Today I have visited the Cornish Cemetery, the evocative and beautiful mountain top graveyard where the emigrant Cornish miners and their families are buried. All the graves face towards Cornwall. Many graves have Cornish names-Its a moving and humbling experience and brings home the hope and the despair of leaving Cornwall behind for this so Read more
Travelling to Pachuca then on to Real Del Monte very high up – at 10,000 feet reputed to be the highest town in Mexico. Its less than 2 hours by bus from Mexico City, but a different world. Real Del Monte has an alpine feel – surrounded by forest and high peaks and houses Read more
(Been unable to start my blog as early as planned due to no wifi in the house where I’m staying -out in the Sierra Madre mountains outside of Real Del Monte, so apologies to anyone following me.) Arrived safely last night in Mexico City Read more
