Gorgeous Morelia

I am now in Morelia which is a few hours west of Mexico City. I had been rather excited about coming here and it hasn´t dissapointed so far. There are so many well preserved colonial buildings here at the centre of which is the awesome cathedral. It is going to take a lot to find a prettier city than this. The only drawback is that there is a protest going on and they are blocking my path to the other side of the city. I´m not sure what its about but the word banos keeps springing up so maybe they are protesting for better toilets or something. I am actually at my second hostel here, the one I am in now is more centrally located but wasn´t available last night so I had to go to one a little out the way. It was nice and clean though and the taxi driver reminded me of speedy gonzalez which kept me amused for the journey.

It is a lot calmer here than Guadalajara, due to the festival which I have now found out was Latin America´s second biggest book promotion, it was a bit difficult to get anywhere. I found a much cheaper hotel for the other 2 nights and a LP recommended cafe proved a great spot for eating some Mexican food. I had chicken enchiladas with something resembling beef gravy on top, a strange dip with a single tortilla chip inserted in it and of course jalapenos come with EVERYTHING.

My Spanish has been hit and miss, I can generally say what I need to but I can´t understand the response because they speak so damn fast! its getting better anyway. I have 2 more days here and then Puebla, I am very much looking forward to Veracruz and Cancun as I have been in all cities so far and with the weather here continuing to be fantastic a few days at the beach will be very welcome. Anyways I best be off to pick my lovely clean laundry up!