Inexplicably, I had not been back to Mexico City in over a year despite its abundant attractions just 90 minutes from my home in Cuernavaca. Finally longing for some urban novelty, I decided on a two-day sojourn in the capital. Those who have been to Mexico City many times and visited the major museums can…
My guidebook to Cuernavaca includes a list of my favorite places in Mexico City and Acapulco. See https://jimhornnews.com/guide. But I want to share this tip with my readers who frequent the Pacific paradise. I stay in a wonderful condo with a 180-degree view of the bay, but it’s not on the water. Some of the…
UPDATE: As of April 2023 the toll for the three minute drive has risen to 75 pesos, 150 pesos round trip, so most drivers take the old highway. (Local residents get a discount). Except at rush hour there is almost no traffic through the tunnel. The price should be dropped to encourage more usage and…
CUERNABUS, THE CITY’S TOURIST ATTRACTION The Cuernabus tours that had been reduced only to weekends and holidays are now running again seven days a week. The one-hour-twenty-minute tour of Cuernavaca departs from centro daily at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm. This is a private service owned by Pullman de Morelos.…
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YOU CAN AFFORD TO GET SICK HERE: MEDICAL CARE IN CUERNAVACA I am often disgruntled by travel articles, especially those advising Americans on the best places to retire, that lack information on health services and medical care. Some of the magazines specializing in this genre seem to glorify medically-challenged…
This post has been revised to reflect the improved State Department advisory for Cuernavaca, Morelos, January 2016. This is an expanded and illustrated version of a paper delivered August 6, 2015, at Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, at the 2nd International Congress, Latin America: Tradition & Globalization. Click on the photos to enlarge them. For…
UPDATE: the museum was closed temporarily after the September 2017 earthquake, but as of July 23, 2018, it is again open to the public. (Photos are by the author unless otherwise noted. Click on them to enlarge) Cuernavaca’s cultural life received a momentous boost when a sensational new museum opened to the pubic on Avenida Morelos 275, next…
Cuetlaxochitl is the Nahuatl name the Aztecs gave to poinsettias, native not just to Mexico but to our state of Morelos. The Aztecs used it to make a red dye and for ritual ceremonies. The conquering Spanish friars converted it to Christian rituals with the red leaves representing the blood of Christ. The original…
THE RICH LEGACY OF CUERNAVACA’S SPANISH-LANGUAGE SCHOOLS Address by James J. Horn, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, History, SUNY College Brockport NY CUERNAVACA: INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FOR THE TEACHING OF SPANISH A Symposium Sponsored by the State Government of Morelos & Universidad Internacional Cuernavaca, Mor. August 8, 2014 In 1973, I escorted my first group of NY…
This is the original submission of my article in THE NEWS (Mexico DF) printed in the March 18 edition as “Tourism Blooms in Central State.” I am posting the article to my blog because the link will disappear before long. http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/mexico-articulos/19932-tourism-blooms-in-central-state TOURISM SHOULD BE COMING UP ROSES IN MORELOS Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico James J. Horn,…
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