Creel, Mexico Travel Blogs

Copper Canyon and Surrounds
May 29, 2006 (22 photos)

... 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 explanation!

The Copper Canyon
Mar 14, 2007 (12 photos)

... 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 blue ...

Los Mochis to Creel By Train
Jan 31, 2004 (5 photos)

... 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 area ...

Chihuahua to Creel and the Copper Canyon
Sep 4, 2004 (10 photos)

... 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. We ...

Through the Copper Canyon to Creel
Sep 7, 2006 (8 photos)

... 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 on ...

Caballeros and Indios in Copper Canyon
Sep 21, 2008 (10 photos)

... 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 1200GS ...

Creel
Mar 5, 2008 (31 photos)

 

2nd Stop - Creel
Apr 24, 2008 (3 photos)

Visited indiginous peoples & Hot Springs

Los Mochis - Creel
Jun 13, 2007 (5 photos)

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 ...

Copper Canyon
May 29, 2006 (2 photos)

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 train ...

Copper Canyon Train Ride
Nov 26, 2007 (14 photos)

... 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 head ...

The school now has heat and water!
Jan 3, 2008 (5 photos)

... 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 sell. ...

2 inches of snow!
Jan 18, 2004 (7 photos)

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
Jul 14, 2005 (10 photos)

... 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 ...

1st Stop - Posada Barrancas
Apr 23, 2008 (2 photos)

Spectacular Hotel on Canyon rim

The Copper Canyons
Sep 21, 2005 (7 photos)

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 ...

Strassensperre / Road block
Sep 14, 2008 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

One of the adventure capitals of Mexico...........
Dec 15, 2008

... 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 my ...

Superman has nothing on me
Jun 17, 2006

... ´t ask 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 do ...

The Copper Canyon
Jan 25, 2008

... 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 and ...

eclipse, Creel. Valley of the Mushrooms and Frogs
Aug 29, 2007 (101 photos)

... 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 ...

End of The Road South
Jan 24, 2009 (9 photos)

... 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 continuous ...

Las Barrancas de Cobre (Copper Cañon)
Jul 3, 2008 (26 photos)

... ride was excellent. Beautiful scenery and the guy sitting next to me played his guitar and sang the whole way. I´m finally experiencing Mexico as I´ve imagined it. Right now I´m sitting in an internet cafe in Creel, reflecting on an amazing day. Along with ...

Copper Canyon Prison
Oct 13, 2006 (19 photos)

... 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, at ...

Crazy horses in Creel
Jan 7, 2008 (60 photos)

... very small town) . There are quite a few Tarahumara folk around the streets , the local indigenous people in this part of Mexico. Together with Ben the Aussie from the hostel in Chihuahua , we met up with some other travellers at the hostel for some ...

Creel and El Chepe
Nov 23, 2007 (97 photos)

Creel and El Chepe

Schubert Fully Loaded
Nov 7, 2005

Schubert Fully Loaded - a Multilingual Journey A true story of six adventurers on the road in Mexico. Day 1 There were six: the French leader, Napoleon (speaking French, English, Spanish), the Swiss Muse (French, English, German, Spanish), the ...

Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon)
May 24, 2009 (17 photos)

... on the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (Chihuahua-Pacific Railway), also known as Chepe train to travel through the Copper Canyon to Creel.  The train was quite scenic but we don't recommend taking back to back days of eight hour train rides from El ...

Cows, pickups and the FBI
Oct 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... now mastered the phrase: ¨Lo siento, no hablo espanol¨. Beyond that I´m still struggling, but definitely improving. The north of Mexico was completely void of tourists so it was a pretty big culture shock, especially since they are not the nicest cities in ...

Cool Climes of Creel
Jul 15, 2006 (17 photos)

... of North America´s largest canyon system, Barranca Del Cobre (Copper Canyon), with stunning views on our way to the village of Creel. It was up there that we exchanged the cactus of the lowlands for the cool pines in the high mountain elevation of 2295 ...