Colonial Mexico - Travel Guides for Backpackers in Colonial Mexico
Check out some guides to lovely colonial Mexico, the part of Mexico in which you'll find towns like Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Patzcuaro, Merida and San Miguel de Allende. Learn about travel to colonial Mexico and see some travel guides for backpackers in colonial Mexico, including hostels, language schools, transportation in colonial Mexico (like buses) and more.
Mummies Galore at Guanajuato's Mseum of Mummies in Mexico
Mummies are real -- that is, mummies aren't just products of horror flicks and mysterious ancient burial rites: you can see real unlive mummies from the very near past in Guanajuato, Mexico's Museo de Momias. Learn about the Museum of Mummies here - hours, directions, and lots of pictures of mummies!
Language School in Guanajuato
Guanajuato is a great place to attend language school, with several "official" options as well as a multitude of folks ready to privately tutor, too, for $20-35/hour. I've been spending some of my days at Escuela Mexicana this week, a pretty adequate place in gorgeous Guanajuato with friendly folk from (read more on language schools in Guanajuato...)
Patzcuaro Photos
Patzcuaro Photos - these images of Patzcuaro, Mexico, don't begin to capture the beauty in this mountainous area of Michoacan, but may hint at the life and color to be found in this lovely colonial town southeast of Guadalajara. Get here quick, though.
Guadalajara Hostel Photos
Photos from a Guadalajara hostel and the Hostal de Maria's Nine Corners (Nueve Esquinas) Guadalajara neighborhood. A sweet hostel with friendly touches near the city centro -- check out photos of the hostel taken on a fall 2006 trip, and what to do nearby.
Hablo Espanol en Guanajuato
I'm very pleased to report that I can make myself understood en Espanol better than ever before and, wildly enough, actually understand what people are saying to me, even if they don't force themselves to speak at 33 1/3 rpms for the benefit of my often addled non-bilingual brain, after finishing a week of Spanish language school in Guanajuato, Mexico ... these developments are (read more...)
San Miguel de Allende
A few days, which is how long I just spent in San Miguel de Allende, may be too little time to make this judgment, but I think you can safely give this town in Mexico's hilly country east-ish of Guadalajara a miss without worrying that you've missed too much. It's a little bit the sort of place your parents would visit their adventurous parents, who've retired there because (read more...)