Guanajuato
first impressions
| What a nice town and I keep meeting interesting people . It's different from any other town I've been to. It's completely hidden in steep valleys between the hills. There is almost no flat land. And in the centre the traffic goes through underground tunnels so it's pleasant to walk through. The mining industry technology in the area means that there are many of these tunnels. And it really is remarkable; the bus is going along then it goes into a tunnel and comes out in a completely different area of the city. Other times the bus emerges from a long winding tunnel somehow only round the corner from where it entered it.
view from Pilpila monument
Of course everywhere has views and I'm continually finding interesting bits hidden away.
La Presa the posh end of town which has 2 resevoirs.
I'm going to stay here and find some kind of work.
Mon - exploring and saw a pastorela (form of nativity play)
Tues - went to see a play in the prison with Juan José Prado - green party meeting
Wed-
- went to help build a greenhouse with Jesus Orozco
Thu -
went out up to Presa Esperansa
and to
Valeciana
and the
museum of the Inquisition
in the Hacienda de Cochero (Ricardo Valenzuela) ..Mineral de Cata, Mellado and the castle like viewpoint at Mina las Reyes
Fri - I went up to the bullring and the ecology institute and back to Mineral de Cata, Mellado and the castle like viewpoint at Mina las Reyes
In the daylight.
Sat - I went to visit Green Party member Juan Colunga at the El Cubo goldmine (surely a contradiction a Green Party member working in the totally unecological business of mining). It was an interesting day I went underground in the mine with
Sr Guadalope
pic
Sun -
Alhondiga Museum and Ecology Reserve hitched
Mon -
Tue- Dentist - Christmas crowds
Wed- Presa, faro hills mine village
Thu -
http://www.mexonline.com/festivals.htm
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