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ADVENTURES IN MEXICO
My buddy Keith and I started our trip on a bus from Tijuana to San Quintin B.C. Our first stop was Santa Rosalia where we saw the Silver Train and Turkey Vultures in Santa Rosalia Harbor. We ate the absolute Best fish, scallop and shrimp tacos in Mexico at Pepe's taco stand. Finally we boarded the ferry boat to Guaymas and then a bus to Los Mochis.
We saw the most beautiful church in Los Mochis and browsed through the shops before catching the train to Creel. As we wound our way through Copper Canyon the scenery was just breathtaking. Looking down around a hair pin curve we saw a train car laying on its side at the bottom of the gulley and were greatful it wasn't us. We stopped in Bauochivo and then we saw Divisadero and it struck me just how much the canyons resembled the Grand Canyon in the U.S. Absolutely Gorgeous. When we arrived in Creel we shot a few photos of some shy Tamaruhara Indians wearing very colorful outfits and selling their wares from blankets on the street. The sun was setting as we were leaving Copper Canyon on our way back to Los Mochis.
We met Sharon & Dylan "way cool wicked man" on the train to Guadalajara. A very colorful town where we saw the church on Plazuela de los Mariachis and I ended up eating something not so good for me at the Mercado Libertad. This market is the hugest I've seen with levels of vendors with brightly colored wares. On the streets of Guadalajara they have horse drawn carriages, sculptures, amazing buildings and churches, and beautiful gardens with fountains. Definitely a beautiful city.
We went out to the Tzintzuntzan Ruins overlooking the Lago de Patzcuaro. From there you can see the Island of Jantzio in Lago de Patzcuaro, which is just a tiny island in the middle of the lake. We took a boat out to Jantzio and saw the status of Morelas. It has a cool winding staircase up through the middle and a beautiful view of the lake and the city from the top. From there we headed to the Tula Ruins to see its huge totems.
Seeing Teotihuacan was an amazing experience. The ruins there are so detailed and symmetrical and the place is huge. Truly an experience of a lifetime. From there we headed to Chiapas where we found our way to the ruins at Palenque, another amazing site. We went down into the ruins to see the rulers ornately decorated sarcophagus. From there we headed to Veracruz. The town wasn't as ornate as Guadalajara but it was beautiful and quaint with splashes of color here and there.
Agua Azul - ahh, how beautiful. The waterfalls and the color of the water is absolutely gorgeous. Once we got our fill of Aqua Azul, we headed out to Chicken Itza to see the ruins there. The illaborately dressed Mayan dancers were very entertaining. In Ball Court at sunset the place was packed with people all there to watch the snake (the sun's shadows) make its way from the corner tiers slithering up the southern side of the pyramid with the sun's movement. This marks the beginning of the winter solstice.
The Tulum Ruins overlooking beautiful blue waters is definitely worth seeing. The ruins fall down the rocks into the water and a white sandy beach. We met some Indians there with huge head dress and pretty amazing tricks hanging from a pole. We took a break from all the ruins and went snorkling with a stingray and a nurse shark at the Reef of Caye Caulker Belize.
We spent the night in Belize and headed out through the forest of Chiapas to San Cristobal. The political protest figures all along the way at San Cristobal de las Casas were actually pretty erie to see. In San Cristobal we watched a Spanish Dancer, saw some pretty ornate buildings, and parused the colorful wares of the locals. We took a boat down the Rio Grijalva seeing the little hovels built into the stone in the canyon made by the river.
In Oaxaca we saw the Tule Tree, which is the largest girth tree on earth, estimated to be 2100 years old. We parused through the vendors and then went out to see the jungle in the state of Oaxaca. Pretty majestic sight. From there we hit Acapulco with its touristy beaches and huge hotels. Then we hit tone last beach at Bahia de Potosi and Ixtapa before catching our
flight from Guadalajara back to Tijuana.
What a trip!