Hotel Las Trojes Aguascalientes

... by a bit of French cabaret - the French have an exhibition space this year full mainly of booze & books - an accurate representation of the race or just the most profitable things to sell? Not a lot of activities Mon morning so headed off to Real de Asientos, another Pueblo Magico, but this one disappointing - inaccurate maps & the 2 most interesting places, the House of Geodes and the Tunnels, both closed - left almost immediately in disgust! By the time I got back to Ags it was ...

... high in the mountainsides. We got to the gate at 5:15 and the guard told us the gate closes at 5- so we were too late. It was starting to get dark, so we had to try to find Caxcan Paraiso. We know these signs are almost impossible to find even in broad daylight and at night, next to impossible. Wee had asked the guys with the RV's and they too said it was a great place, and at a couple of gas stations ...

... Our visits to the towns of the central highlands have been rather intense. They have been exceptionally beautiful and that beauty has been well documented in the number of photos that we have taken and have posted to the internet. We were ready for a break and Aguascalientes is just that break that we needed in terms of things to write about and photos to take. I wrote the heading somewhat tongue in ...

... the parking lot. Their current rates were 190 + 270 Peso for 1 or 2 persons or 300 Peso for a room with two separate beds.

There were a couple more budget friendly options like Hotel Senorial (a kind hearted elderly lady running this place), but the rooms here were more basic and cost even more.

The nicest place to stay in Aguascalientes was Hotel Francia, Av Francisco I Madero No ...

... but the odd time people do it, the night can often end in tragedy. Other than that, our 5 days in Aguascalientes were spent exploring the city centre (a zocalo, a park...pretty but not wholly unlike the other Mexican cities we'd seen) and searching for replacement shoes after my flipflops finally gave up their valiant struggle. The Feria they have here in April sounds amazing though, the whole city centre is truned into one big street party. Think I'll be back for that!

... a restaurant next to Collusium st. I don't remember the name of the place but it was a yellow Argentinan steakhouse with a really cool tequila bar. The steak was really big, near 1 pound and cooked to perfection. This may have been one of the best steaks that I had ever eaten. After dinner we returned to the hotel and continued working. We finished up around 12:30 am and caught some shut eye.

... my bags and away I went to the hotel bar. My companions and I spent the night going over business stuff and enjoying the atmosphere. We sat in the outside section, unfortunately this was covered by a sun screen so we could not see the night sky. I hit the bed around midnight as I had a long day planned for tomorrow.

I'm leaving Ajijic on Tuesday, April 18, for a trip to Morocco, followed by some time in Paris. If you'd rather not received my Reports From the Road for whatever reason: you're going to be traveling yourself, you hate listening to other people's travel stories almost as much as you hate looking at their snapshots, you're kinda busy, you just don't care ... all you have to do is let me know. I promise I won't be offended or take it personally. Honest. Here ...

... bath, view to the buffa and cathedral (if you stick your head out a little). 2 kitchens, fairly well stocked. However supermarkets are all on the outskirts of town due to the building restrictions, so unless you want to hike out there you have to make do with canned stuff from Oxxo. Lots of nice buildings, squares, and see if you can find the man with the donkey and the home made grog. We didn't, but we did find some ...

... them during our two months there. One major scene for fireworks is right in front of the Parroquia, the main parish church, that dominates one side of the jardin or main zocala. In fact they have fireworks there so frequently that they have permanent holes dug into the pavement to erect the castillos, or castles, the structures on which the fireworks are displayed. A typical castillo has four or more sides with a vertical ...