Pt 2/5

Saturday, February 2nd.

One of the funnest days ever.

We started our day early at 7am. The Cacahuamilpa Caverns was our first stop. It's this GIANT cave outside of Taxco. ohmygoodness. Timpanogos Cave has got nothing on this place. 

I felt so incredibly minuscule in this cave. Unfortunately pictures could never show the size of it.  

 There were so many cool stalactites and stalagmites. Although we couldn't understand the tour guide, we did watch for cool things he would point out. There are so many amazing creations on this Earth.

                                   

These boys were the first of about 30 different people or groups of people over the weekend to come up and ask for a picture with us....

So, after the caves, we headed back to Taxco, grabbed some lunch, and got picked up by George. 

George is from a small town near Taxco called Atzala. He worked as an unofficial tour guide for a little waterfall attraction in his town. He escorted us via combi (the most common and inexpensive way to get around Mexico) to Atzala. 

This is us in the combi. Most of the other gringas are on the back row. George is the one on the left with a purple shirt sitting next to Becca. I got thrown on the front middle seat snuggled between the combi driver and a lady who busted out her boobs a few different times to feed her 1 1/2 her old son.. It was quite the ride there... 

However, little did we know, we'd be going to paradise...

We took a 10 minute hike to get there and when we walked up to the falls, we were breathless. There were 4 different falls that each led to a pool of crystal water. I never wanted to leave. There were places to climb up, jump off, swim under, and slide down. It was sooo fun.

After a few hours spent at the Pozas Azules, we headed back to Taxco for some dinner and another night on the town. We walked around the silver markets again and hung out at the zocalo (the main city square or park in every Mexican city) for a while. Here's us and another group of our admirers.

And to finish the night off, we went on the roof of a restaurant for one of the most beautiful views I have ever seen. We sat up there and just talked for a while. It was a peaceful end to an amazingly adventurous day.

La vida es buena.

More to come.... Buenas tardes.