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| Sunrise in Taxco, from the hotel room |
Sorta like Greece if you imagine an ocean out there rather than a plain |
You'll see lots of pictures like this |
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| Our hotel |
We had a kitchen, living area with table, chairs and daybed, bedroom and bath. |
View from our hotel |
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| Churches should be colorful. |
Streets are wonderfully intimate in scale |
The VW is a critical part of the infrastructure of Mexico... |
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| ...as is the mercado. Everything you can imagine is available. |
Everything is available fresh daily. |
Heaven is fresh fruit! |
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| Heaven is fresh cheese! |
The giant market complex includes food at all stages, from live animals to meals on a plate. |
FRESH STRAWBERRIES IN FEBRUARY! |
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| Larry getting a fresh strawberry smoothie and fresh orange juice. |
The vitality here is great. |
Even the flowers are fresh daily. It was also Valentine's D ay. |
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| The church on the square is the focal point, and the key to navigating! |
This is a hairpin turn that even a VW cannot go around without having to back up and turn. And it's a 2 way street. The following sequence of photos is the VW dance of Taxco. |
Nose to nose.... |
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| The car facing downhill goes left... |
The car coming uphill passes inside... |
The second uphill car knows he cannot make the turn in one pass so he stops and prepares to back up.... |
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| Having backed up, the uphill car can continue around the corner... |
..and the second uphill car takes his run at it... |
... going forward and backing up to clear the corner and then the first car can go down and the dance is done! |
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| Restaurant with music. |
Obsessed with those strawberries. RED ALL THE WAY THROUGH! |
Kids in costume in the plaza. Something to do with Lent. |
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| Yikes! |
Outreageous church architecture. |
Jesus statue above the town. |
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| Jesus' view |
See, the church IS always visible. |
This church was having a parish festival, even though it was Lent. The tower is a fireworks display with spinning wheels and showers. We watched them construct it. |
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| These are fireworks displays you put on your shoulders, lite, then run around spewing sparks and bursts! |
The Tower was almost as tall as the church. |
Beside the church was a carnival atmosphere with sweets, games, cotton candy, and beer. |
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| They rang the bells at the end of the fireworks. |
There were 2 or 3 bands at the festival. |
Here's one of many explosions. |
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| The wheels have showering jets that make them start to spin |
Each wheel had fireworks that made shapes in color and the colors changed as they burned. |
Several wheels spun at once. |
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| It ended with fireworks set off from the top of the roof and the bells peeling. |
There was always fresh greenery growing everywhere. |
The town is mostly steep cobblestone walkways and stairs. Most streets are not drivable by cars. |
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| I love this architecture, always balconies and patios and tile. |
Your morning commute? |
Even the streets for cars are very narrow. |
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| Classy. |
Sorry, the church again. |
A really cute neighborhood. |
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| We found a purple restaurant on a balcony over the street. |
February. |
The parting shot. |