Skipping Cuernavaca

This morning we took the metro to one of the bus terminals and got a bus south to Cuernavaca. It was only about 1 hour 15 minutes, so a really short jaunt. When we got there, we looked at a few hotel rooms, which were all way overpriced. And we couldn´t really remember why we were in Cuernavaca in the first place, as there doesn´t seem to be much to see. So we just kept on walking across town to the other bus station, where we got on a bus to Taxco, only about 1.5 hours southwest.

Taxco is a unique town in Mexico. It´s an old silver-mining town, and the silver capital of the country. I had done a report on Taxco for a spanish class back in high school, and have wanted to come here ever since. It´s very beautiful, set on steep hillsides with very narrow, twisting cobbled streets, lots of small plazas and colonial buildings. The whole town is an historical monument and well-preserved.

Unfortunately for us, the beauty of the small town is not lost on others, so we struggled to find a place to stay for a reasonable price. We finally found somewhere, not great but all we could afford. It was huge though it had 2 rooms, a kitchen and bathroom. We walked around a bit, but by this time it was late, so we had an overpriced, average dinner overlooking the Plaza Borda and then headed to bed.