Mexico Ride 2008 Pics
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Day Three (Monday May
19, 2008) |
Stan pictured above in
the local market where our day began |
Lots of color in the local
market. We got there too early to see anything other than food. This picture
was taken around 9:30. The art booths weren't open yet. |
Plenty of flowers available |
you could get spices by
the scoopful |
Bo, Don and Steve hanging
out on the streets of San Miquel |
The Main Church |
Inside the Main Church |
Some local architecture
in San Miquel |
After leaving San Miquel
we went down to El Pueblito to see a pyramid that had been recently found.
The pyramid was right on the edge of town. However, it had appeared to
look just like a small hill until they started chipping away. I don't
have a picture, because it just wasn't exciting enough to move me. We
did make time to find a shade tree and do some maintenance on Don's bike.
(Just maintenance, BMW's don't break down?) |
Stopped for lunch in an
open-air restaurante and made my way back in the kitchen for some pictures |
This nice lady is displaying
a sampling of her carnecita (whatever that is) out of this large pot.
The pot next to it looked like it had some sort of stomach in it. Stan
had that (let Mikey try it) |
Sitting at our table near
and dear to our bikes |
We arrived downtown Guanajuato
and was overwhelmed with the whole area. I had an idea of what to expect,
but it was still much more than I had thought. As soon as Stan stopped
so I could go in and check out the hotel, these girls jumped on his bike
and were pretending to be motorcycle riders |
Inside the very tight
parking area. They initially told us we could not park at the hotel. The
parking was so tight, they had to be able to rotate our vehicles as necessary
to facilitate the customers coming and going. After some negotiation,
we had to purchase four separate rooms to justify the parking. There is
definitely not much extra space in El Centro. The room was $870 pesos
($87 US, per night). Hotel
Posado Santa Fe |
On the street, just outside
of our hotel, The theater is at the end of the street. There is a tram
above the theater (Teatro) |
Another street just outside
of the hotel. These trees were neatly groomed. |
They had many of the downtown
streets blocked off from automobiles. |
The main theater. One
of the reasons I was so adamant about coming to Guanajuato is because
this is where my young spanish teacher's parents are from. The mother
was so excited about her city, I wanted to at least stop by. I had no
idea how nice it would be and now I know why she is so proud of it. It
is truly a neat spot and I encourage you to make it part of your travels. |
From the steps of the
theater back toward the hotel area |
These streets went on
for a while |
This is a view toward
the hotel parking lot. The garage door at the end of the street is our
parking lot and the back of the hotel is above that |
The entrance from the
tunnel system. See the statue on top of the hill |
Downtown Guanajuato is
above an elaborate tunnel system. We were overwhelmed with it while riding
throughout the system to arrive downtown. Stan went down later to shoot
this photo |
Steve was being his usual
cheerful self. He ordered up a few songs from the Marachi band to welcome
us to Mexico. It was definitely "very" Mexico. |
Note to self for future reference:
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