Hotel El Carmen Morelia
Eduardo Ruiz No. 63, Centro Historico Morelia, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
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Pine and Eucalyptus Covered Mountains
Quiroga to Morelia: 27 Miles/ 44 km
Quiroga is near the Patzcuaro lake and according to Google Earth we had one 300 meter climb through a pass before dropping into Morelia 27 miles to the east. Quiroga was quiet when started around 9 am. The steady climb began immediately in town and in about a mile we reached the OXXO convenience store …
3 days in a Colonial City
Nov 4, 5, 6
3 Days in Morelia
Morelia is the Capital of Michoacan State who's center is a well preserved colonial gem founded in 1537. Even though we rode only two days in a row after our 8 day break in Patzcuaro , we decided to relax here for awhile and take care of things like our wash and blog posts and take in the sights.
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Intimacy, JC and a sandwich
Playing catch up with the blogs again.
There are a number of things that strike me in Mexico, some I have mentioned and some I will in due course: the distances that exist between each major town are quite phenomenal. From Puerto vallarta to morelia by modern coach is about 5 hours (from Morelia to Puebla took 9 hours-mostly xmas traffic). The coaches are actually better than the UK with reclining seats and leg room akin to business class British Airways. You are ...
Pig.
... the stalls was enough to keep a starving man hungry.
I'm getting a hang of the food here. I don’t even attempt to pronounce it, type it or read it off menus, butit is growing on me a little. I say alittle; after I leave I’m never eating Mexican food again.
We spend the day lazily seeing what the town has to offer with ...
Ciudad colonial ancien "Valladolid"
Guanajuto et après?? Le Nord ou le Sud? La decision est relativement vite prise. On part a Morelia, la capitale de Michoacan.
Elle fut fondée en 1541 sous le nom de Valladolid et a a été renommée en 1928 en l'honneur du héros de l'indépendance Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, qui y était né.
Le centre est fabuleux, les édifices entourant la place centrale ressemblent à des palais puisque dans l'ancien temps les riches Espagnols ...


