No, I'm not talking Humphrey Bogart but a pretty little town up in the hills.
One of the tours we took while in Mexico was to the historical
silver mining town of San Sebastian.
It took us an hour and a half to get there by bus, with an
excellent tour guide by the name of Juan Carlos.
This guy knew his history and taught us so much about
Mexico and the area in the most entertaining way.
We left by bus from the marina in Nuevo Vallarta where, yes,
you have to be cautious of the crocodiles!
By the way, no diving or swimming...
By the way, no diving or swimming...
While we waited we were treated by the appearance of this sweet little heron fishing for breakfast...
This road out of town was a great opportunity for us to see some of 'real' Mexico...
This trip used to take 3 days from the town back in the days before cars.
Now there's a fairly good road and most recently a new bridge...
At this stop, we found the prettiest kitty, and like a lot of animals we met,
she just wanted a bit of love and affection...
Another stop on the way up to San Sebastian was a lovely old Hacienda...
...the cobblestone drive past the derelict out buildings...
This house was home to the big land owner in the area who
ran the silver mine...
Here, one of the resident dogs with her 'special' collection of prized bones...
This place is a step back in time and is open as a B&B.
The day we were there, there were no guests so we were free to wander through the rooms...
LOVED the kitchen!
The bedrooms were so simple with lovely light coming in the large windows.
Bananas and lemons right outside your door.
Next stop was an old, organic, shade grown coffee plantation and lunch in an open air cantina...
Surrounded by beautiful views of the hills, the local rodeo ring (not to be confused with a bullfighting ring), papaya trees, orchids and oranges...sigh!
whew...running out of time...for now I will leave you with these morsels
and come back again to show you the little town of San Sebastian.
Adios for now.
4 comments:
So much for "Wordless Wednesday" - totally love this post. I may have spotted another bird waiting to be painted"
ooopppsss! Did not check out your post yesterday so I made a mistake with the above comment - and while I was writing you made the Wednesday post - me stupid!
This is such a beautiful place. I have no idea what Mexico is really like.. no image except of tourist meccas and high rise hotels, etc.
This makes me want to visit. All that Bougainvillea is overwhelmingly lovely. Your photos show a different place called Mexico. The history, the old houses... San Sebastian looks like a beautiful old town.
Your photos are great. The Heron picture looks like a painting.
Glad you had a wonderful trip and I'm sure that your sister was there with all of you.
All of these incredible photos! Really they are just beautiful, poetic and I can feel the country. Looks like it was an amazing trip! And you are making me hungry for chips and guacamole!
Love the architecture there ... I want to go! :)
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