We had fun the night before, but we didn’t get intoxicated to the point of next-day-worthlessness. In fact, we woke up early and ventured through the town some more. We walked past a group of filmmakers from Mexico City working on a commercial about H20 safety or something. They, perceiving that we were tourists, asked us to participate. After singing wavers, they mic'ed us and asked us to say “turistas.” So we did, and it was awkward as hell.
After that hot mess, we hiked up the Western hill to catch a 7-minute teleferico ride across the entire city to “el cerro de la bufa.” The view was stunning, as you can imagine. Check out the video I posted on YouTube:
We decided to walk down the side of the hill instead of taking the teleferico back. We eventually made our way to a mine called “la mina el Eden” (unfortunately it is now Disney-like in nature). Despite its “tourist trap” nature, and the social-life-killing yellow hardhats we had to wear, it was pretty intense to walk in this man-made, multistoried cavern.
Many images from the inside didnt take well due to the low levels of light. The tour was disappointing because it didnt really get into much detail. There was a corney “mineral museum,” but very little devoted to silver/gold... which was a shocking surprise. To be sure, there is an lot of silver jewelry sold in town, at bargain-like prices, but very little history of silver-mining is visible. More on this later.
After the mine, we wandered about some more. We snuck around a swanky former-bull-fighting-ring-turned-into-posh-hotel, but the disapproving scowls from the staff ensured a quick departure.
Later that night, we got invited to listen to a mariachi band at Todos Santos.
I left soon after the Mariachis. We walked around 10 miles today, so a good rest was in order.
After that hot mess, we hiked up the Western hill to catch a 7-minute teleferico ride across the entire city to “el cerro de la bufa.” The view was stunning, as you can imagine. Check out the video I posted on YouTube:
We decided to walk down the side of the hill instead of taking the teleferico back. We eventually made our way to a mine called “la mina el Eden” (unfortunately it is now Disney-like in nature). Despite its “tourist trap” nature, and the social-life-killing yellow hardhats we had to wear, it was pretty intense to walk in this man-made, multistoried cavern.
Many images from the inside didnt take well due to the low levels of light. The tour was disappointing because it didnt really get into much detail. There was a corney “mineral museum,” but very little devoted to silver/gold... which was a shocking surprise. To be sure, there is an lot of silver jewelry sold in town, at bargain-like prices, but very little history of silver-mining is visible. More on this later.
After the mine, we wandered about some more. We snuck around a swanky former-bull-fighting-ring-turned-into-posh-hotel, but the disapproving scowls from the staff ensured a quick departure.
Later that night, we got invited to listen to a mariachi band at Todos Santos.
I left soon after the Mariachis. We walked around 10 miles today, so a good rest was in order.
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