Photo: Cliffs on the road to Mont Blanco
Friday
We finally had two options to choose from. Granted, both needed to be finished, but they were mostly livable. One was more practical, still with its charm, the other one was fascinating, with enormous size and potential.
We still went around a second time with Sofia, from Ecomania, to make sure we had not missed anything that might have been for rent. She showed us a couple of nice residential neighborhoods, but there were no houses for rent. She also showed us were a great water park was located right in Coatepec. As usual, going around with the people from Ecomania was a pleasure; they are so friendly and helpful!
In the afternoon, we headed out to a small town called “Monte Blanco” (White Hill). It is located just a few miles South of Coatepec, but the road is narrow and curvy since it goes up the mountains, so it takes some time to get there. Just the road is worth the trip, though. It climbs up unbelievable sheer cliffs over lush, almost jungle-like, canyons. You can find little waterfalls dripping on the sides of the road. “Romancing the Stone”, an 80’s movie with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas was filmed in this area. The movie is supposed to be set in the Colombian Amazon jungle; I have never been to the Amazon, but it does look like a jungle down here.
“Monte Blanco” is famous for its handmade bamboo furniture: beautiful and cheap. It is also a tiny town of about 130 inhabitants, and it seems they all make bamboo furniture. You can hardly tell you have stumbled into the town until you see the row of scattered homes with bamboo furniture displayed in the front porches.
We decided that we would need a dining room, so we found a place that had interesting furniture, and ordered one. A 6 foot table with two 6’ benches and two chairs for less than 150dlls. Not bad, the down-side, it would take about two weeks to get it done and then delivered…
We finally had two options to choose from. Granted, both needed to be finished, but they were mostly livable. One was more practical, still with its charm, the other one was fascinating, with enormous size and potential.
We still went around a second time with Sofia, from Ecomania, to make sure we had not missed anything that might have been for rent. She showed us a couple of nice residential neighborhoods, but there were no houses for rent. She also showed us were a great water park was located right in Coatepec. As usual, going around with the people from Ecomania was a pleasure; they are so friendly and helpful!
In the afternoon, we headed out to a small town called “Monte Blanco” (White Hill). It is located just a few miles South of Coatepec, but the road is narrow and curvy since it goes up the mountains, so it takes some time to get there. Just the road is worth the trip, though. It climbs up unbelievable sheer cliffs over lush, almost jungle-like, canyons. You can find little waterfalls dripping on the sides of the road. “Romancing the Stone”, an 80’s movie with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas was filmed in this area. The movie is supposed to be set in the Colombian Amazon jungle; I have never been to the Amazon, but it does look like a jungle down here.
“Monte Blanco” is famous for its handmade bamboo furniture: beautiful and cheap. It is also a tiny town of about 130 inhabitants, and it seems they all make bamboo furniture. You can hardly tell you have stumbled into the town until you see the row of scattered homes with bamboo furniture displayed in the front porches.
We decided that we would need a dining room, so we found a place that had interesting furniture, and ordered one. A 6 foot table with two 6’ benches and two chairs for less than 150dlls. Not bad, the down-side, it would take about two weeks to get it done and then delivered…
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