Rancho Hotel El Atascadero San Miguel de Allende

... 3 hours I spotted a bus to Tlaxcala at a crossroads - asked the driver to stop but he wouldn't do so without a long explanation by which time we were 5km south. Waited for a bus back to the crossroads with a friendly job hunting local & pretty soon another bus came to go to Tlaxcala - 3rd class bus stoppping everywhere, so although cheap may almost have been faster to continue with previous ...

... and easy conversation, I decided that I wanted to get out for a walk. Sheila had scheduled another appointment with her accupuncturist for around 11 am. There is a part of San Miguel which I have been interested in seeing, the Parque Benito Juarez and the Paseo del Chorro which are in the southern part of the city and an area and direction I had not seen yet. Also, I wanted to get my library card at the Biblioteca because I had finished the books we brought with us and I wanted to ...

... of fab sculptures) says to me "I Love Your Body" looking me straight in the eye. I look at her like shes half cracked and say "Oh Yeah" tell me what the hell do u say to that..needless to say I manage a hasty retreat with nice to meet u to Karen and naturally as I find out with encounters with people in Mexico they gotta kiss ya,I mean I am sure I was blushing right down to my toes after the body remark. Still shaking my head we return to the ...

... of it and all colours of the rainbow drawling down her chin. Sweet girl but it made me of not wanting to have any chewing gum anymore. Jason was so impressed of the little town that we had decided right away to stay two nights. Therefore, we had another whole day we could dedicate to the beautiful city but also nature. We started the day off with a ride to the botanic garden. At first it didn't seem to be more than a natural park with all kinds of cactus ...

... life in SMA, we meet various other Americans coming and going. They are all living in San Antonio , behind the plain walls that hide all kinds of wonderful places to live. Many have returned to the same apartment year after year. The area is still overwhelmingly Mexican....in spite of the large ex-pat and tourist population....it is still Mexico. Why would you visit Mexico and not live among the things you came to see? The weather here ...

... half kilometer over the frost covered dirt path. Passing children as young as five helping their parents set up souvenir shops that lined the trail despite the wintery weather made it tough to feel sorry for ourselves. We finally reached the entrance of El Rosario: El Sanctorio de Mariposas, and paid our 70 peso entrance fee. Immediately upon passing through the gate we were ushered to a signature book by a man donning cowboy boots and denim jacket who ...

... I´m off to the zocalo (city centre) to see what Mexicans do to celebrate independence. Tomorrow is the crazy parade, and all seems pretty quiet here. It´s absolutely crawling with police, including riot police in full great. They dismantled tent city earlier, but I suspect that the protestors are still in town, so who knows what could happen. However, I fully anticipate it to be a peaceful day. Last night was insane! Two girls from ...

... keep bringing stuff out for us to drink and taste. It didn't matter what we ate, or drank, it was always 30 pesos for each of us ($3). It truly was like going to grandma's. The whole weekend was very relaxing and peaceful. It was nice to get away from the whole group. Two weekends ago, we were at the beach, and this last weekend, we were in the mountains...it's amazing to think we went about 10,000 feet up in just one week.

... candelabras and gold-flecked frescoes. The new church is a modern, earthquake-proof design, amplifies mass every two hours (every hour in peak periods!), caters for hundreds and even has travelators installed so that you can gaze up at the Virgin Mary at your leisure. As we passed through the smog-clouded shanty towns of the Metropolitan district I realised there was a lot to pray about here. But selfishly, I was hoping Mary was feeling ...

... the cool museum. Housing an array of artifacts and fresco panels, and thankfully explanations in English as well as Spanish, it provided an interesting interlude. Next stop was La Ciudadela (the Citadel) - a large square complex which is believed to have been the residence of Teotihucan's supreme ruler. Surrounded by four wide walls topped with 15 pyramids, this was another very imposing site. Located within the complex is the Templo de Quetzalcoatl (don't ...