Monday in Monterrey

Another slow day in Monterrey. With a slow start we finished breakfast at about 11:30...man that was a slow restaurant! Our plans for the day were to go out to a little town called Garcia and explore a cave called Grutas de Garcia. Not a high adventure but the pictures on the internet look beautiful! But first, change some dollars to pesos.

After waiting in multiple lines for about 15 minutes each I found out that changing money was not as easy as I thought it was going to be. The banks I went to said I had to have an account to change dollars to pesos. I kept thinking to myself...how many people that have accounts are changing dollars to pesos?

After what seemed like forever, we were on our way to Las Gutas de Garcia!! The cab driver was very nice but had a different view on personal space than what I have. About the middle of the drive the cab driver handed me a pair of tweezers to see if I could pull a thorn from his hand that I couldn't see. Now, I don't know about you but caressing a strange man's hand looking for a thorn that doesn't seem to be there is not what I was looking forward to on vacation!

We arrived at Las Grutas de Garcia and it became obvious that Monday is not a busy day for them. Heather, David, and I were three of a total of eight people there. It was nice as we had the tour guide all to ourselves and were able to walk through the cave at our own pace. I was immediately impressed with how large the cave is! Here is a good picture of David and Heather that gives a little bit of an idea of how large the cave is.
The cave is full of different formations. Definitely one of the more beautiful caves I have been in. I was disappointed to see the lack of preservation of the cave. Throughout the cave you can see where they have cut down different rock formations in order to have a "safe" cave. Too bad, it seemed like they were more interested in getting a bunch of tourism rather than preserving the natural beauty of the cave.

Here are a few more pics I thought were interesting...






Our plans for tomorrow was to do the Via Ferrata in Monterrey. Don't know what the Via Ferrata is? Check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQWYaBnea-g

Unfortunately, due to excessive rain, the guide service canceled. I was so looking forward to this!! We'll have to figure something else out for tomorrow.