Villa Del Sol Hotel Y Suites Morelia

... deceased friends and family.<br><br>To experience this unique event we decided to hire a van and drive down to Patzcuaro in Michoacan, home to one of Mexico's biggest celebrations for "El Dia de los Muertos". After picking up our 12 seater van, stocking up on food, blankets and tequila, we set off on Halloween for a three day roadtrip. It was nice to feel the freedom of the road again having spent nearly a month since last leaving Guadalajara. Everyone was in a great mood as we ...

After my first week of classes I decided to visit the neighbouring state of Michoacan. A couple of Mexican guys called Hugo and Raul were taking a coachload of students to party and see a bit more of the country. I was the sole Englishman but it was a real international group, mostly comprised of Germans, French, Mexicans and Americans.<br><br>We arrived in the state capital Morelia on the Friday night and took a brief tour around the city centre. It was fairly lively as the annual ...

... in English (Rutter´s "For the Beauty of the Earth" which I did with my girls at school last spring) and their English was so bad it was funny! I wanted to get up there and correct them, but I behaved myself!<br><br>Yesterday afternoon I went to a music workshop for children and adults. They taught guitar, violin and wooden flute in groups and then put them together at the end of the workshop. This takes place twice a week, so I´ll go again next week. I´ve borrowed a ...

... restored so you can get an idea of how big they were. They carved inscriptions on the stone, and you can still see these inscriptions on the pyramids and also in the buildings built by the Spanish! (see photos!)<br><br>After the pyramids we went to the town below and visited the monastery and church where Vasco de Quiroga lived. He was the one who set up the system in the 16th century (that still survives today) of each village of indidigenous people ...

... went into the mine - quartz. Was a bit like the mine and<br>countermine at st. andrews castle only moreso! we descended 50 meters<br>on foot. the mine is still in production and is many more meters deep.<br> couldn´t catch the number. am understanding about 50% of what the<br>guide says, but it´s exhausting. also went up to the high point of gto.<br>with amazing views and visited the museum of the mummies, which are a ...

... to follow............... <br><br>Accommodation <br><br>Patzcuaro offers an excellent range of places to stay with the best deals to be found in the centre of town. Your other option is to stay three kilometre's out of town on the road that leads down to Lago de Patzcuaro, from where the boats depart for Isla Janitzio. Where ever you decide to stay make sure to ask for a bit of discount as all the places that I looked at would drop their rates ...

... hence the sanctuary. We parked and were allowed to use the bathrooms before starting the hike. A note about the bathrooms (and I promise not to talk about them too much in the blog), but the going price for using them is 3 pesos. At this particular bathroom you paid a woman at the front, and she rationed you some toilet paper and gave you a ticket. No seats on the toilets (as is common of most of the public rest rooms) and here, there is no running water ...

... at all though... Which will probably be in about two weeks cos the loser is making great progress! There is a plus side to having a guy with ya though, you don´t get hassled by the Latinos at all. Today, when I was climbing up the statue and Collins was nowhere to be seen, I got 8 bullsugar "you´re beautiful blah di blah" comments. That was in half hour so I spose I can suffer him for another while if it means I have more peace! Mexico city tomorrow ...

... are the perfect getaway in the city. The Cities of Morelia , Pátzcuaro, Uruapan and Zitácuaro encourage travelers to follow any direction on the compass to visit any of the state's 137 towns and 17 beach areas that no visitor should miss. A stroll through the network of narrow, cobbled streets of the nearby towns and villages will both enchant and surprise visitors, thanks to the diversity of the mouth-watering cuisine, the ...