Hotel Meson De San Antonio Patzcuaro

... drunken tourists trampling over people's graves to take photos of the few old women who had come to honour their dead. Relatives would leave offerings of the deceased's favourite foods and place orange Cempazúchitl flowers by the graves, which are supposed to draw out the spirits of the dead with their enticing scent. However it was disappointing to see so many intrusive tourists flocking around them, and it seems unlikey the dead could have heard their families calling over such a ...

Hello, all! Sorry for the long silence - been extremely busy!

I celebrated July 4 by taking a tour with other students in my school to 4 really pretty towns - Tiripitéo, Tupátaro, Tzintzuntzán and Pátzcuaro. The names are all from the P'urhépecha Empire, hence the difficulty in pronuciation. Here´s a quick resume of each:

Tiripitéo - We visited the first university in the Americas, founded by Augustinians in 1537. The monastery/college ...

... It all started because Milli and I b**ked tickets t* a lucha libre c*nc**t. Think Jack Black in that Nach* Libre m*vie. Guide was supp*sed t* c*me c*n tequila and pick us up but he just didn't turn up. S* we asked the girl at the h*stel f*r the name *f a g**d cantina and *ff we went. We invited Alistair, a Sc*ttish guy al*ng, as he was sitting their all *n his l*nes*me with that hangd*g expressi*n and I just c*uldn't say n*. S* we went t* said bar but it was ...

You know you are going to have a lazy day when you wake up at 1 pm. You can't blame us really...I mean we were up until 5 am the night before! By the time we got out it was past lunch time! We decided to scrap any big plans for the day given the timing, and instead elected to play it by ear. Our trek started at the Zocalo main plaza found in the heart of Mexico City. The plaza was absolutely stunning! Break dancers, speeches, ancient rituals, socialization...you name it, the plaza ...

Guanajuato was hard to leave, but off we went. On our way to Morelia, we went through numerous historical towns and cities. San Miguel de Alende was slightly interesting, but when we saw more gringos than Mexicans, we drove on through and away to the highway; more beautiful scenery awaited. Morelia was a big city with an interesting historical centro, but after wandering in search of the campsitewe were disppointed to find ...

... Seems they are the equivalent of peanuts out here!!! And that was our tour done...we had the rest of the day to ourselves... Decided to be brave and go and find food....now finding food was easy....being able to order it...or work out what the hell it was...was another matter! We found a westernish looking place...which had an english menu. Took the plunge and went in. Managed to get ourselves a table...always a good start and get too coca colas. The we tried to order food ...

... ask regarding his tio/tia. I made sure to eat past the point of feeling full. As I ate the stew, Huitzilopotchli`s father teased me that it was hot, hot, hot. By the end, my lips were on fire. I gulped my drink and then reached for Huitzilopotchli`s out of desperation. As I reached Huitzilopotchli`s cousin, clad in a pastel colored shirt opened to his navel and seated across from us, gave me an inquisitive glance. I noticed the glance and made a note to ask about it later. And ask ...

... of electrical tape in an attempt to fix the hole. We were then treated to a 20-mile per hour limp through the desert for the next few hours. There aren't many towns in the desert. We finally got to a sizeable town and switched busses, and in the end we made it to the D.F. only about 3 or 4 hours later than we had hoped. On Mexico City: we had, of course, been terrified of the city, being that all the guides and all the news is DANGER DANGER DANGER. We had decided ...

The pryamids of Ihuatzio are just a short ride by collectivo from the town of Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan. I was able to catch a collectivo, or Volkswagen van taxi, from the plaza of the hotel we were staying. About fifteen minutes later, I was let off at a crossroads and took a short walk to the ruins. The site is kept up by INAH and there is a small fee to ...

... transferred the bishopric from Tzintzuntzan to Patzcuaro, converting it into the capital of Michoacan (1539-1580). It is one of the typical most beautiful towns of America. Its magnificent constructions of adobe and tile, monumental temples, and the spectacular Vasco de Quiroga Square converts it into one of the main tourist centers of the Mexican Republic. The outskirts of the Patzcuaro Lake and its Islands are found inhabited by the indigenous ...