Hotel Del Bosque Teleferico Zacatecas

... the crypt and to view the burial place of the Apostle James. Yes, that is the same apostle whose name is attached to a chapter in the Bible and who was one of the disciples of Jesus Christ. In Spain, during the "Reconquista", he became known as "Santiago Matamoros" or "James the Moore Slayer". Like the Virgin of Guadalupe it is all based on belief. Belief or not, it is such an integral part of the history of Western ...

... photos. Frames of reference are important in life for they give a perspective to a current situation. So it was that while we were passing high over Zacatecas on our way to Cerro de la Bufa, the event that flashed before me was the experience we had only 7 days earlier in Guanajuato as we ascended to Monumento el Pipila on the funicular. I found myself saying to Barbara "it is beautiful here but it is not as beautiful as ...

... Spend the Winter Months" we had never heard of Zacatecas. It seems not too many expats have gotten the word about Zacatecas, as we heard almost no English spoken in this town. We therefore considered ourselves to have been fortunate to have met Dr. John Sullivan, (Ph.D.) in a coffee shop. John is the Director of the Instituto de Docencia E Inventigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C. He has been living here for 20 years and confirmed the fact that ...

Today I came to have a look around Jerez, a small colonial town out in the country, 57 kilometres west of Zacatecas. I decided to try and hitch as the main road that loops around, and above the outskirts of Zacatecas was only a five minute walk up a steep hill beyond Hotel Posada Sta Cecilia. Within five minutes of waiting while admiring the fine views over Zacatecas, a pleasant family pulled over in ...

... the origin of the town's wealth, thoughtfully extracted for them by thousands of Indian slaves imported from the south who worked 16 hours a day with baskets strapped to their head carrying out the silver from the mines depths. The average life expectancy, if you didn't tumble to the earth's core, was about 35. Nowadays the Mine is also put to a more hedonistic use with a discoteca carved into its depths, great place for dancing and ...

... housed a museum of masks ...there were thousands of the things that are used in carnivals , ceremonies , dances etc. I´ve liked it here in Zacatecas very much , met some more fellow travellers , and it´s another place that lives up to the guidebook billing it justifiably gets. As I´m doing OK in my schedule I have change my route plan a little and tomorrow I will now go to Guadalajara , Mexico´s second largest city , which is about 5 hours away by bus.

ello everyone! I am writing this first blog entry from outside the United States from the city of Zacatecas, Mexico. Dad and I crossed over into Mexico nine days ago and, whew, what a nine days. In the first 48 hours here, as we rode from the border down to the town of Real de Catorce, I got to have several firsts. My first time in Mexico. My first speeding ticket in Mexico--I got busted for I'm not sure what ...

... air is quite clean. Our first destination was to visit Alvaro's family's house. here I was introduced to several members of Tomas' family Amelia, Alvaro's mother and Chuy, Alvaro's sister. I offered some chocolate goodies and candies for the kids. They were very happy to receive these gifts. We also got to see the second story of their house, which is a construction project that Alvaro and his father had started. Theey had just poured the second story ...

... prang in the ass. The crowd howled with anguish as the animal stood over the fallen player, preparing to deliver the coup de grace. In the nick of time, the rest of his team, led by Bobo's counterpart, arrived on the scene. A couple of slaps later the livid bull had forgotten about its victim and turned its attentions towards another of its tormentors. The dishevelled looking hombre got to his feet and bolted for the wall, which he scaled in double quick time. Amid ...

... on the autopista brought with it another moment of deflation. Out of patches and cursing like a trucker in a tailback, I pushed my bike for ten kilometres through drab darkened suburbs. It was gone eight when I found a flophouse by the bus station. Zacatecas is also a silver town though on a much larger scale than Sombrerete. A city of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants it's long since outgrown the ore-rich hills which enclose it and has spread up onto the ...