"Weekend in Zacatecas" Patrick_viajero's photos around Zacatecas, Mexico

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Preview of Patrick_viajero's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/patrick_viajero/mexico2007/1198209240/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Zacatecas, Mexico Entry Title: "Weekend in Zacatecas" Entry: ""What happens in Zacatecas stays in Zacatecas"...so became our motto on the bus ride home. Another great weekend in another great Mexican city, which happens to be another UNESCO World Heritage Site (México seems to have a lot of them, and for good reason - it truly is a beautiful country!), August 3-5, 2007. After finishing a couple midterms at the end of the week, we were all set again to leave Guadalajara in the CEPE bus and six hours later, we arrived in Zacatecas. It was in this city that I would again become acquainted with the already too familiar tequila, and learn that hangovers in high altitudes (Zacatecas is 2500m above sea level - one of the highest cities in Mexico) definitely don't mix well. Ah, the price you must pay for having a bit too many 2x1 tequilas at Cactus Club...... While that was (and always will be) the defining memory of this particular weekend for me (and my friends), there is lots to see in Zacatecas. Saturday morning, my good friend managed to end my passed-out-from-the-night-before state, and I somehow made the guided tour through the city. We took a cable car between two mountains which offered breathtaking views (although I was feeling dazed at the time and regret not having fully appreciated the view), and explored a silver mine, El Edén, complete with hard hat and all. Incidentally, part of the mine is converted to a club at night, and another thing that I can at least say is that I got to party in a mine! Zacatecas is also known for its Cathedral and other churches, characterized by their unique, intricate façades carved and constructed with faint red stone -- truly different from other Mexican cities. So all in all, another great weekend with great friends as always, and bad but very cheap tequila." Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/patrick_viajero/mexico2007/1198209240/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "Zacatecas 2" 2. "Zacatecas 12" 3. "Zacatecas 13" 4. "Zacatecas 11" 5. "Zacatecas 15" 6. "Zacatecas 1" 7. "ZAC4" 8. "Zacatecas 5" 9. "Zacatecas 14" 10. "Zacatecas 9" 11. "Zacatecas 10" 12. "Zacatecas 16" 13. "Zacatecas 6" 14. "Zacatecas 7" See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00d3-a812-6d04?ytv4=1