Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Uruapan and Paracho

After driving up from Playa Azul we had time to visit the National Park, see much of downtown and to visit the 'Telares de Michoacan' which is housed in an old cotton mill a few blocks from the center of town. The next day we went up to Paricutin, Cocucho and Paracho before continuing on to Patzcuaro. That sounds like a lot of driving but was pretty easy to do in a day. Paracho is building a new Mercado so all the food stalls are on the plaza making what is normally a quiet town quite lively. This was the first time the guitar Museum was open when I've been there.




Casa de Las Artesanias


Telares de Michoacan


Hotel Progresso


Uruapan Plaza


Paracho Plaza


Guitar Museum Paracho

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