Guanajuato Stories


Unusual ice-creams and unwanted attention

I’m now heading on from Guanajuato to Guadalajara, having, I think, squeezed pretty much all I could out of my last destination (given the circumstances, as I will come to explain!). Although the names sound similar, from what I’ve heard Guanajuato and Guadalajara are very different places and, having become accustomed to the quaint cobbled streets and...


Oh Christ, was it worth it (ouch - mis pompis!)?

The title of today’s entry will make sense as you read further along. ‘Pompis’ basically mean, well, buttocks (one of those funny words I remember clearly from Paco’s lesson on body parts) and mine are rather sore this evening after an extremely bumpy bus journey up into the hills surrounding Guanajuato. In fact, I was so battered and bounced around t...


Weekend in Guanajuato

For a weekend away, V and I went to Guanajuato with Merle and Christian. It rained, it was cold, it was beautiful. Guanajuato is probably the most picturesque town in mexico. Strangely enough, most of the roads are in underground tunnels so whenever you drive anywhere, you get totally lost because you can't see any landmarks. The tunnels themselves, ...