Michoacan

Hello, This travel log is of a two week trip to Michoacan, Mexico. I am a high school biology teacher with many students from this state in Mexico. Additionally, all monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains overwinter in the mountains here. If you ...

These past few days have just been PHENOMENAL… After finishing a tough week of classes and homework, I was so excited about the weekend, and the plans I had for it! My weekend officially started with an amazing performance by Joan Manuel Serrat on ...

... Monarca gave me a tour of Zitacuaro today.  Zitacuaro`s population is 200,000 people.  It is one of Michoacan`s municipalities. The streets are very narrow, with homes dispersed between storefront businesses which open to the street.  There are ...

I suppose that I haven't been entirely forthcoming on my intentions. Sure the title says from here to Tierra del Fuego. I never made clear that I had one other objective: to find a quaint little piece of land for my brother here in the Pátzcuaro ...

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 ...

I just wrapped up a three week WWOOFing stint in Cd Hidalgo, Michoacan. The farm is listed as "Buenavista", and I recommend it to all WWOOFers. For those who haven't heard of WWOOF(World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), it's an internet site that ...

... you will need to have a car or hire a driver and guide, easily enough done through your hotels. The state of Michoacan has mountains, jungles, deserts, forests and a coast line. Its new governor is a adept marketer of tourism and besides the ...

Michoacan is a state 5 hours away from Mexico City. An easy road trip for a long weekend, amazing towns and cities many times overlooked by foreign tourists. We started our 4-day weekend on Thursday heading to ...

We had the most unusual breakfast, which I had first joked with Meric that was a mixture of chopped horse eyeballs and tomatoes.  Meric looked at the thing and said "well there sure is a lot of it!"  We got the courage to ask what it was and it turned ...

We met Meric, who had driven down from Arizona and came into our lives at the entrance to the Magic Beach. Meric is one of us, on the same wave length, leaving the US for the same reasons and not to return.  his destination is the same as ours: Buenos ...

Out of order somewhat as this entry was supposed to come before the last one titled "We are being held hostage". Let's see if I can remember over a week back. Normally this would not be a problem (my recall, that is) only that so much has ...