Island Janitzio on Lake Patzcuaro We caught the 50cent combi bus over to the lake, hopped on a ferry, past the fishermen and onto the island. All very easy and cheap. Island Janitzio is a bit like Mexicos version of Frances Mont Saint Michel. You walk up a narrow lane filled with shops and …
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Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
It is definitely a magic town. Lovely place to stop, high altitude so nice and cool, 50c combi buses to take you into the centro. Huge markets, where we stopped to have lunch, the chicken soup was lovely as you would expect, but the red soup tasted like cow poo smells, yuck! I asked …
San Juan del Lago on Lake Cuitzeo.
Campsite on the edge of Laguna Cuitzeo. We were the only ones there, just us, the humming birds, wild horses and snakes. It was lovely and peaceful……….. Until ………..driving out of the camp site, still on their driveway, the peace was shattered. The top of the camper hit a low overhanging branch which punched …
On the Road to San Juan Benito Juarez
Well the sat nav took us for another detour through the old town today. The road we took was marked on the map as a yellow road which is a major road. We later looked at google maps and found that the road we should have taken was in the opposite direction onto the toll …
Mariposa Monarch Reserve Mexico
To get there it was a long drive up a winding road with the caravan, we camped over night and then took a horse ride further up the hill to the oyamel fir trees where the butterflies migrate to each year. The horse trail was steeper than it looks in the photos. The route the …
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San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
On the road to San Juan Teotihuacan We loved the markets in this town, beautiful guavas, strawberries, coal roasted chickens and ribs, cheap hair dressers, bakery. All walking distance from the caravan park. Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, Avenue of the dead. Wow! Our camp site Great …
San Miguel de Allende
We arrived at the campsite in plenty of time to set up. Thanks to our lovely escort, hazard lights flashing, but I suppose we were a hazard to the San Miguel community when we followed the sat nav into the old towns narrow streets. Its a beautiful town full of gringos, but that was …
Pyramids – La Canada de la Virgen
22nd February 2019 La Cañada de la Virgen We drove out to see the Pyramids Canada de la Virgen while we were staying in San Miguel de Allende. You take a shuttle bus from the visitors’ center which drops you off at the bottom of the hill outside the Pyramids. You then have to …
Sanctuary of Atotonilco
The Sistine Chapel of Mexico. What a fabulous surprise this church was, I had not read much about it but the little town was only a few km from San Miguel de Allende so decided to take a drive out there. The kids are already sick of me wanting to go inside every church …