As the name of the road implies, there are a lot of scenic views above the city.
Guanajuato.
Guanajuato started out because of the rich silver deposits and there are still some mines operating in the area. And there are a lot of remains of past mining operations and a lot of them are located along the Panoramica route.
Nice house along the way.
We went up to see the church at the Mellado district.
Unfortunately it was closed.
Old mining equipment.
Another view.
More old mining equipment.
And more views.
Houses of Guanajuato.
More mining structures.
Mining ruins.
More remains.
One of the very few flat spots in Guanajuato.
We ended up doing about 5 kms (3 miles) while cutting through part of town to get back to Igor so that we wouldn't have to retrace our steps.
This cat lives here at the campground complex.
He's really friendly and likes to hop into Igor to visit us when we have the door open.
In the evening, we walked down to visit Doug. There is a place just around the corner from him that does really good tamales on Tuesday evenings, so we popped over there to get some for takeaway. We also met Doug's friend John and he joined us for dinner and conversation.
The tamale place is busy... apparently there is always a lineup.
The menu.
Doug has an interesting map of Guanajuato.
There is not much of a grid road design!
Yummy tamales!
Kevin, Ruth, Doug, and John.
John is headed over to Europe in June, and of course we were talking about travel. He'll be in Romania in July... maybe we'll see him there. We still don't have any firm plans for July and August, but we would love to return to Romania!
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Still like the vivid colours of the towns.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad looking back at our past, shows how destructive we are to the earth.
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It's about time.
We love the colours here in Mexico as well. Not all towns are this colourful but a lot of them are.
DeleteWe think it is interesting looking back at the past through these ruins as well as the acient ones that are all over the world, it is because of them that we have been able to learn so much about past civiliations.
I think we are more destructive to the world now than we were in the past.
Yum, tamales! Our last year's (or the year before) Mexico calendar had a photo of the colorful houses of Guanajuato. I love how the bright yellow one stands out. A couple more houses there should use that color!
ReplyDeleteWe love tamales as well and these ones are good, no wonder they have a line up in the plaza when they are there to sell them. They do this every Tuesday and Thursday.
DeleteYeah, that yellow building really does stand out. Who knows maybe more of them will use that colour in the future. I really like any of the bright vivid colours, especially the blues and magenta colours.