Thank you for all the kind comments. Here is my second batch of pictures, and I hope you enjoy them.
Hwy 120 from Xilita to Jalpan de Serra is a joy, with great views and lots of turns and curves. We stopped here for a bio break and to enjoy the lush landscape.
The Cascadas de Tamul in Tamasopo were magnificent. What made this visit memorable is that rode our bikes there very early in the morning, at about 8 am, and there were no tourists there at all. Our boat with Sr. Salomé Mar was the only one on the river, and we got great customer service, including climbing closer to the waterfalls than the rapids permit. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.
This is Hotel Paraíso in Tamasopo, a pretty simple hotel with rooms around this patio. We left the bikes under cover for the night. Across the hotels there was a great restaurante owned by a guy who lived in Texas for 20 years and decided to get back to the slower pace of Mexico. He says that now he feels like he is on vacation every day!
In Axtla we went to Castillo de la Salud Beto Ramon, a complex where they sell alternative medicine supplements, give massages, has a church and even a healer. We visited the healer and Jorge got a full healing treatement. After the curandero was done I took his picture.
In Mineral de Pozos there survive a few silver and mercury mines from a couple of hundred years ago. Some mines have been rebuilt as cultural centers, others can be visited as ghost mines. There is one, run by Maria Isabel and her husband, the Hacienda de San Baldomero, that was special. La Señora María Isabel told us the sad story of her life and showed us the humble room where she lives with the man she married at 14 - no electricity, no running water. In this picture I am leaving the Hacienda. The second pic of me holding a baby goat from the herd that the couple tends to.
We found this mother and son roasting peanuts and elote (corn) at the Crater of El Rincón de Parangueo and Jorge was quite generous with his tip for the peanuts he bought. So much so that tears ran down the mother's cheeks in gratitude. Small things that make a big difference. She agreed to have her picture taken.
We spent one night in San Miguel Allende and met this lady from NYC who was traveling alone. Had dinner together at this street restaurant and then a mezcal at a local bar. Really good food, and expensive beer, as they had to run to a local bar nearby to fetch them! But it was all good.
Where can you find a river of hot water? In Las Grutas de Tolantongo, Hidalgo. I posted a picture of "pozas" or pools above, and this is me enjoying the hot-water river. Amazingly good!
Puente de Dios near Tamasopo has this incredible cave full of turquoise water - light comes in through the entrance and creates this amazing color in the water. This was another highlight of the trip, as we were not just outside looking in, but really immersed in nature, literally. The water was not hot, but it was pleasant.
Guanajuato is full of colonial flavor, with beautiful squares and narrow streets. Jorge fell in love with this town and I am sure he'll be back to dedicate more time to it.