Morelia (say it as it looks)

I went to Morelia this weekend. It's about 4 hours south west of Guadalajara. For a long time, it was the city of Spanish nobility and to this day remains, visually at least, very spanish. Again, it's UNESCO listed and facades in the historic centre must be maintained in traditonal style.

Ok, so i know i keep harping on about the public transport, but this is worthy of note.

The buses in this city are combi vans! I arrived by coach at the bus station, and looked around for a 'bus' to catch into town. After a while standing on the kerb, scanning the traffic and not seeing anything resembling a bus, a combi (not like the one in this picture. It was white, unmarked) flashes its lights and beeps at me. The door slid open and the faint voice of my fatalistic self alerted me to some tourist kidnapping heist....

As it turns out, after establishing the vehicle was headed to the city, I climbed in and was delighted to see a couple of other people sitting in the back. So, we trundled along, collecting more and more passengers until no more people couple feesibly jam in. And that's the end of the story.



Lots and lots of tacos. All night long.

This aqueduct built in the 17th Century still supplies some water to the city.