Morelia and Zihua Videos - MyShadowProductions #164

Hola Amigos !!

Knock on wood, WiFi has been working pretty good :)

The weather here in Zihua has been mostly the same every day, some clouds today, here is a screenshot of today’s weather:

I want to catch up on some videos, so here goes:

Click Here for the Morelia Aqueducto Video created from my photos.

CLICK HERE for the Morelia Buildings, Streets, Plazas, etc. Video created from my photos.

Clique Aqui for a Video created from my first two days in Zihua. Playa Principal, Playa Madera, the Malecòn, hills on west side of the Bahia (bay).

Click here for a walk/stroll/hike/boat ride from Zihua Centro to Playa La Ropa to Playa Las Gatas to Playa Manzanillo to the Zihua Pier.

Took this photo at Isla Ixtapa:

I apologize for not asking their permission :)

Sunsets in Zihua viewed from the far end of the Malecòn:

Some fruit and vegetable stalls along the Mercado (Market) area in Zihua:

                         Large Scale Tortilla Shop

Hope you enjoy!!

ADIOS for now !!

Morelia, Michoacán, MX #2 & Zihua - MyShadowProductions #163

Hola Amigos,

I am still in Zihua :) 

Having a lot of trouble with my Photos uploading from my Phone to my IPad. Not a big deal, just makes it hard to share things in the Blog, whine, whine, whine.

While I am at it, some of the waiters, cashiers, etc. are wearing masks still and I find it almost impossible to understand their Spanish that way, frustrating, but again, not a big deal, whine, whine, whine.

Morelia is/was very interesting. I saw very, very few people that weren’t Mexican. Seems like a bustling town with several Universities and a lot of cars and motos ( motorcycles). Every Saturday night they have a free Light Show and Fireworks at the Cathedral, also a free rock band concert the Saturday night I was there. Very well attended! I enjoyed the band and it strikes me that a few things transcend different languages. I am thinking, Smiles, Tears, Laughter and Music, surely there are more, right?

Here are some Morelia Photos:

For music, I think Classic Rock may be near the top. Just something about hearing a Lead Singer talking to the crowd in their native language and then seconds later Singing in English a Led Zeppelin or Rod Stewart or Billy Idol or Kings of Leon, etc. song, the singer at this concert had a cool way to announce her song by Bee-Lee Eedol (Billy Idol).

I can’t decide how to divide up the Morelia Photos so I will have 2 Videos:

Click Here for the Aqueducto.

CLICK HERE for Morelia Buildings, Churches, Streets, Plazas, etc.

Wrong! The “Click Heres” won’t work, the videos are taking forever to upload.

Here are some photos from Zihua’s different Beaches as well as a few from Isla Ixtapa (one of the trip’s highlights so far).

 Large Scale Tortilla Making :)

Hope everyone is doing well !!

HOLA MARZO or HELLO MARCH !!

Morelia in Michoacán, MX - MyShadowProductions #162

Hello everybody !!

I am writing this update from Zihuatanejo (cee-wha-tah-nay-hoe), Zihua for short :)

I arrived here on Monday , February 26 via AutoVias bus from Morelia. It was amazing how active the Bus Terminal was at 4:30 am waiting for the 5:00 am departure and 5 hour ride, while other buses departed and arrived. Once the sun came up, the scenery was great, greens, browns, cacti, lemon and lime trees, mountains, etc. I have a few videos through the “upper deck picture window” that I will share in later posts.

I still have a couple of videos from Coyoacán:

Click Here to see the Video created from my photos at Viveros de Coyoacán, a vary large tree nursery that has changed over the years and today provides a large exercise playground with views :)

CLICK HERE to see a Video created from my photos at Mercado N. 89 Coyoacán. I tried the blue corn tortillas (you can see them being cooked in the video) for my quesadillas.

Up next in the blog will be Morelia, the capital of the State of Michoacán, with a population over 750,000. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over 200 well preserved and protected structures (hundreds more not protected by UNESCO) from as early as the 16th to 18th centuries, featuring their characteristic pink cantera stone (any geologist out there will understand :) from the area. There is also a refurbished Aqueduct (no longer in use but a great visual site and engineering interest for me), the Cathedral, other churches, buildings, streets, plazas, etc. 

To see a little bit of the highway (150 I think) between CDMX and Morelia you can watch this very amateur 4.5 minute video I took from the bus, ClicK HerE.

My mind is starting to ramble :) I am trying to adjust to Zihua, not as “quaint” as I hoped (however, there are doves cooing and roosters crowing) but I know the way to the Bahia (Bay) and the Playas (beaches) and I will do my best to find some walking trails and coastline views, I know they are out there :)

Hasta Luego - See you later :)