Gridlocked Guanajuato

The Sterling Moss of Mexico took us to the central de autobuses this morning. We had no problem with this though as it seemed even San Miguel De Allende had a rush hour. It's a syndrome that seems to affect the world over, on Mondays especially.  After only an hour on the bus we arrived at Guanajuato. Stood out front of the Central de Autobuses, it was like a game of who's ever the furthest away from the taxi queue picks up the taxi first. Our oversized bags and fading British politeness helped us in the scrum to reach downtown. 

Guanajuato was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Zone in 1988. There are no traffic lights, no neon signs and no room for new buildings. Plenty of life, and traffic, in it's narrow streets which is why it didn't make the top spot over San Miguel. Just too busy.

Shoe-horned onto a narrow ravine it's a riot of colonial architecture. The streets run in close parallel along the steep sides of the valley. A tunnel was built to take the river under the city and prevent periodic flooding. Now an underground roadway the river runs deeper below ground. More tunnels have since been added resulting in the city having a network of underground tunnels that serve as roads making this place really quite a unique one in the world.

Our hostel was another beauty, even though we had to climb 100 steps to reach it, the views from the roof terrace made it worthwhile.  The city is built on very hilly ground, so virtually every point in the city is on a slant.