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After one of my least favorite overnight passages, rounding Cabo Corrientes, Chamela was a welcome sight. Hours before, during the late night before sunrise, we tried to slow our pace to arrive after first light. We are amongst those cruisers … Continue reading
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Leaving the Puerto Vallarta area in Banderas Bay was not unlike leaving home. Cool Change had been there for nearly nine months. We had a party with our dockmates to say goodbye. The government of Mexico and the Mexican telephone … Continue reading
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After all our inland travels, Rick’s trip to San Francisco, the hurricane scare, and then rushing off to be with Bev in Michoacán for Noche de Muertos, we were ready to just get back to the boat and get her … Continue reading
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In 1984 when I lived in Mexico, I went to the town and lake of Patzquaro and the island of Janitzio for the weekend of Dia de los Muertos and saved a poster I obtained there. Thirty years or so … Continue reading
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Being mandatorily evacuated from your boat with the prospect of a direct hit by the most powerful hurricane in the northern hemisphere in recorded history was enough excitement for me, even if it did turn out to be just a … Continue reading
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GUANAJUATO Guanajuato is so charming that I could swear I was in a make-believe world. It is built on hills like Taxco, but has far less traffic because most cars take one of the 28 tunnels under the hills to … Continue reading
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Mexico City is 20 million people living at 7300 feet elevation in a huge valley surrounded by mountains in the shape of a princess and her warrior lover. The location was chosen by the Aztecs based on a vision foretold … Continue reading
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GRUTAS DE CACAHUAMILPA Continuing our tour north from Taxco along the western surroundings of Mexico City, we took a day trip from Taxco by bus to the Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa. “Gruta” means cave. I had never been there … Continue reading
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Mexico is a huge country so you have to visit it in segments; this trip, we decided to focus on the areas that can be reached within a few hours of Mexico City, the pulsing center of the country. Since … Continue reading
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On August 24, 2015, we flew out of Puerto Vallarta for an extended trip to inland Mexico, both to escape the heat and humidity of PV, and to increase our Mexican cultural immersion. Success achieved on both counts! The weather … Continue reading
