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Creel Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Creel, Mexico
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Copper Canyon and Surrounds
This is a top pick! ... Chihuahua is home to the Mennonite sect, who came here from Germany, after firstly trying to live in Russia and Canada, and who were made welcome here in post-revolutionary Mexico, in return for their farming skills. See, everything has an ...
Chihuahua to Creel and the Copper Canyon
This is a top pick! ... . Batopilas is really pretty and the locals sit in the square enjoying the relaxing atmosphere. One of things Paul and I really like about Mexico is the fact that it's so laid back and friendly, it makes you realise how manic life is in England sometimes. ...
Los Mochis to Creel By Train
This is a top pick! ... up into snow-scattered mountains. We were travelling through the Copper Canyon National Park - a beautiful and interesting region of Mexico, and one we were informed rivalled the Grand Canyon in size. The weirdest sight I noticed was the transitional ...
Through the Copper Canyon to Creel
This is a top pick! ... we have been spoilt by the Canadian Rockies, Yellowstone and Yosemite) we were expecting more. The train stopped one stop before Creel and we were transferred to buses. The explanation was that there was a blockage up ahead but the two security guards ...
The Copper Canyon
This is a top pick! ... took about 7 hours to reach Creel (farther northeast still), as the train snaked through 86 tunnels and various other engineering feats. Creel is a smallish logging town at an elevation of about 7,550 ft and while the days were warm with bright sun and ...
The Sky is Falling...
This is a top pick! ... the mountains and ravines, over bridges and stopping for 15 minutes at El Divisadero where three canyons meet. 6 hours later we arrived in Creel, the tourist heart of the Copper Canyon. After some hostel tout drama we ended up at the same hotel as ...
Caballeros and Indios in Copper Canyon
... banquet-style for the dinner which was included, as was pretty good. There was a blond Irish girl traveling alone thru Mexico and headed for California, a French man with his Hungarian wife doing the same trip we were, two-up on a new BMW ...
Riding a train through copper canyon
... level to an altitude of around 7000 feet. We took the more expensive fast train, because the regular train would arrive in Creel late evening. Arriving at around 4 pm we could see the Christmas celebration in Creel with little gifts for the children and ...
Los Mochis - Creel
Toshi and I take the train through the beautiful copper canyon to a town called Creel in northern mexico. The ride takes 11 hours but only are the first 2 a little boring. The journey starts off fairly ordinary, but the scenery gradually becomes ...
Captivating Copper Canyon
From Leon we had another long slog north to our final destination in Mexico, the Copper Canyon. Having already been to some stunning places in Mexico the Copper Canyon was another surprise; it was absolutely jaw-droppingly stunning. After a 5 hour ...
Eaux thermales de Recowata
Nous voici enfin dans la somptueuse Barranca de Cobre (Canyon du cuivre), dans l'Etat de Chihuahua. La Barranca de cobre est un ensemble de 6 canyons qui couvrent un territoire de 60 000 km2 et atteignent une profondeur maximale de 1830m. La ...
Copper Canyon
One of the reasons we came to Mexico was because we met an American in Vietnam who recommended the Copper Canyon to us. He had never been there but had heard that it was one of the World's great train journeys...so we thought we'd better do it. The ...
Copper Canyon Train Ride
... it was wet, windy, and cold. Soon it started snowing. Yes ladies and gentlemen, it was snowing fairly hard in Mexico during our trip south for the winter. Since snow wasn´t really in our plans, we decided to get out of there and ...
The school now has heat and water!
... just have to keep the gas tank filled. Forwarding are emails from Analhy and Cesar. Juan Rodriquez, Analhy's father and owner of Mexico Adventures, is also now involved. Juan donated a small used motor home (value about $3000) for the school to ...
Creel - Gateway to Copper Canyon
... traditional Tarahumara Indian culture, with a population of about 70,000 in the canyons and the high sierra region of northwestern Mexico. The Tarahumara are best known for their ceremonial use of peyote and for foot races over huge distances that ...
2 inches of snow!
My first two weeks in Mexico were had aboard the "Green Tortoise" bus in Baja California, Mexico. The green tortoise is a tour company with a differnce. The bus is like a big scale camper van. The seats convert to beds, the tables into beds, the beds ...
Chihuahua
... It turned out to be 5 nights of hotels and two nights of camping. We started out with a 15-hour bus ride to Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico (the next state over). We were all quite surprised how touristy the town of Creel was. It is known for the indigenous ...
The Copper Canyons
The Copper Canyons are a large system of canyons in the Mexican mountains. Supposedly 9 or them are bigger or deeper than the grand canyon, who knows, they´re certainly impressive. Another bus ride, 5 hours, got us here from Chiwawa. The buses are ...
Arareko
De Cusarare nous rejoignons la lac d'Arareko, après avoir traversé la vallée des grenouilles et la vallée des champignons, surnoms dus à la forme des roches. Après avoir navigué en barque sur le lac nous décidons d'en faire le tour, sans nous ...
eclipse, Creel. Valley of the Mushrooms and Frogs
... in everyones travel documents requesting school supplies. More than four LARGE packing boxes of supplies were donated. And the Mexico tour office sent a pinata for the kids! Well, here I am dumbfounded that we are at the wrong ...
Creel, Chihuahua
Creel. Morning. Smile. So much to see. Best shower ever. Sweet oatmeal and tomato eggs with tortillas. Gift shops. Carvings. Leather. Beads. Surprise at tourist speaking Spanish. Rent a bike. No allen wrench to adjust seat. You hold the bike, I'll twist ...
One of the adventure capitals of Mexico...........
... hassled to book onto a tour, as were many other people. If you’ve a bit of cash to spare then opening a hostel in Creel would be good business, just to give this place a bit of competition. Hotel Korachi – next to the train station. I spent ...
Superman has nothing on me
... me why they don´t change the timetable?!) and I don´t know the reason? Scenery on the line? Anyway, we pulled into Creel at 5, I literally crossed the tracks (and felt naughty after all those education films at school but it´s what you´re supposed to ...
Strassensperre / Road block
... at best. But that delay was also caused by the visit of the Cascada Basaseachic, the highest waterfall of Mexico. The arrival to Creel was delayed for about 4 hours because some people demonstrated against corrupcy by road blocks. Despite the presence of ...
The Copper Canyon
... alpine forests were intensified by the constant rain that fell as we climbed to 2500 metres. We based ourselves in Creel, near the rim of the Copper Canyon and spent five days walking, mountain biking, visiting hot springs ...
End of The Road South
... place. My room is at the end of a very long hall. I have had a lot of time to think about what I am doing in Mexico, with plans to go into Guatemala, Belize and Honduras and I have come to the conclusion that there is a level of stress that is ...
Copper Canyon Prison
... at the Divisadero stop where you get a totally incredible view of this wonder of nature - breathtaking. Stopping at the little town of Creel in order to do some exploring through the canyons the next day, I went for a beer with a Swiss guy, Thomas, ...
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