Hermoso Guanajuato

After Guadalajara, we stopped at Guanajuato; the plan was to stay one night, but we decided to stay two nights as this city of 85’000 people is a jewel. Guanajuato was originally a silver mining town and there are plenty of mining tunnels running below the city. Some of them have been converted into tunnels to ease traffic across town. Our campground was outside of the city so we took once again public transportation to the center of town; everything went well this time. There are many beautiful mansions painted in bright colours with iron wrought balconies; splendid churches with various representations of Christ: bleeding on the cross; or carrying the cross on his knees (more bleeding); or lying dead in a transparent coffin (no more bleeding); there is also a beautiful university, a theatre and a very interesting museum dedicated to Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican painter. 

University of Guanajuato

The atmosphere is very relaxed, with plenty of people strolling around, eating ice creams or snacks and various entertainments such as clowns, musicians, etc. Definitely, Guanajuato is worth stopping by!!! Last night we left the windows open in the van and plenty of mosquitoes got in and bothered us most part of the night. It is fine, there is no malaria in Mexico, we will just make sure to close the windows from now on!