Las Grutas

WOW honestly I never knew Mexico was so cool. I am not lying when I said I was devastated when we were switched from teaching English in China to Mexico. I had been on a cruise to Mexico twice and I thought I saw everything I needed to. I was so wrong. 

Mexico is LITERALLY has the prettiest view i've ever seen and so many cool hidden treasures. One thing that is so sweet about living here in San Jose Iturbide is being so close to many amazing places. We live in the pretty part of Mexico with the colorful cities, cobblestone roads, and chapels on every corner. But we also live to green covered mountains, waterfalls, and so much more. We plan on traveling every weekend and I do not think we'll ever not be surprised by what we see. 

This weekend Greyson and I left after school and took a 4 hour bus to a city called Xmiquilpan. We stayed the night in a surprisingly nice $10 hotel (GUYS MEXICO IS SO CHEAP). The next morning we woke up early and took an hour taxi to Las Grutas. Let me tell you, I knew it was going to be pretty, but I was not expecting what I saw. It was the prettiest and coolest place I have ever seen. Our taxi driver stopped on the side of the road so we could get pictures of the green covered canyon with the fog. Pictures do not even do it justice. 

When we arrived to Las Grutas we first headed to the main attraction, the Gruta. We arrived right when the park opened so it was almost completely empty. Greyson had done almost all of the planning for this trip, and although I knew there was a gruta, I had no idea what to expect. When I saw it I was so amazed. The gruta was a giant cave/waterfall. I do not even know how to describe it (just check out the pictures). It was a little chilly outside, but inside the gruta it was like a giant hot tub. The inside of the gruta was huge. There were tunnels leading to other caves and their were small waterfalls pouring out of random sections of the ceiling. We explored the gruta for a couple of hours continuing to find new caves and waterfalls inside. After we saw everything we possibly could see we moved on through the park.
We went to the end of the waterfall where it led to a huge river. We swam for a little while until I had a near death experience. RIVERS ARE SCARY. I say this from experience. I got close to the current and it instantly pulled me in! Greyson could not help me at this point so he did the only thing he could. He pulled out his phone and filmed me as I went down the river. Luckily some teenagers saw me dying and helped me get out of the rapids haha. Not going to lie, I am glad we have the whole experience on video. Thanks babe!
Our last thing we did was go to the manmade hot spring pools. We took a little bus to them and they were so pretty. There were a bunch of tiny hot tubs on the side of the mountain. They were all warmed by the spring. We swam around them and looked off of the mountain. This entire place was beautiful. 

I really hope you enjoyed these two beauties. You are welcome. 

I promise Greyson is not wearing a choker, it was the keys to our locker hah. He would look dang good in a choker though!

Our trip came to an end so fast. We spent the majority of the day in Las Grutas, but we had to make it on a bus back home that night so we had to go. We got to enjoy the whole day in one of the coolest places that I had ever seen and we were both in awe the entire day. We feel so blessed to be here. So much better than China if you ask me! 

Little did we know this was not the only trip we were going to go on this weekend. Pozos here we come!

- Lexie