This was a lost week. Daniel and I arrived in Guadalajara last Sunday night to a BBQ awaiting us from G and S. It was so nice. We drank some of the Mezcal we purchased in Oaxaca and pulled out our shopping goodies. We were really tired from the whole trip. Driving from Guadlajara to Oaxaca was a very very very long drive. It was so beautiful and scenic but long nonetheless exhausting.
Our last 2 days were spent in Taxco and Morelia. Taxco is jewelry shopping heaven. Seriously, there is store after store of silver this, silver that. I was in heaven. Unfortunately Mr. D does not like to shop so we only roamed the streets of Taxco for 2 hours or so before heading to Morelia. While Daniel liked Taxco's urban street plan (a series of tiny tiny cobblestone streets winding through the mountain) he did not appreciate the markets or the shopping. It's insane! I loved it. I'm really glad we had a chance to see Taxco. It's really cool (not just for the shopping) but for the urban city planning and all the white taxi's that buzz through the streets. We arrived Friday night and Taxco was full of crazy Catholics that head there for Semana Santa because on Thursday they actually crucify someone. We missed that part, and also almost a place to stay. Every hotel was booked. The owner of the Loma Linda hotel let us stay in a room across the street from his house. We were grateful that he took us in. ARound midnight we hired a taxi to take us to the nearest OXXO for some beer and crackers. We were hungry and it was dark and we didn't know where to go. It took us about 9 hours to get to TAXCO from Oaxaca. So when we finally did find a place to sleep, it was beer, crackers then sleep. Our room was clean and basic and had at least cold water. I had towels and soap so it was fine. Really, we are thankful for the room. Otherwise we would have slept in the car.
Photos are of Taxco.
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