To continue the adventure we decided to "take her mild" and try to visit some of the things near Tequisquiapan to this day. The main reason is that on Wednesday we visit Queretaro, after gathering in the bus station John and Isa and Thursday through Saturday we Jalpan to visit the surroundings of the Sierra Gorda. So expect heavy days and we want to conserve energy.
So, the plan for the day is: San Juan del Rio, breakfast, visit the town and the museum of death and then "we'll see." Although half geek, would do more evaluation of how lazy the rest of the day would decide at run time.
San Juan del Rio
Although not as nice as Tequisquiapan, the center of San Juan del Rio we liked: Clean, good color and feel a pleasant atmosphere. A Tequis unlike, for example, it is clear that the town is less touristy, as restaurants and souvenir shops or typical tourist traps are replaced by shoe stores, sales of chatter, furniture and the like where the market is the majority of San Juan .
First things first, we looked for a place to have breakfast, which took us Marion language, about two seconds (.2 seconds) and we opted for the parish, which has nothing to do with the Veracruz, even if it has I would say that does justice: very decent breakfast: sanjuanense (tamales with sauce dish), pattern (enfrijoladas) and diet (fruit), our choice, respectively, that rolamos as good chilangos, to enjoy all ... except the diet: we will not go to San Juan to eat fruit, do you?
already with a full stomach, we took a ride in a regular sun (about 28 degrees Celsius) over several blocks, we met with the local tourist office, we reviewed the many flyers and then to convince us that there is nothing better uphold the initial decision to visit the museum of death. So we asked for directions ... The friendly woman at the tourist office, said, "is not far, it can walk. Pa'lla just have to go a few blocks, then turn a source right, go up that road until it meets wall, see the Trinity Church and the museum is behind "... Sounds easy, come on!.
"The" museum of death
Supposedly something decent, we were fairly excited because we saw numerous references in banners throughout the town, appears in every tourist guide in Queretaro, in short, we were happy walking trying to follow the instructions that worked to the source, after that ... Not so much. The street after the fountain was exactly one block and emptied into a big street, which left us with two options go to left or right, we went to the right as it looked "decent."
We reached the right street, we are moving in the direction indicated, and after a couple of streets without a church, we ask ... "Ahhh, here it is, but look: it returns to whence it came, after a couple of streets, and that gives parriba Vaver the church and here is the museum." Okay, come on, we were wrong, back where we came, we moved two streets (which would be left after the first street) and went up there.
already for this, our courage and willingness to see the museum began to falter, the street in question seemed Lost City, half ugly, graffiti, some guys balls that were silent as we passed in front of them and we just watched. Met a woman half a block away and asked: Excuse me, for the museum of death ... "Follow him as one block and you will see some stairs on the left, up and there is," he interrupted. Fiu, what a relief! It's ugly, but we are close, so with renewed spirits and we continue to advance the steps.
- Really going to get? - If nothing happens, I said, thinking: I hope you have conditioned these stairs in a zig zag, so you started to feel the fear of death: a prelude to the museum. Think of the steps of 'The Exorcist', the first, but instead of five meters wide, about two, instead of stone, concrete painted blood red instead of one, three segments in Z, such a way that you could only see one third of the way up to start one of the segments. Image complemented the smell, all the intermediate segment, which was not visible from above (the last segment) or below (first segment) smelled of urine (human).
already walking and the sun had made some havoc on our physical condition, but went up those stairs in record time, I'm sure. On the left a street that did not look as bad as the previous or the stairs and just ten meters the entrance to the museum. Ta
RAN!
A woman who was disguised as Catrina, but it looked like they had just eaten one (catrina) or two, we said that it was free access to the museum, but you had to register in the folder you noted. I, kind as always, me and wrote my name forward and we were three. Then the woman told us that's the main room, you can read a guide or talk to them, all turned around in unison to see the room and then back to the woman and said, "we read, thanks." The main room was smaller than that of TV in my house.
Well, maybe it was a little larger, but not much. Skeletons in star-shaped, with a two-paragraph explanation so used to bury their dead the inhabitants of the region. Chichimecas drawings of poor quality relative to death, paintings of dubious origin and quality, some 100 years ago obituaries equally poor. After the main room in the roof of the church, a number of gravestones accommodated at random, a couple of rooms with lousy crypts and now. Probably the worst
museum you've visited in a long time ... like a lifetime. :-)
Crafts and food Tequisquiapan
Tequisquiapan decided to return to see the day center and visit the craft market and the like. On the way we were a couple of places that a tourist guide in Queretaro marked as natural attractions, but with the same size (three possible middle): The Coal Mine, which we were told that was not very pretty Centennial Dam, so we decided to stop at the dam.
saw a sign on the road that had a picture of prey and arrow to the right, but no leakage, so a little later and when we could see the dam we turned, we entered a dirt road, we came very close The entire saw, but could not access it. Convinced that what we was seen "all", return to Cheyenne and went to Tequis.
In Tequis again, but even in daylight, it was 13:00 pm, took the opportunity to visit the craft market, which is nice and seems to have good quality stuff, then sat down to eat at the 'Museum of stay and wine ', which is sponsored by VAI and Freixenet cheeses, delicious paella, red wine and a "tile" of cheese ... Rest a while, chatted happily and spend a wonderful time. These are holidays.
Before embarking on the return home of the Fine and Jesus, we went past Tepoz snows, which are in the middle market Craft ... I lost my way back, but after a couple of laps, we orient ourselves and only lost about 10 minutes. :-)
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