May 9th, 2005
The follies of Don Eduardo
“For just a few moments early in the morning, while the last of the night’s mists linger low on the valley floor and the moon still reigns high above the surrounding hills, the village of Xilitla, halfway between the two, is at peace.
“Then, slowly, a slash of colour breaks through the cool, crepuscular sky and leaves an outline of burnished metal over the peaks of the mountains on the other side of the valley.
“As if waiting for a signal, the local cockerels and dogs now let rip with a cacophony of crowing and yelping, and the market-bound traffic starts to strain its way through the pueblo.
“The smell of warm tortillas wafts into the streets as doors open, allowing children to start out for the early school shift, and another day is suddenly a little bit older.”
Read the rest of Mexicanwave contributor Elizabeth Mistry’s article, which appeared in The Herald on Saturday.
Kelly Hart and Billie Mercer have both posted some great photos of Las Pozas on Flickr.
Gardener’s Gordon Taylor and Guy Cooper also recently wrote about a visit to Las Pozas for The Daily Telegraph. Keeping it surreal in the concrete jungle.
Visiting Xilitla and Las Pozas? Stay at El Castillo, once the home of Don Eduardo himself.
Filed in Sierra Gorda & Xilitla
