Guatemala to Alaska and Back

[GuateRider]

I probably had my expectations for Zacatecas way to high ; it's a beautiful city , but in my opinion not as beautiful as other cities in the area , Morelia, Queretaro, Guanajuato . What I found kind of disturbing , was the lack of pedestrian areas . There are lots of cars anywhere and anytime,way too many and most of them trying to oversound the next car with its soundystem . Anyway, that's the way I saw and felt it , but nevertheless we enjoyed our stay there and I managed to find the beauty and interesting spots of the city without being overrun by a car

Food everywhere, and it was good food






The carnitas in this place were spectacular.






People demonstrating for ever or on never ending strikes are part of almost every city in Mexico, looks almost like it is a nationwide well organized enterprise






I liked the Indio Alegre better, but this sign got my attention and got me thinking : Why would you put the word triste (sad) in your business name ? ?






Recycling operation watched from the balcony of our hotel room

[GuateRider]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

Not sure on either destino.
I've got contractors, fumigators, painters, and relatives coming.
Not sure in which order either!
Puebla sounds intriguing and mole, pozole, and other oles sound inviting.
We could meet for breakfast, it's light at near 6am these days.

Don't make me loose a bet with our friend, the officer ! He said it would just be a breakfast meeting again, and I insisted that this time it would be a dinner meeting

[GuateRider]

Here some pics of the beauties of Zacatecas



















The hotel Quinta Real was build around an old bullfight arena, quiet impressiv










La Bufa , a landmark of Zacatecas






This part of town reminded me a lot of Guanajuato










Walking around town at night is more relaxed then during the daytime

[MikeMike]

Hi Julio, that's classic Shawn, no escaping the keen observations of a lawman.
Interesting bet, we'll see how it works out. I think the only challenge Shawn has
left for Mexico riding is to do the Baja 1000 on a moped in a bathing suit during
a holiday weekend.
His lack of Pemex pee breaks makes me think he might be some sort of intelligent
life form from another planet, not to mention his work schedule!

[nailit2em]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

Hi Julio, that's classic Shawn, no escaping the keen observations of a lawman.
Interesting bet, we'll see how it works out. I think the only challenge Shawn has
left for Mexico riding is to do the Baja 1000 on a moped in a bathing suit during
a holiday weekend.
His lack of Pemex pee breaks makes me think he might be some sort of intelligent
life form from another planet, not to mention his work schedule!

Haha. Baja on a moped.....sounds like fun!! Maybe I won't run our of gas like I did last week.

Intelegent....never been accused of that.....from another planet...yep been accused of that!

Mike it sounds like you need a break from all of your troubles. Get those taken care of and hit the road!
Julio it looks like Creel was definitely a better destination from reading your opinion on Zacatecas. Somehow I've been very lucky with my trips. Meeting some of the greatest people in the world like you, Luisa and Mike. Then the scenery in those places. And the luck of meeting three amigos who got me gas.

Life is good!! (Yeah that's your line but....)

[GuateRider]

Originally Posted by nailit2em

Mike it sounds like you need a break from all of your troubles. Get those taken care of and hit the road!

I second that

[GuateRider]

One of the things I liked about Zacatecas are all the narrow, little "callejones"

[GuateRider]

In Zacatecas we had indoor parking as usual






But the morning we left , I had a little problem . Somebody parked his truck right in front of my garage






After taking off my panniers and turning my bike around inside the hotel lobby , I managed to get out

[MikeMike]

Was the guy who parked the truck there the same guy who stole the fish from the fountain?
Viva Mexico!
Long weekend coming up, Julio. November 20th, Revolution Day. It is also "Buen Fin" which is the Mexican
version, by presidential decree, of the USA's "Black Thursday" or whatever they call the Thanksgiving retail madness.
Shop around, you might finally get that great deal on the 1.5 meter sombrero you have always wanted and been looking for!
The Craneguy from Cuernavaca is heading over with his newly remapped bike and we are heading to Los Humeros to get ourselves in some hot water. He'll be in Xalapa and that's just a stone's throw from Puebla via the straight black line of Amozoc and if I leave here at 5:30am and pick him up at 6:30am that might mean breakfast at 8am and I'll buy you guys breakfast because Shawn wins the bet...heh,heh!
Either that or something else. Craneguy has GPS too, so I can just follow him for a change and relax.

[miguelito]

Hey! I parked my bike by that same lobby "fuente" a few years ago. For future reference, I really like the Hotel Reyna Soledad in Zacatecas. It is much more comfortable and quiet than this hotel, and not much more expensive, (maybe 100 pesos more).

[GuateRider]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

Was the guy who parked the truck there the same guy who stole the fish from the fountain?
Viva Mexico!
Long weekend coming up, Julio. November 20th, Revolution Day. It is also "Buen Fin" which is the Mexican
version, by presidential decree, of the USA's "Black Thursday" or whatever they call the Thanksgiving retail madness.
Shop around, you might finally get that great deal on the 1.5 meter sombrero you have always wanted and been looking for!
The Craneguy from Cuernavaca is heading over with his newly remapped bike and we are heading to Los Humeros to get ourselves in some hot water. He'll be in Xalapa and that's just a stone's throw from Puebla via the straight black line of Amozoc and if I leave here at 5:30am and pick him up at 6:30am that might mean breakfast at 8am and I'll buy you guys breakfast because Shawn wins the bet...heh,heh!
Either that or something else. Craneguy has GPS too, so I can just follow him for a change and relax.

I'm not going to be down there for the long weekend, that's only a few days away. I still have some things to do and some friends to visit on my way down . It will more probably be the following weekend for Puebla and who knows when Oaxaca; I already got stuck twice in Puebla on my way up

[GuateRider]

Originally Posted by miguelito

Hey! I parked my bike by that same lobby "fuente" a few years ago. For future reference, I really like the Hotel Reyna Soledad in Zacatecas. It is much more comfortable and quiet than this hotel, and not much more expensive, (maybe 100 pesos more).

Hey Miguelito , good to hear from you again .
It's a small world out there , once you start riding it ...
Thanks for the link to the other hotel, more comfortable and quiet would have probably kept us one more day in Zacatecas

[GuateRider]

Morelia...there is something about this city that we both like . There is always something going on , music festival, dance festival,cine festival...
We came here a few days ago just to see some friends again but a few days later, here we are . We are having a great time, not doing anything, just walking around, going to the markets, eating local food, cooking ,talking with friends

Here a few pics from the kitchen that I'm allowed to use ; how can you leave a place with such a spirit ???

[Cal]

Hola Amigos
The last picture needs a tranlation please! Eat a little, drink double, dream triple, (4 times then arrive old) thats the problem with my direct translation mind!

[Hewby]

Originally Posted by GuateRider

Morelia...there is something about this city that we both like . There is always something going on , music festival, dance festival,cine festival...

Ah I loved Morelia, but yes it did seem to me to have an extroidinary amount of festivals. Maybe becuase it is the home of the former presidente? Enjoy! I have almost made it to your hometown! Looking forward to meeting your friends soon ;)