http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Michoacán en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:48:44 +0000 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:48:44 +0000 Culiacn Sinaloa a 5 de diciembre del 2009.Saludos por ensima ocasin.Ah les van unas fotos de Morelia Michoacn. Como ya la conocen pues no hay mucho que decir. Durante principios de la colonia la principal ciudad michoacana era Ptzcuaro a cargo de Vasco de Quiroga pero como se hizo de muchos enemigos espaoles varios de ellos abandonaron la ciudad y fundaron una nueva con permiso del V http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-464009.html Culiacn Sinaloa a 5 de diciembre del 2009.Saludos otra vez.Ah les van una fotos de la famosa Isla Janitzio la mayor isla poblada en el Lago Ptzcuaro. La isla vive prcticamente del turismo ya no de la pesca como antao. La poblacin es de la comunidad purpecha cuyas mujeres visten su traje tpico bi color verdes azules naranjas etc. la cosa es que sea bicolor con un delantal el idi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Janitzio/blog-463960.html Culiacn Sinaloa a 5 de diciembre del 2009.Saludos a todos.Entre corajes y tristezas por haber perdido la mitad de las fotografas por un maldito virus ah les van fotos se salvaron de ser borradas de Ptzcuaro Michoacn uno de los 3 pueblos mgicos de Michoacn nombrados por la SECTUR y que se encuentra a la orilla del lago del mismo nombre. As como Izamal Yucatn se distingua por t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Patzcuaro/blog-463820.html Culiacn Sinaloa a 4 de diciembre del 2009. Saludos a todos. Ah les van unas fotos de la ciudad de Zamora la tercer ciudad ms grande de Michoacn. Esta es la ciudad natal de mi abuelo razn por la cual aprovech su cercana con Morelia y quise venir a conocerla. No hubo mucho tiempo para darme a la tarea de ver el barrio donde deca que iba a darle serenata a su novia ni el edificio del se http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Zamora/blog-463791.html Culiacn Sinaloa a 5 de diciembre del 2009.Saludos por 3a. vez.Ah les van unas fotos de la ciudad de Uruapan Michoacn la segunda ciudad ms grande del Estado con 200 mil almas. Esta es la capital mundial del aguacate se nace y se vive gracias a los aguacates que se exportan a todos lados.El principal atractivo turstico ms all de hartarse de guacamole y carnitas es el Parque Nacional B http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Uruapan/blog-463606.html Well Campers thanks for waiting it out for this blog. I have finally left the State of Puebla on a weekend adventure. Last Sunday began the 7th annual Festival internacional de Cine de Morelia. I thought it would be a great opportunity to visit some other parts of Mexico. Fernanda and I started off on Thursday afternoon after our classes. We took a short bus ride to the toll booth leaving Puebla http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-445523.html Unos dias en la zona de Michoacan con motivo de la boda de Becky y Daniel. Boda civil de blanco boda religiosa donde renovamos votos y boda indigena con petalos de flores e incienso. Morelia Boda Rebeca Daniel Santa Clara del Cobre Patzcuaro http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/blog-426051.html well folks we are heading to the home stretch to Mexico city for fridays flight back to NJ. We have had a wonderfull time. Discouvered many places and met the most wonderfull people made new friends.From Cancun thru to Belize to Gautemala and back into Mexico. Gautemala has surprised me the most. Its a wonderfull country. We loved Guatemala and hated to leave. here i will try to catch up on a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Patzcuaro/blog-423072.html We drove in to Tzintzuntzan first to see the remains of the Purepecha pyramids known as the ycatas. They are certainly not kept up in good repair for visitors and are are slowly crumbling within the confines of the wire fence surrounding them. They are all different shapes around ovals rectangles and Tshaped and were part of what used to be the ancient capitol city of of the area which http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Tzintzuntzan/blog-385426.html Spring is in the air I woke up early and went for a walk then made my way to the patio for breakfast. I love good food and this was something I had really been looking forward to. Breakfast was both beautiful and delicious I started out with a plate of fresh fruits french bread and carrot bread with honey orange marmalade and strawberry jam from the ranch and local butter. Then add http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Zitacuaro/blog-385131.html After a lovely morning in Morelia we headed to Ptzcuaro planning to have lunch and walk around. Ptzcuaro is a city that fills up with many Mexican tourists on the weekends looking to get away from the busy cities and enjoy their time in a smaller very pretty town. There are many boutique hotels and resorts here and it is certainly a nice place to visit. Ptzcuaro is a Purepecha indian na http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Patzcuaro/blog-385083.html ldquoQue no caigan en la bajada ni en la subida del camino. Que no encuentren obstaculos ni detras ni delante de ellos ni cosa que los golpee. Concedeles buenos caminos hermosos caminos planos.rdquo PopolVuhSo occasionally I wonder what am I doing here I have my moments where I just want to reject everything about my current situation. The next day I love everything about where I am or http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-384537.html I caught a taxi to the bus station early this morning because I knew it would be a long day of travel. Yesterday I booked a room in a small ranch hotel that was suggested to me as a relaxing place by a friend who stayed their with his family. It was my first successful business phone call in Spanish I found out that I would need to take 2 buses to get to the ranch on the outskirts of the city http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Zitacuaro/blog-384197.html I made it to the Morelia shortly after it was dark on Saturday night and took a cab to the center of the beautiful colonial city. I found out from the taxi driver that the main street where I wanted to go was closed but I didn't know why. It was apparent when I got there there was a huge festival People crowded everywhere and police were directing traffic while many drivers complained ab http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-384124.html Hello guys I've done a couple of trips since I've been back at uni first to Tequila the little town that produces the great drink and the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. Tequila is this cute little old town with nothing much in it but Agave cactus fields and tequila processing plants. We whiled away an afternoon having lunch wandering about the town and taking a tour through Jose Cuervo where http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-373743.html Day 15 was a travel day we caught the bus from Guadalajara to Colima passing by 2 volcanoes 1 extinct and 1 still active. Then on the next bus to Tecoman Laura felt like Sandra Bulack in the movie speed as the bus driver did not reduce his speed to less then 130 Km regardless of how tight the mountain turns were. Nevertheles we arrived at Tecoman and immediataly caught a bus to the small coast http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/blog-364827.html On January 5th and 6th we visited Uruapan a town 2h away from Morelia. On the first day we visited a national park which had trails following the Rio Cardenas through lush forest. It was quite touristy. At the top of one of the trails was the Devils Knee. The story behind this spot is that the devil used to live in a cave at the head of the river stopping the water from getting through. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Uruapan/blog-362138.html On Saturday January 3rd we spent the day wandering around all by ourselves discovering new markets and plazas with churches. In the evening Elbas friend Julia came over and we made makis which were not just normal sushi. We made the rolls with vegetables and cheese and with rice covering the outside. THEN we cut the rolls in half dipped them in egg and breadcrumbs and fried them T http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-361486.html On January 2nd Elbas family took us on a day trip to Ptzcuaro a small town near Morelia a 45min drive. It has three plazas that were packed with people and like many small towns around here specializes in certain types of crafts. We had ice cream ate various miscellaneous things and looked at some beautiful jewelery and goldplated... plates. In the first plaza we saw a traditional da http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Patzcuaro/blog-361291.html Day 8 was a travel day we arrived at the bus station at 945 and the attendent informed us the next bus would be leaving in 5min. We made the mad dash to catch the 950 bus. We reached Morelia at 200 and caught a taxi to our hotel Posada Don Vasco. Morelia built in 1541 is a beautiful colonial city complete with numerous cathedrals and museums. It took us off guard as we were not expect http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Michoac-n/Morelia/blog-361273.html