Guanajuato is an old Spanish Colonial silver-mining city that is located near Mexico's mountainous geographic center. The climate is cool, dry and sunny; and the buildings and their surroundings are so pretty and colorful it's hard to recall Guanajuato's bloody past. Guanajuato was at the center of the Mexican Revolution of 1810 – the revolutionthat Mexico celebrates…
The Sanctuary at Atotonilco, about 8 miles north-ish of San Miguel de Allende, was started by Father Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro in 1740. An artist from Querétaro, Martin Antonio Martínez de Pocasangre, painted Father Neri's poems and sermons on the walls of the sanctuary. And on the ceilings. And the doors. Inside and out. What's…
About a month ago when we thought it was as hot and humid as it could get in Mazatlan,* GB decided on a trip to higher (cooler, drier) ground. We took an 8-day loop by Primera Plus bus to explore the old Spanish Colonial towns of San Miguel de Allende, Atotonilco and Guanajuato. All are located…
So, today is Day 11 of the sailboat delivery that GB and Cap'n George are making. I last heard from them 3 days ago and all was well (Cap'n George has a cell phone so when the boat is in range of a cell tower we can reach one another via our laptop and Skype…
So, we successfully maneuvered our way from Texas and Arizona back to Mazatlan in late July, loaded down with a whole bunch of boat gear and related goodies. GB went straight to work installing our new Sailomat self-steering wind vane on the stern; and our new ICOM 802 SSB radio everywhere else throughout the boat. …
It’s about 450 miles on a southeasterly track along the Mexican mainland from Guaymas to Mazatlan. We’d planned to stop at Topolobampo for 5 days after traveling the first 230 miles, to check out at least three anchorages there, plus explore Topo’s Ohuira Bay where it was rumored friendly dolphins roamed amongst coves and islets. …
Some cruising media regularly criticize Mexico’s Fonatur/Singlar marinas, several of which are located on Mexico’s Pacific mainland and in the Sea of Cortez. The pundits seem to complain that Singlar marinas are overpriced relative to the amenities they offer and that’s why they are empty when other marinas in the same area are full. So…
Guaymas. A mere 20 miles, more or less, southeast from San Carlos. Hot, in May. Before arriving there about a month ago we had gunkholed about 10 miles north of San Carlos at Playa Chollado (nice snorkeling when the seas are calm)(which, after 24 hours, they weren't); moved a half mile north to Bandito Cove (great…
We stayed at various anchorages in the San Carlos area for about ten days, having crossed from Santa Rosalia – a 80 mile trip almost directly east across the sea. We came over here a bit earlier than planned and anchored out in what’s left of the Bahia San Carlos anchorage because our toilet busted.…
At least, that’s what their little mining cart says, over there on the right: Santa Rosalia sits on the east coast of the Baja California peninsula, about halfway up (or down, depending on your direction of travel) the Sea of Cortez. It was a small town made bigger in the late 19th/early 20th century by…