Amatlan de Canas

We were starting to get hungry but continued on to the Magic Town of Amatlan de Canas. This is where Javier went to high school. There weren’t any school buses so Javier had to board with a family while he went to school.

Amatlan is an attractive and clean town in a valley surrounded by mountains. It is known for its rugged beauty, old churches, and chocolate workshops.

We got out of the truck and walked through the park and around the town.
The church built in 1750 with its lantern-shaped tower was impressive.

Javier told us that a very tall man, Tomason, lived in this town. He was almost 2 m tall and was born in 1863-1924. There are lots of photos of this friendly and happy giant.

Javier drove us to Los Tukanes restaurant that had quite a choice in food. Chris, Javier and I all had tasty shrimp dishes with rice and a salad. Javier had a dish that had an Aguachile sauce on it. Delicious!

We thought that our day was done but no. Javier took us to the place where very hot mineral water (50-80C) comes out of the mountain. There is a spa close by with several pools of water of different temperatures.

What an adventure we had. But it wasn’t over! We went back to Javier’s house where several members of his family were having a get together in honour of one of his sisters who had passed away 2 years ago. We were offered drinks, cornbread and a chocolate cake to take home with us. Everyone was so friendly and had lots of questions. One of Javier’s brothers has a tequila operation so we were given a bottle of his tequila.
We left with a big bag of goodies!

Now we had the windy road up and over the mountain to look forward to while the sun was going down. We made it home just in time before it got dark.

So, we were pretty tired of all the new experiences as well as talking in Spanish but we had to go to a party that Javier was having for his employees!! It ended up being low key (thank heavens) with music and bbq meat for tacos.

We had an amazing day and loved every minute of our time with this kind family.Leggi altro