Cristo Rey & The Mines

On Robby's birthday we traveled to Cristo Rey, Christ the King monument. It is the geographic center to Mexico. It is located on top of a big mountain, you can see it off in the distance here in Guanjuato. We were able to take a city bus up to the top. I'm very proud we were able to figure out how to do this. It cost $17 (in pesos) a person one way vs. taking a tour bus that would cost $100 a person one way. Plus the kids were free! The drive was 1 hour and 20 minutes but only because it makes a lot of stops in a lot of little tiny towns on the way. It was amazing to see how people really live here in Mexico. Very humbling.

Unfortunately for us the Pope is coming to town the weekend before Easter so they were cleaning up the sculpture when we were there. Good thing grandma and grandpa are coming so we can see it again!

The views were amazing!


On the way home we stopped in a little town just outside of Guanajuato to visit the mines. Guanajuato once produced 40% of the worlds silver. Today they produce 14%. The town of Guanajuato has many tunnels that run through town because of the mines, that are now used for cars....but more on that in another post!

The tour was in Spanish so John had to translate....I think it makes him feel important that he can do that for me!

Robby was really happy that we went because for his birthday he said he wanted to go in a cave.

They also have this amazing church, that was funded by the mines. It was built in 1777 and is all gold plated!