have been any better. This was one of our favorite cities in Mexico and also a favorite by many others as it is a Unesco World Heritage site. The state of Zacateces is actually one of Mexico's largest but smallest in population. The city of Zacatecas has an altitude of 2445m which is 5m higher than Mexico City which makes for some hot days and cold nights http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-201625.html I arrived in Zacatecas after a 9 hour bus ride which was supposed to take only 5 hours I guess I better get used to Mexican time. I arrived at about 9 PM and it was pouring rain once again while I was looking for somewhere to stay. After about an hour of looking for a place I stumbled upon Hostel Villa Cononial which would become my home for the next three nights. The hostel was an amazing b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-178173.html After leaving Cuatro Cienegas I arrived in Monterrey at 8 PM on Sunday night. All I did there was eat ride the Metrorrey Monterreys light rail system and sleep before leaving the next morning at 730 AM so I cant say much about Monterrey. The downtown area by the plaza Zaragoza was a lot nicer than the area I stayed in around the bus station but other than that I dont have much.Aft http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/Zacatecas/blog-171968.html 042707 Talk about last minute plans We have been talking about going to Zacatecas for several weeks. We were attracted to this city for many reasons. Zacatecas Z is 8000 feet above sea level on Mexicorsquos highdesert plain. It was the first of Mexicorsquos great colonialera silver mining cities. The cathedral in Z is considered one of Mexicorsquos most magnificent. Because of its http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-156260.html ZacatecasnbspNorth America raquonbspMexico raquonbspZacatecas By Traveller1April 9th 2007Zacatecas is the most northern of Mexico's silver cities. It is located in the northern central highlands. The city takes it's name from the local Zacatecos tribe part of the Chichmec group of tribes. This tribe was extracting mineral deposits long before the Spanish arrived. However as soon as http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-146862.html To the west...Zacatecas another UNESCO sitenbspNorth America raquonbspMexico raquonbspZacatecas By Punaloo5April 8th 2007 With Easter fast approaching and our need to secure accommodation for this very busy time we sadly left Guanajuanto and traveled to Zacatecas. The Hostel Villa Colonial is great. Reasonable rates great location wonderful comfortable facilities and most importantly http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-146462.html Places Visited San Miguel De Allende Guanajuato and ZacatecasAfter Mexico City we headed north to a pretty little town called San Miguel De Allende. This was a nice chilled out place with lots of quaint and quirky shops selling handicrafts and jewellery pottery and lots of different types of art this is a great place to relax which is why it was voted in the top 20 places to retire in the w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-107842.html after a bit of mescal we were all feeling OK... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-107555.html My pal Linda and I escaped from our industrial city and took an overnight 9 hour bus ride to the city of Zacatecas. It was cool travelling with Linda because we got to know each other she's adventurous and into tasting and sharing food too. It was a good weekend that I needed to just see a beautiful place have fun and experience being in a less corporate Mexico.We arrived at 8 AM saturday and t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-90327.html This time last year I can't believe it was a year ago as we drove out of Cambridge with a car full of accumulated rubbish I really thought my time at univeristy was over and yet this week I find myself back there only this time Im teaching. The really scarey thing is that Im not teaching anything to do with science with an engineering degree Im teaching English Admittedly it is as a s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Zacatecas/blog-70257.html