Mummy Museum (Museo de los Momias) Guanajuato

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    Guanajuato - A Lively and Pretty Place

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    ... 'sin tip'. The next part of the day was quite bizarre in that we walked a couple of kilometres out of town to the renowned Mummy Museum. As we arrived, we were stunned to see a considerable queue, despite it being around midday, during the week. It ...

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    Diego Rivera was lucky to call this his home..

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    ... the town. During the days we wandered through the streets eating the local sweets. If you're ever here be sure to visit the local mummy museum where if you're buried in the town cemetery and you don't make your payment, your body may end up here. The ...

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    Lucky to be born in the 20th Century

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    ... had quite a lot of pieces left! Guanajuato is known for mummies because the minerals in the soil preserve bodies well. There's a mummy museum in town of people who failed to pay their taxes and now will have to spend the foreseeable future with ...

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    Guanajuato Finale

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    ... cut back from six classes to two even though I'd paid for six. One, because I wanted to see more of Guanajuato and hadn't seen the mummy museum yet and two, because my classes were all private, and I was getting a little exasperated with a couple ...

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    kisses and corpses in Guanajuato

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    ... , in what used to be the Guanajuato river which ran through the city. We spent a day strolling around (and under) Guanajuato's callejones and plazas, soaking up the arty atmosphere, admiring the grand old neoclassical style Teatro Juárez, browsing in ...

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    A Few Days in Guanajuato

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    ... knows how to roll an R, so the locals like me. I've met quite a few just getting lost in town. Good people. There's a mummy museum that's a trip. They´re 140+ years old and they still have hair and clothes. They're not the wrapped kind of ...

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    Bribing Cops and Waking the Dead

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    ... lions and tigers in cages behind them. Pretty random sight to come across in the middle of Mexico! Guanajuato's main attraction is the Mummy Museum. Unlike their Egyptian counterparts, these guys were just naturally preserved by the soil they were ...

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    Pubic Hair Envy

    ... to drive in. One of the most famous sites there, more for freak value than because of any historical significance, is the Mummy Museum. Apparently the town cemetery has been full for some time now so they've started charging an annual fee to ...

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    DAY 3

    Today I went to Guanajuato, Mexico to see the most amazing thing which were the mummies. One of my family members that lives there came to pick me up. On the way we caught up on what we have done, but if you do not know any body that lives in Mexico ...

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    Bienvenidos a Guanajuato!

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    ... . Today we (Pamela y Benjamin) went to the museo de momias, el callejon del besos y el mercado hidalgo. the mummy museum is... indescribable. For some reason ( perfect temperature, humidity, altitude) 1 out of every 100 bodies in Guanajuato ...