Fiesta Inn Aguascalientes
Calle Mahatma Gandhi 302 Sur, Col. Villasuncion Aguascalientes, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, 20290, Mexico
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Buenos Dias - Aguascalliente (Hot Waters)
We got up leisurely and investigated our town. The morning is bright and crisp. We are in the Centro (Historic) section of Aguascaliente and the Old Church bells ring every hour. There is a mystery we have to solve about the number of times it rings. Short ones, Long ones odd numbers. It was expecting it to be like a clock but around 6:30 it started ringing more like ...
Mexico
... supposed to be $12 but wormed my way in for free - they make plenty of money from the food, drink and gambling! As well as bets on the cocks, there was a sort of roulette wheel where you could wager on red or green, with monies & tickets being thrown back & forward round the huge ring in tennis balls! First the oposing cocks get to strut around a bit (like the showing ring at a horse race), then they meet & attempt ...
Machetes and Coyotes, oh my!
... of them but somehow my intestines always reject contact with any other intestines - and I feel sick a few hours afterwards. This was the case, because I ate one without realizing what they were until Sylvain warned me. So, he ended up having to eat 10 tripe gorditas himself for breakfast. We took route 49 west towards Zacateca, with the road rising higher and higher in altitude. The road became ...
Aguascalientes - Can We Warm Up To This City?
... up to this city?"
The short answer is surprisingly "no"!
Why "no"?
All the other places we have visited and blogged about have had one characteristic in common and that has been an outstanding "centro historico" or historical center. It turns out that in the cities/towns of the central highlands, the key ingredient is indeed this beautiful centro historico. Without it, they are just another Mexican city.
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More fun hitching to and from Aguascalientes
Accommodation
Whilst here I stayed at Hotel San Antonia, Zaragoza No. 305, Tel: 01 (449) 9159341. This was the best of the budget options in town. The en-suite rooms with cable TV are standard but do vary, so look at a few until you find one you like. Avoid the rooms on the ground level around the parking area. Rooms 35 - 38 are your best bet as they are the nicer rooms and also set ...



