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Silver and gold in Guanajuato
Another day another day-trip!
Off to Guanajuato, a famous town 3 hours north of Queretero. The landscape in this area is mountainous which is immediately noticeable as you travel into the region. As you enter the town, the traffic is ferried through historic aqueducts, which run as a road network below the city centre. The town feels crammed on top of itself, but not in a negative way. It feels as though everything here fits perfectly into a small space. A lot ...
Town of many churches
... homes, and docks and boats around. There is no public beach and hardly any homes on the laguna.
Another day we hiked Volcan Mombacho. Its was about 5 Km up a very steep incline. Then we walked around in the cloud forest there. There was a great view, but it was a bit cloudy. We could hear Howler monkeys that were very loud and there seemed to be a bunch of them, but we never saw them. They sounded almost like dogs barking. On ...
4 hours in Granada
... much to the boys amusement, went round the bus offering them to the locals on the bus. The boys thought it was hilarious but I at least got rid of the majority of them. I love how the give you drinks out here too, they literally pour a bottle of something into a plastic bag and then hand it to you to drink from!
Once the bus arrived in Managua I was literally thrown off in a rush and told by the guy on the bus that I had to get the 110 ...
Monkey on my back
... when Ma made me cycle behind her down a hill on my little pink bike whereupon I crashed into her and my brother in his baby seat and the last biking experience when I nearly passed out. Hence I have a valid aversion to bikes. I protested, offered to pay for a taxi but my lamenting was to no avail. I sat on one bike, deemed it much too high so was offered a smaller bike. This one had no brakes so I rejected that one and instead plumped for the smallest bike ...
Commissioning a Painting
... Messiah) but this time we were able to drive up practically the entire way. We still walked though which reopened all of my healed blisters so that's definitely two steps back. We also visited a bat cave which was super amazing!! It was kind of freaky walking through the caves with the bats flying right past your ear. Definitely a new experience- as is everything on this trip! I love trying new things!! Oh, ...
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