Hotel Posada de las Monjas
Travel Blogs from San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
We spent a couple days in the beautiful colonial city of San Miguel and enjoyed them very much. If there was ever a Gringo Disneyland, this would be it. Our hotel was perfect as we could overlook our car parking and also watch the sunset each night from our most delightful third story viewpoint. As you can see from the photos, Darren finally broke …
South of the border
... we get. Riding alone in Mexico at night is not a fun experience. Hats off to Otto, the two German guys we have met travelling to Ushuaia and anyone else who travels alone - you have my deepest respect and I wish you safe journeys.
Update Wednesday:
Was joined by JB who mentioned we crossed the Tropic of Cancer on the way to Mazatlan and I had a day off the bike which was nice. Milled around in the heat and it was only 6pm when we discovered the hotel had ...
My Route From San Miguel, Mexico to Ottawa/Canada
... States.
A drug gang allied with the Sinaloa cartel left 35 bodies at a freeway
overpass in the city of Veracruz in September, and police found 32 other bodies,
apparently killed by the same gang, a few days after that. The goal apparently
was to take over territory that had been dominated by the Zetas. Twenty-six
bodies were found in November in Guadalajara, another territory being disputed
...
Casa San Jorge
... home away from home". The choice of a name for the house was obvious; the house is on San Jorge street, Barry's middle name is George (Jorge), and Barry's late father's name was George - obviously, this was meant to be!
The style of the house is somewhat traditional Mexican, as opposed to modern contemporary. At the time of the purchase, the house was partially ...
Penal de Bernal, 3rd largest rock in the world,
... at least three times higher than today.[1]Many people make a pilgrimage to the highest point hikeable, visiting a little chapel about halfway up.
Picture of my 3 compadres that I made the trip with to Penal de Bernal and Ranas, a pyramid city complex high in the mountains about a 3 hour drive away from San Miguel...
In the picture - Larry ...