Well we have been back from our trip for quite a while now, but with the FLU and packing, closing the hotel and everything else things have been a little hectic! So i am just going to post photos as best as i can. Cuz i also want to start posintg about our move etc... but first things first!!
Taxco is one of the most beautiful citys in Mexico. I go there often to buy silver for the shop, but i have never been there for Semana Santa, and boy i have been missing quie a spectical!!
For three days they close off car trafic to the center of the city. This is a pain as Taxco is built on a steep incline and it is nice to have the random taxi to schlep you back up the hill at the end of the day. So we just decided to stay on top! Our hotel was my favorite the Posada San Javier, def the best hotel in Taxco. Out side of our room there were parades daily and
oh what parades. Not the happy go lucky things, but lines and lines of men carrying huge bundles of thorny branches (supposedly weighting 45 kilos!) and these guys didn't look like they were in shape or anything! They walk an entire circut of the town it takes about 4 hours with these things tied to thier backs. Then after them there are bunches of ladies in black outfits with bare feet and chains tied around thier ankles. And lots of others carrying life size crosses and a bunch with cats-o-nine-tales that were beating themselves on the back till boody. A good education was had by all.
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