Mexico - Winter 23/24 : 2024-01-27 : Jalpan - Doctor and a Museum

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General Info Museo Historico de la Sierra Gorda $0.00 Across Independencia Street is the Museum of the Sierra Gorda. The building was originally known as the Jalpan Fort, constructed in the 16th century by Juan Ramos de Lora and is one of the oldest in Jalpan. The site served as a military fort for centuries and then as a regional jail for about fifty years. In 1991, it became the museum. It contains seven halls that relate the evolution of the Sierra Gorda region from the pre historic period to the early 20th century. The collection includes old maps of the area, pre Hispanic artifacts, fossils, displays about the Spanish conquest and evangelization, with emphasis on the five Franciscan missions and Junipero Serra, artifacts from the Mexican Revolution and a room dedicated to the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Gorda.
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Bed and Breakfast Very clean, cozy room in the center. AirBnB Jalpan de Serra $263.34 Paid $131.67 2023/01/29. Balance due Jan 14.
Free cancellation before Jan. 22.
Host: Guadalupe
Check-in: Flexible
No laundry facilities
Luggage drop
beautiful terrace. a lot of steps. common kitchen. location is in the middle of the town: there is a chruchbell playing songs for three minutes straight, starting at 7 or 8 am.


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In Jalpan, we are staying a block away from the Mission. The mission plays a variety of recorded music at times throughout the day in lieu of just ringing bells. At 6:00 every morning they play a recorded bell version of Cieloto Lindo.

Ay ay ay ay… Canta y no llores!
So, being the delicate flower that I am, of course I got the vomiting side effect of the antibiotic we’re on. And not just a polite little barf, but a violent attempt at evicting my toenails by way of my stomach. Brent googled it and apparently if I take it with food I’m less likely to hurl. Here’s hoping.

Anyway, I feel like I got bit by a dog, didn’t get enough sleep, then had a violent vomiting reaction to a drug. Ohhhh… wait…. Yeah, that all happened.

This morning, Laura lined us up with one of her clients who is a doctor here in Jalpan. He took another look at us (mostly Brent’s bite, because it’s the worse one), confirmed that our antibiotic is appropriate and advised that rabies treatment isn’t necessary. We’ll go with that.

We then visited Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda, which might be all I’m good for today. I’m beat.


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