TAXCO - MEXICO

We arrived in Taxco too late, all the silver stores were closed for the day.

ENTERING FROM THE EAST

The entire city is build on the, steep, side of a mountain.

Streets are narrow, winding, and steep, usually one way, and very slippery when wet.

Because we had arrived late, people were going home, we were able to find a parking spot.

After much walking, from where we parked the car, we found El Centro.

After asking a couple of, different, policemen, neither of whom spoke English, we managed, to find a hotel at a reasonable rate.

Ok, OK, to be politically correct, the first cop was a police lady.

I can not find the receipt with the address, though I doubt that would help you.

You have to start at the edge of the Plaza Borda (El Centro) and take the street to the left of the HSBC (Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp.) bank. Go down a bit then make a hard turn to the left, follow, down, along a row of vendors, and when you get to the end of the concrete railing, on your right, turn right, and go down and down and down.

Stay tuned, pictures of the journey back up, from the hotel, may make it clearer.

A SMALL PLAZA WITH ACCESS TO SEVERAL BUSINESSES	SIDE OF THE HOTEL
ENTRANCE	ENTRANCE
FOYER	SECOND FLOOR
ENTRANCE TO OUR ROOM	VIEW FROM THE THIRD FLOOR

I awoke to the sound of rain.

Slipping my pocket rain shroud over my head, and a plastic bag over my camera, I ventured fourth to explore our surroundings.

No sooner had I started taking pictures than the rain came to an end.

NOTICE THE OPEN WINDOWS	IF I ZOOM IN, IT’S A BAKERY

	PAUL WAITS FOR THE SLOW BEAR
THE STAIRS ARE SLIPPERY – PAUL STANDS BY TO HELP	ONE OF MANY DIRECTION CHANGES
THESE VENDORS STAY OPEN LATE AT NIGHT	FINALLY - DAYLIGHT

HSBC – OXXO (MEXICO’S 7-11)
	EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS – WAITING FOR A RIDE TO WORK

	I TOLD PAUL, “IF I WAS A REAL CAMERAMAN, YOU WOULD BE MY LOCATION ASSISTANT AND YOU WOULD MOVE THAT GARBAGE SO I COULD TAKE A NICE PICTURE” TWO MINUTES LATER THE GARBAGE TRUCK SHOWED UP

	WHERE THE MAN IS STANDING, ON THE LEFT, IS THE MAIN STREET INTO THE PLAZA

NOTE, ON THE LEFT, FOR CORNER OF BUILDING, TWO CRESCENT OPENINGS	INSIDE THE OPENINGS, THE AREA IS FILLED WITH WATER, AND MANY LIVE FISH
	MOST OF THE SMALL, NARROW DOORS ALONG THIS STREET ARE SILVER SMITHS AND SILVER JEWELLERS
WE MADE IT BACK JUST IN TIME – VENDORS WERE WAITING TO ERECT A STALL WHERE WE WERE ILLEGALLY PARKED