Blogs from Guanajuato, Mexico, North America - page 28

The trip is winding down and I'm torn between fantasizing about cranberry juice and loved ones back home and focusing on living in the moment while I'm here. It seems to have gone by fast, yet when I think back to things that happened at the beginning of the trip, it seems so long ago. With that said, let the adventures continue. This past weekend was a day trip to Guanajuato. The city is in another state in Mexico. Our bus ride was only about 3 hours long, which seemed like nothing compared to Acapulco! We arrived and checked out an old Catholic Church. The altars where very intricately carved and ornamented in wood. It is hard for me to get into looking at these churches, which are prevelant all over Mexico, possibly because I don't ... read more

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Guanajuato is a city of narrow, winding alleys, criss-crossing tunnels, stone bridges and impressive colonial architecture. The colonial heart of the city was built into the valley of a narrow ravine with most of the residential homes occupying its steep slopes and with an ever expanding network of tunnels underneath, built to ease the traffic in a city originally designed for horses. Guanajuato was build with the wealth of prosperous silver barrons and is now a thriving university town with an active nightlife. I spent four wonderful nights there. I spent my days getting lost in the maze of cobblestone alleys, every once in a while coming to a break in the buildings that allowed me to look down on the city center and get my bearings. Sometimes even being able to see a familiar structure ... read more

Hola Mi Amigos. Come Estas? We are currently in San Miguel de Allende and loving every second of it! Mainland Mexico is very different from Baja. We both have decided that Baja is Mainland Mexico's Red Headed Stepchild. The roads are better, the people are much more put together, and the sights are tremendous. Beyond Mazatlan, we highly recommend every city we have been to on the mainland, so far. So here we go... We made it out of Mazatlan pretty easily. The signs take you to where you want to go and the AAA map has done a decent job. However, the map does leave out some of the toll roads. We decided to hit up a toll road to Durango. We noticed every other car heading on the free road, but figured we would ... read more

Whats da deal y’all? I took a little break from the blog, but now I’m back with another insightful tale. In my time here in Guanajuanto I have seen a number of wonderful, interesting, funny and down right unexplainable things. The folks here are for the most part extremely nice and just a pleasure to be around, but it is the few that I have met or seen that are the inspiration behind this entry. To set the tone I’ll talk about my interaction with other Americans. Everyday it seems I see some guy or girl that just oozes “I’m from the U.S.A.”. The usual tell-tell signs are a big ass camera, very bad Spanish, their clothes and the fact they don’t speak when spoken to. I also came to the realization that a large majority ... read more