Invited to the Mayordomia festival

This week we were lucky enough to experience a local towns Mayordomia festival. It celebrates the blessing of the virgin. The town females carry the statue from house of the host family to the large church where it is blessed for the coming year than to the smaller church where it will stay for the year blessed. We get to witness it carrying because it happened at 5 am too early for us we only partook the 3rd day of party dinner drinks and music. The Mayordomia itself is a 4 day event of long preparation, worship and partying.

3rd day of the Mayordomia must have been 300 plus people from the town

the kitchen where all the good stuff was made Mole chicken, soup rice and deserts

Ji, helping out with the serving

the music band that played all day traditional Mexican music

Driving and hiking to Hierve el agua

This weekend we decided to take a trip to Hierve el agua with a few friends. Not knowing that the near by town had closed off the road for some reason us foreigners will never understand. So we had to park at the road block and hike the last 4kms on a very rocky, dusty road and of course in the scorching afternoon sun. After an hour hike and passing few people and some live stock we arrived to the cold natural springs of Hierve el agua.

passing a few cows on the 1 hour hike

the final stretch to our destination

Yes, we did it Yah!

picture we think looks better but still very nice and rewarding

taking a dip in the natural springs full of minerals

this is no water fall its the dry minerals deposits from the water

had to show this place we got amazing cheese and beef quesadias for only 10 pesos each just out side the gates into Hierve el agua you can find Alice's Restaurant