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BajaGringo
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I spent a little over a year working in Mexico City would spend my weekends and holidays exploring. There are still some places I need to go back to
see but some of the ones I was able to spend time at (and loved) were:
San Miguel de Allende
Cuernavaca
Queretaro
Puebla
Taxco
Veracruz
Cordoba
Xalapa
Boca del Rio
Ciudad Victoria
Just thinking about it makes me want to go and dig up some of the digital libraries I still need to go through from some of those trips...
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
Who knows about Guanajuato? I may be going there for a short visit.
If I only have time to see 1 cultural place what is it?
And yes I am visiting a beautiful senorita! |
Beautiful interesting town. Plenty of sights to see just wandering around, Diego Rivera's birthplace being one.
Make sure you make the drive on the hill going around the town with gorgeous overlooks.
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Gaucho
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No lie!
| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
Whoa baby!!! There is a town named TEQUILA!???
Sounds like a must see |
I know a girl named Margarita and she was born in Tequila, Mexico...no kidding...
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
I spent a little over a year working in Mexico City would spend my weekends and holidays exploring. There are still some places I need to go back to
see but some of the ones I was able to spend time at (and loved) were:
San Miguel de Allende
Cuernavaca
Queretaro
Puebla
Taxco
Veracruz
Cordoba
Xalapa
Boca del Rio
Ciudad Victoria
Just thinking about it makes me want to go and dig up some of the digital libraries I still need to go through from some of those trips...
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There are a few on your list we have missed, and some have changed a lot over the years. How long ago were your there?
Diane
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DianaT
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Another view of looking down on Guanajuato
Why one should not drive an RV into Guanajuato. 
One of the most famous attactions in Guanajuato are the mummies, but I refuse to go see them.
The main plaza is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon.
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Bajafun777
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OK, if we must name towns that are mainland may I add Los Mochis. Great town and you will learn your spanish there but some English speaking shops
mainly the younger people working in them speak English. Great hunting, fishing, great vegetables and great little shops. Yes, they have WalMart,
hell I don't know where they are not anymore, but the downtown area is just a kick on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Down by the town center where
the Large Church is the center park area is something you have to experience with the singers, lovers, food carts, free old movies on a pull down
screen just old fashion family fun!!! This is also the jumping off point to catch the train to Copper Canyon something I have not done yet but will
before this year ends. I like Maztalan also but Los Mochis does not have all the tourist but it does have Americans and Canadians that live there.
I still plan to stay a few months in La Paz and Cabo before jumping back over to Los Mochis as I do like Baja. Retirement should really be called
"adventure" and don't be greedy feed the needy, the needy is you and not being greedy means get away from the tourist traps and enjoy what the culture
has to offer. We won't even start talking about Costa Rica yet but I liked it too!!!!! Later----------------------- bajafun777
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Udo
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Diane...
You bring several tears to my eye with your photos. Brings back soooo many memories. I wish I would have known you during my single days!
I mean this from my heart!
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
There are a few on your list we have missed, and some have changed a lot over the years. How long ago were your there?
Diane |
I was working in Mexico City from 2001-2003 and again for a few months in 2004/5. Did some contract work for a company there and I have a standing job
offer to go back. I have thought about it a few times but I just got tired of the traffic/smog in the city. I would however love to go back and spend
some more time exploring...
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Oso
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It's been awhile and I know things have changed. I lived in the D.F. and on Cozumel from '63 to early 70's and have hitch-hiked all over the
Republic. There aren't too many places in Mexico I haven't been. For the sheer diversity of people and locales I like Oaxaca, especially the Isthmus
where the women are... let's say "forward". I like the attitude of the Jarochos. Many people boast that their tierra is beautiful or the most
beautiful, but Jarocho's claim "Solo Veracruz es bello". Mayan people have a great Zen-like philosophy of seeking balance in life and with nature and
are very gentle kindly people. I also don't care for Acapulco but I like Zihuatanejo. Mexico City has great things to see and do but the crime,
smog, traffic would keep me away today. Other than that, I think I could be happy anywhere in Mexico. Well, maybe not Juarez...
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
I think I could be happy anywhere in Mexico. Well, maybe not Juarez... |
Glad you excluded Juarez.
And yes, Mexico City's air is horrible, especially in the winter months----makes Los Angeles in the 1950's seem clean.
Traffic? While we travel more by car now, one thing I miss about the bus traveling days is not needing to drive in the old downtowns. They are
better for walking. And I miss standing on the highways flagging down a 2nd class bus, hoping there would be a seat, and wondering what all would be
riding on the bus.
Diane
[Edited on 1-29-2009 by jdtrotter]
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BajaGringo
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Driving in DF is an adventure but the upside is after learning to drive in that city I feel like I can drive anywhere on earth. Tijuana seems easy to
me in comparison...
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wilderone
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"Who knows about Guanajuato? I may be going there for a short visit.
If I only have time to see 1 cultural place what is it?"
Close enough to Angangueo to see monarch butterfly migration.
Also, the hot springs/health route is just east of Morelia: see Cabanas Erendira. Also, the Julsrud museum is in Acambaro. Erle S. Gardner himself
was invited to inspect the Julsrud figurines. Approx. 30,000 were found - each one different - with carbon dating to 4,000 years. What is
fascinating, is that several depict dinosaurs - some species that were not known until the 70's. "Experts" who have dated them over 2,000 years
retract their data, stating that humans and dinosaurs never co-existed. Nevertheless, an intriguing display.
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