Sunday. 11.28.10

Today the suegros had plans to go to San Felipe to eat tacos de carnitas at a puesto that their friends set up. So in the late morning we went with them to eat. On the way home, Alberto decided he didn’t want to go home, and asked where we wanted to go. He decided he wanted to go to Cuernavaca. So we headed that way. First we passed through Ixtapan De La Sal, Tonatico, and then we hit Cacahuamilpa, where we saw signs for some caves. Alberto made a quick u-turn and we went to check them out. This was our first stop on the “Bugamundos” Tour at a National Park. Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, Guerrero, Mexico.
For 65 pesos per person, we were able to go on a tour of the caves. It was a total of 4km hike down that took a total of 3 hours to return to the entrance. Our guide was neat and he included a lot of humor while describing the formations. In these caves we were told have the world’s largest stalagmite on record. It looks sort of like a champagne or beer bottle overflowing. He said that Corona has even gone in there to record it for a commercial. We took a lot of pictures, but eventually Josue put the camera away, because I was getting nervous that the drastic change in temperature and humidity would mess it up. The air was extremely thick in there, you could feel the condensation building on your skin. To date that is the most humidity I’ve ever experienced. Total opposite of AZ’s dry desert!
After we left here, we kept going towards Cuernavaca, the original goal for the day. From this point it was atleast another hour or so away. By the time we got there, dusk was on it’s way. We walked around the main church and the jardin. We walked up the street some to see about something to eat. Right off the bat, Cuernavaca seemed to be a little more upscale, with fancier dining and shopping, not exactly what we were looking for. Well, we weren’t really looking for anything in particular, just checking out a new city I guess. But as far as dining, we are all used to the “puesto” style stands, which at first we weren’t finding any. Since it was getting late, we got back in the car to head home, but on the way - we encountered the real jardin with all the puestos and mariachis hanging around. We got down to check it out, unfortunately this town didn’t leave a good impression as far as food. Josue kept saying we should’ve just kept driving until we found a little mom & pop taco shop somewhere along the way, but the rest of the group wasn’t sure if we would find any, and were getting hungry, so we ate there in the jardin. It wasn’t so great, but held us over. This made us realize that we could easily run a little stand, selling much better tasting food ourselves.
On the way out of the city, the main street we were traveling on had many little shops to choose from - we should’ve listened to my babe! We make it back to Villa around 8pm, just in time to stop for a round of tacos, at what’s become our favorite taco stand - “Tacos del Rodeo”, where they sell delicious tacos al pastor, topped with a slice of pineapple, cilantro and onions and a fresh avocado salsa… mmmmmmmmmmmm! And on the side, they always have rabanos, sliced pepinos & lime and sal! What more could you ask for?! I love those cucumber slices, with lime and salt… reminds me of home!

A nice day of unexpected adventure with the family!