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Journey to the Bottom of the Continent
Blog: Say Yes to Tacos - 21 May 2010
So, I spent the last week at the bottom of the deepest canyon system in North America, the Barranca del Cobre ...
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An Adventure In Copper Canyon, Mexico, Chapter Thirteen – Batopilas Beckons
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 17 April 2010
From the moment I began planning my trip to Mexico’s Copper Canyon (Barrancas del Cobre in Spanish), I knew that visiting the villages of Urique and Batopilas were my top priorities. On the map they seemed quite close and I assumed I could start with Urique and take a short bus ride to Batopilas. I [...]
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An Adventure In Copper Canyon, Mexico, Chapter Twelve – Using Creel as a Staging Area
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 16 April 2010
The most interesting thing I could find to write about Creel is that it’s home to the worst hostel I’ve ever stayed at. Other than taking a quick stroll through the central plaza, where Tarahumara artisans display and sell their crafts, I found little that interested me in this town. Creel does, however, have one [...]
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An Adventure In Copper Canyon, Mexico, Chapter Eleven – Casa Margarita in Creel is the Worst Hostel Ever
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 15 April 2010
I was so glad to have found a room in Casa Margarita’s Hostel in Creel during Mexico’s Semana Santa holiday that I overlooked the unlit stairway between the second and third floor. In the dark, I nearly tumbled down the stairs when I turned my ankle on the uneven surface of a step that had [...]
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An Adventure In Copper Canyon, Mexico, Chapter Ten – From Bahuichivo to Creel By Bus
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 14 April 2010
By day nine, I was totally under the spell of Entre Amigos Hostel in Urique. I knew that If I didn’t leave soon I might stay forever, and there was so much more of Mexico’s Copper Canyon to see. Sadly, I packed my bag and hopped aboard the 7:30 a.m. bus to Bahuichivo, where I [...]
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The Copper Canyon Part I
Blog: Lost World Expedition - 6 January 2010
We took a fairly nice dirt back-road from Basaseachic to Creel, which is only a few hours away. Creel is, for most, the starting point for trips to the Copper Canyon and is perhaps most famous as being one of the main stops of the famous Chihuahua al Pacifico train (El Chepe). Most of the [...]
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You Can Get There From Here – Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico (Part 8)
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 December 2009
We’d taken the el CHEPE Copper Canyon train. We’d used our feet. We’d even conquered two of the most dramatic driving roads into and out of individual canyons in order to visit the towns of Batopilas and Urique. All that was left was to drive from one end of the Copper Canyon region to the other.
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Death Drive (sort of) to Batopilas – Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico (Part 5)
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 24 November 2009
People talk about the drive down to the town of Batopilas deep in the Copper Canyon as a “white knuckle” trip invoking phrases like “death road” as their eyes widen. This is because of the narrow and bumpy condition of the steep and mostly-dirt road that descends 6,000 feet in six miles–and because of the conspicuous lack of guard rails (or guard anything) between you and the sheer drop-offs into the abyss that exist all along the way. Of course, we had to do it.
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Going Down – Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico (Part 4)
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 17 November 2009
Whenever you put the words “canyon” and “hike” together you know it’s going to be steep. That’s a given. It’s also a given that you never completely appreciate a canyon by simply peering over its rim. With that in mind we added local guide Gustavo Lozano and local pony man Pepe to our motley crew and hit the trail bound for the Urique River at the bottom of the Urique Canyon, nearly 4,300 feet below us.
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Gorditas, Guesthouses and Gorgeous Views – Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico (Part 3)
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 16 November 2009
If you’re taking the CHEPE train and not getting off and exploring areas along the way (silly, silly) the Divisadero station is your only chance to look down (way down) into a major canyon. For that reason the train stops here for 15 minutes–long enough for passengers to enjoy the view from a vantage point right across the street from the station. It’s also long enough to grab a snack.
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The Best Hostels in Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 14 November 2009
Travelling for a year, constantly on the move, rarely staying more than three or four days in one place, where I end up staying makes a huge difference to my my stress levels. End up in a nice hostel, with things like comfy beds, warm showers, free breakfasts, a good location and a nice atmosphere [...]
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World’s Best Blue Corn Tortillas – Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico (Part 1)
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 November 2009
Though you can get on the CHEPE train for a trip through the Copper Canyon starting in Chihuahua city, we decided to drive our truck part of the way into the region (this is a road trip after all) and we were glad we did if only for the chance to drive through the scenery between Creel and Cusárare. Many visitors choose to stay in Creel because it has quite a few hotel and restaurant options and a kind of backpacker hangout vibe.
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All Aboard El Chepe – Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 9 November 2009
It’s easy to get swept up in the awesome mountain scenery that reveals itself around every bend, but the train that takes you through the Copper Canyon (Barrancas del Cobre in Spanish) is a marvel in and of itself: 408 miles of track with 86 tunnels and 37 bridges (one spans a chasm at more than 1,000 feet above the canyon floor). During one unbelievable eight mile stretch the train make a series of three 180 degree turns (one over a bridge and two in tunnels) in order to change altitude by more than 1,000 feet–a mind-blowing rate for a train.
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The Copper Canyon railway
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 29 April 2009
As well as the natural wonders, the other reason the Copper Canyon is famous is for the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico (CHEPE for short), better known in English as the Copper Canyon railway. The Sierra Madre Occidental is the huge mountain range that runs down the western side of Mexico, dividing the central plain from the [...]
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The road to Batopilas
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 27 April 2009
After the spectacular views from Divisadero, I really didn’t think the canyon get could get any better. I was wrong. The road to Batopilas is even more impressive. We left at 7.30am on the public bus (in true Mexican fashion, it was blaring frantic Mexican pop music out of all its speakers even at this early [...]
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The Copper Canyon: Breathtaking
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 25 April 2009
With the busy period of Easter safely out of the way, I was looking forward to being more spontaneous during my period in the Copper Canyon. I figured five days would give me enough time to see the canyon, and get to do a fair bit of hiking done. Turns out that was a mistake [...]
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Baroque fatigue
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 22 April 2009
Thanks to a stupid mistake when reading the bus timetable, I ended up breaking the journey between Guanajuato and Zacatecas with a night in Aguascalientes. I think coming straight after Guanajuato any city would have struggled to compete; Aguascalientes didn’t even come close. Still, it gave me a chance to have a quite evening in [...]
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