Paradise by the lake

We made it to Patzcuaro, and this place is amazing. We showed up after dark and took a cab to a hotel that we had good reviews on tripadvisor and low prices. It was closed for the season. We walked down the hill to the plaza and walked into the first hotel we found, the Mansion Iturbe. They were advertising half price for the off season and it was still beyond our budget. When I told the senior behind the counter "no gracias" he insisted we look at the room. We paid for three nights. For 1200 pesos we got a room that would likely cost $800 in Canada. So much for the budget. This morning we asked the proprietor if she new a taxi driver who speaks English. It took several minutes on the phone with the cab company, but she did it, and when the cab arrived she negotiated a price for us. David the cab driver used to live in Salem Or and San Jose Ca. He turned out to be an excellent tour guide and will be picking us up again tomorrow. We went over to Isla de Janitzio and climbed the seemingly never ending stairs to the monument of Moralos the Mexican revolutionary. There was shops selling souvenirs, clothes and food all along the winding steps. Next we went to an ancient archeological site called Tzintzuntzan.





















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