In Taxco one is either walking steeply down or steeply up. Here is Sun-Ling hauling herself and backpack from the bus terminal, down on the main road, up through the market to our hotel near the zocalo roundabout in city center. Thankfully it is only a 15-minute walk; or a few minutes less if we did not make that one wrong turn.
And one hour later we return down, down, into the market to buy some fruits and veggies.
The next morning we head up to the Cristo monument, via the mirador at the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe, to score some views.
Guadalupe. And the view down to the Templo de Santa Prisca.
From the Cristo, there are more great views down to Santa Prisca.
The sky is mostly clear so from the Cristo one can see the two volcanos Popocatépetl (right) and Iztaccihuatl (left).
After walking a few kilometers east from Cristo on the ridge, we had this view back to town.
That evening, we walked up to the parish church in Barrio Ojeda, where in addition to great views to Santa Prisca, the folks of the parish were getting the church ready for Carnival. See me "try out" a diablo mask. And check out the church interior with the longest feather duster I've ever seen.
Coming down the hill back to our hotel, we stopped at a spot just above Santa Prisca for a night view of the church and zocalo.
And nearly got squashed by a VW Beetle taxi on the way down.
Which is normal. See this short video I took the next day.
And we passed an outdoor movie night.
2 comments:
Looks a bit too steep for me these days. And that is one big backpack!
@Kathy - That backpack is max carry-on size, and looks bigger than it actually is. It did not come with a backpack cover so we use a cover that is one size too big. Thanks for the comment! -john
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