We left San Miguel de Allende about 10 am and spent most of the day driving to Tonala ( an eastern suburb of Guadalajara). We stopped there to shop at the famous artisan market which is held only on Thursdays and Sundays each week. Since this was Wednesday afternoon about 3 pm, the hotel Hacienda del Sol was almost fully booked -- we took the last 3 rooms in the hotel! We could not get regular size rooms so we paid more for larger rooms -- $550 pesos per night. (about $44CAD).
The bonus at this hotel is their large indoor parking lot.
After booking in to our rooms we went for drinks, then browsed through the stores on the main street before heading to dinner at Rincon del Sol (their specialty is Chiles en Nogada -- poblano chiles stuffed with meat and served with a walnut sauce topped with pomegranate seeds).
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| Margarita time at Rincon del Sol |
Day 8 - Back to Lo de Marcos
After breakfast, we shopped at the market in Tonala for a couple of hours. This market spans many streets with vendors selling ceramics, carved wood, candles, glassware, furniture, metal crafts, etc. We went for lunch around 1 pm and then hopped in our cars for the return drive to Lo de Marcos.
It took us an hour to cross through Guadalajara (the second largest city in Mexico). We drove toll roads most of the way back, arriving in LdM about 6:30 pm where we stopped at Carolina's restaurant for dinner before returning to our home in Savage RV park.
All in all it was a wonderful trip.
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