Blogs from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, North America - page 3

Nous arrivons samedi matin a Morelia apres 3 heures de bus depuis Guanajuato. Notre guide Lonely Planet nous disait que cette ville etait immanquable et splendide... mais au final apres une superbe semaine a Guanajuato, nous avons ete un peu decus. Morelia compte pres de 600 000 habitants (contre 70 000 pour Guanajuato) et on s'est rendu compte que l'on preferait les villes de taille moyenne. Il y a souvent moins de circulation, des centre villes pietons etc... et c'est beaucoup plus agreable pour se balader. Le temps etait mitige entre pluie et beau temps, ce qui ne nous a pas empeche de se balader mais la motivation etait moins presente. Dimanche soir orage de grele assez surprenant... Nous etions contents d'etre passe a Morelia seulement 2 jours. Lundi matin depart 7h pour Mexico city puis ... read more

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 ,which cost roughly $1, and started looking for a ride. After literally 2 or 3 minutes asking we got a ride to Mexico DF with a nice middle aged gentleman who spoke English nearly fluently. It turns out he had a friend from MN who was coming down to Puebla with her husband for their honeymoon and was going to pick them up in ... read more

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 you can see the process and taste the product. :) The Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary... well... there's not much for me to say but WOW. Up the top of a mountain and surrounded by indigenous villages, it takes an hour walk to get up the top of this mountain and there are literally MILLIONS of these butterflies flying about, hanging off trees, mating and getting ready to fly ... read more

Day 8 was a travel day, we arrived at the bus station at 9:45 and the attendent informed us the next bus would be leaving in 5min. We made the mad dash to catch the 9:50 bus. We reached Morelia at 2:00 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 expecting to be impressed by this city. We had debated about whether to cut our visit to Morelia short, we were glad we didn´t. The zocalo in Morelia rocks. You couldn´t ask for a more virbrent energetic and family oriented location with it´s buskers and many balloon venders and along with it´s maticulously manicured trees. It´s surrounded by colonial and ... read more

Before arriving in Mexico, I had been a little apprehensive when it came to in-country transportation. After a couple of months on the road I was feeling pretty burnt out, and hardly in the mood to battle tooth and claw through another cramped bus station and spend hours on a rickety contraption that may or may not arrive at its final destination in one piece. Thankfully, my ignorance was quickly laid to rest. Mexico’s buses are by far the nicest I have ever seen, by far more comfortable and reliable than those in my own country. Almost all long-distance buses are run by private companies, and the competition insures quality, well-priced service. Of course, I am sure this quality varies greatly throughout Mexico, but we took the very sleek ETN luxury buses (“la linea mas comoda!”), ... read more