Hotel Posada Cocomacan Dolores Hidalgo

Took 8.5 hours(eventually got a seat after the first 1.5 hours!) to get over the Devil's Backbone & down into the central valley. Yet another overturned lorry, this time UHT milk, being scavenged for all parts (not just cargo, but bits of the lorry itself!). Durango OK but nothing much to commend it - went to avoid doubling back & also to see disused movie set. Challenge to get to ...

Last February I was fortunate enough to visit the quaint town of Durango, Durango, Mexico. (The one closer to Mexico City. There are two Durangos in Mexico that share the same name.) All of my travels thus far to Mexico have been on the Baja side. So, I had pretty much determined that Mexico was not for me. Tijuana, Ensenada and Rosarito seemed to be just too dirty. But, Durango is far from those impressions of Baja. The town is tidy, friendly and ...

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Hotel Ana Isabel, 5 de Febrero No. 219, Tel: 01 (618) 8134500 / 8251524. This excellent budget friendly hotel offers spacious en-suite rooms with cable TV for 180, 250 + 300 peso for 1, 2 or 3 persons. They also offer a couple of rooms with a Jacuzzi ...

This morning we set of for the town of Dolares Hidalgo, named for the revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo. He was a genuine rebel idealist who launched the independence movement on 16th Sept 1810. Ordained a priest in 1778, he was never orthodox; he questioned Catholic traditions, gambled, danced and even had a mistress. He was bought before the Inquisition in 1800 but nothing was proved, instead by 1804 he found himself in the backwater called Dolares. He still rebelled by ...

We got up early and check out the city of Dolores Hidalgo. This is a very small town, but the history ere is very important for the Independence of Mexico. The town was named after a priest named Dolores Hidalgo. He was the main person to lead Mexico to victory over the spaniards. We ended up watching a parade of schools who paid there respects to 7 children who fought against the US at Cahpultepec Castle. They lost their lives and ...

... behind the wheel. Leaving the forest behind, we entered the head of a narrow ravine and climbed across a steep hillside inches from a drop of a couple of hundred feet, a foretaste of things to come. We emerged from the ravine onto a preciptous mountainside high above the canyon of the Batopilas River to be greeted by a stunning panaorama. A man-made barrier of rock slabs (the only concession to road safety along the entire route) separated the track from a ...

A short day trip. Delores Hidalgo is the home of the church from which on September 16, 1810 padre Miguel Hedalgo y Costilla issued the Grito de la Independencia spawning the Mexican Independence movement. Subsequently excommunicated and eventually beheaded, Hidalgo is a national hero for whom countless streets & plazas are named throughout the country. Despite its' historical significance, the town ...

... avocado sandwiches. Old Canadian Dave apparently thought that the "we" in "we are camping for the week." included him somehow. And he ended up staying in the truck!? Its like having a chaperone/dog sitter/constant chatterbox all in one. Problem is the ******* is so nice that it was hard to get rid of(for even five minutes) Good Times. Anyhoo... we spent our days at the lake swimming, fishing and reading. Met a group of guys from Guadalajara ...