Another full day deep into the Sierra Gorda and the highlight of this day was the visit to Las Pozas in Xilitla, MX.
“Las Pozas ("the Pools"), near the village of Xilitla, more than 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level, in a subtropical rainforest in the mountains of Mexico, is a garden created by Edward James, an eccentric English poet. It includes more than 80 acres (32 ha) of natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering Surrealist sculptures in concrete.”
We spent about 2 hours visiting Las Pozas and were mightily impressed with the level of creativity and surrealism.
It is a unique place to see the over 30 Surrealist-inspired concrete sculptures “ranging from plant sculptures to winding staircases to nowhere, and cathedral inspired screens — some ornately finished, others seemingly incomplete, although it is unclear if they were ever intended to be “finished.”
We arrived at the site at 10am but we were only able to start the tour at 1pm so we stayed in a nearby restaurant, where we also had lunch, enjoying the tropical forest all around us.
The ride to Jalpan de Sierra was another one through many curves and very enjoyable.
Jalpan de Serra is also the site two of five Franciscan missions, including the first one, to have been built in the mid-18th century, and declared a World Heritage Site in 2003. Our hotel was just on the other side of the road of this beautiful church.
The Hotel Mission is very nice and we would highly recommend it. It has a pool that helped us decrease our very hot body temperature after riding at 110F (43C) and we stayed in for dinner on the inside patio of the hotel.
While we were having fun dining in the pool, walking in the main municipal square and seeing the church, a close by “lavandaria” did our laundry which cost $3.60 and they even delivered last thing in the day to our hotel.
Our hotel room that evening smelled of freshly washed clothes.
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