Puebla City (Oct 25 to 27)

I have left Mexico City and have just entered the State of Puebla and today I enter the city of Puebla

October 25
Km’s Pedalled – 57 km’s

Destination – Puebla City

Some Notes – I slept a million times better last night. On my way to Puebla City, I was able to visit:

Iglesia de las Ánimas
Iglesia De Guadalupe
Parroquia de San Diego
Iglesia de Huejotzingo
Parroquia Santa María
La Luz Del Mundo
Parroquia de San Pedro
Convento de San Gabriel Arcángel
Capilla Real de Naturales
Capilla de la Tercera Orden
Iglesia de San Miguel Tianguisnahuac
Santuario de la Virgen de los Remedios
Iglesia del Santo Entierro o Santo Sepulcro

Iglesia de las Ánimas

Iglesia De Guadalupe

Iglesia de Huejotzingo

Parroquia Santa María

La Luz Del Mundo

Parroquia de San Pedro

Convento de San Gabriel Arcángel

Capilla de la Tercera Orden

Capilla Real de Naturales

Iglesia de San Miguel Tianguisnahuac

Iglesia del Santo Entierro o Santo Sepulcro

Santuario de la Virgen de los Remedios

Views from Santuario de la Virgen de los Remedios

Getting into Puebla City, I was able to visit:

Templo Inmaculado Corazón de María
Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Parroquia de San Marcos Evangelista
Iglesia Metodista de México
Iglesia de la Santisima Trinidad

Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Parroquia de San Marcos Evangelista

Iglesia Metodista de México

The weather was perfect and it was a good day overall. I am checked into the Posado Vee Vuu Hostel. The place is clean and quiet but I don’t like it compared to the hostel I stayed in Mexico City. The hostel in Mexico City was vary busy and noisy but here it is very cramped with no privacy.

This evening I have decided to change my Mexican route. I have realized that my 180 day tourist VISA will expire if I head to Oaxaca. Going south to Oaxaca would dramatically increase my time in Mexico because it is very mountainous not to mention there would be so much to explore. I have decided to head towards Veracruz and the Gulf of Mexico. My VISA expires on December 6. By heading on a more direct route to Chetumal I believe I have just enough time on my VISA.

My plan would be to reach my home on or by December 19 as just this afternoon I received an Airbnb reservation to rent my home from December 21 to 24. This would give me a day to get organized before my guests arrive. I don’t know if changing my Mexican route at this point will result in a bike ride regret or not?

[Admittedly there is a way around my situation that would have me go into Guatemala. I could bike 140 km’s into Guatemala for the night and re-enter Mexico by biking 140 km’s back to the main highway.]

A new more direct route verses heading south to Oaxaca and then Chiapas

My plan would be to reach my home on December 19 as just this afternoon I received an Airbnb reservation to rent my home from December 21 to 24. This would give me a day to get organized before my guests arrive. I don’t know if changing my Mexican route at this point will result in a bike ride regret or not?

October 26
Km’s Pedalled – 26 km’s

Some Notes – I started my morning editing photos. When I got hungry for lunch, I left the hostel to find as many cathedrals as possible. I found the 25 following churches:

Templo de San Cristóbal
Templo del Ex-Hospital de San Roque
Parroquia del Santo Ángel Custodio de Analco
Ex-convento de San Francisco de Puebla
Capilla de Dolores
Templo de la Compañía de Jesús
Templo del Ex-Hospital de San Pedro
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Luz
Ecce Homo
Parroquia de la Santa Cruz
Capilla De La Veronica
Capilla Del Cireneo
San Juan de Letrán – El Hospitalito
Parroquia del Sagrario Metropolitano
Nuestra Señora de los Gozos
Iglesia de San Agustín
Iglesia Metodista de México, Templo Emmanuel
Templo del Antiguo Hospital de Nuestra Señora de Belén
Templo Virgen de los Dolores
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Merced
Templo de San Juan de Dios
Templo de Santa Rosa de Lima
Parroquia de Nuestro Senor San Jose
Cathedral de Puebla
Capilla del Rosario

Capilla de Dolores

Capilla Del Cireneo

Ex-convento de San Francisco de Puebla

Nuestra Señora de los Gozos

Parroquia de la Santa Cruz

Parroquia de Nuestro Senor San Jose

Parroquia del Sagrario Metropolitano

Parroquia del Santo Ángel Custodio de Analco

San Juan de Letrán – El Hospitalito

Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Merced

Templo de la Compañía de Jesús

Templo de San Cristóbal

Templo de Santa Rosa de Lima

Templo del Antiguo Hospital de Nuestra Señora de Belén

Templo Virgen de los Dolores

I suspect that this is record number of cathedrals and churches in one city in one day. I think Puebla would be considered a second favorite city behind Guanajuato. I edited photos all evening.

October 27
Some Notes – I started my day editing and finishing all my remainder photos. When I took a lunch, I visited the following churches: