Hacienda Las Trancas
Travel Blogs from San Miguel de Allende
South of the border
... into the city centre in rush hour we do a repeat performance ! The area wasn't too bad but it's still a culture shock for a pair of home counties boys ! The bikes are getting hot and bothered and so are we. It's now gone 4pm. JB takes a turn and I follow. I ride up to the next T junction, look both ways and can't see him. A Mexican points right. Thumbs up I turn right. Still no sign, I double back. Nothing. Unbeknown to me JB is now feeling distinctly unwell ...
My Route From San Miguel, Mexico to Ottawa/Canada
See below to see news item by the CBC on the road that I will be taking from
San Miguel, Mexico to Laredo, Texas and safety...
It seems that the road may be littered by dead bodies
- that should not be a problem unless the bodies are piled so high
that I cannot get by them...
No Canadian tourists have been found among the dead
- but since their heads, hands and feet were cut off,
making ...
Parting Images
I know that I said Casa San Jorge would be my last blog, but I decided that I would post some images of our trip for those of you who could not see them on facebook. It took me quite a while to realize that although I couldn't add images when I was working with my ipad, I could use Mark's netbook. So, for those interested - ...
How we celebrated the first day of Spring!
... burner in the center of the ceremonial space that she lit at the beginning of the ceremony. Durning the ceremony we read blessings while facing each of the cardinal directions, we each were given a handful of seeds to keep and plant when we got home, a small flammable mineral that flared when we threw it into the fire, and long stem red and white carnations to take home. This is the chant that we read to end ...
Monarch Butterfly Refuge Trip
... Monarch Butterflies - some times the people you meet on these trips are just as interesting as the sights themselves.........
There are 50 million Monarch Butterfies that make the 5,000K trip from Canada to Mexico, averaging 120K a day. It is simply amazing what these little tiny butterfies can do - and they do not fly in flocks, they make the trip individually and alone. And apparently some do get lost and end up in Scotland, or Wales or Japan, ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Fitness/Health center
- Free parking