This is my third time visiting here. Needless to say, I like it here.
The Copper Canyon is really magnificent. It’s four times larger than the Grand Canyon and one and a half times deeper. The views are spectacular from the train ‘El Chepe’ and there’s hiking throughout the canyon with waterfalls, missions, and museums. The native Tarahumara Indians live throughout the area apart from the Mexican people in their own villages and have an interesting culture of their own.
Our route to get to the canyon from the sailboat included buses from Guaymas to El Fuerte which was a total of 7 hrs riding. The attraction here was that El Fuerte is a quaint riverside colonial town founded in 1563 
with 11,000 people. It was built to ward off attacks by native American Indians who the Spanish constantly harassed. Later it was a trading post for silver and gold seekers. 
El Fuerte (The Fort) - We had a lesson in politics from this entrepreneurial woman who gave us a tour of her house. 
The revolution of 1910 saw re-appropriation of lands and property. As a result, this used to be one house which is now divided into three houses. This woman bought this section of the original house but had no money to repair the decaying roof and upper floors. She has a tourist shop in the front, lives behind that and raises pigs behind the house.
with 11,000 people. It was built to ward off attacks by native American Indians who the Spanish constantly harassed. Later it was a trading post for silver and gold seekers. 
El Fuerte (The Fort) - We had a lesson in politics from this entrepreneurial woman who gave us a tour of her house. 
The revolution of 1910 saw re-appropriation of lands and property. As a result, this used to be one house which is now divided into three houses. This woman bought this section of the original house but had no money to repair the decaying roof and upper floors. She has a tourist shop in the front, lives behind that and raises pigs behind the house.
The next day we rode the train to Creel at 8,000 feet. This was also farth
est stop north. Here we learned more about the local
Tarahumara Indians, rode bikes and enjoyed the local scenery.
Notice the typical Tarahum
cave home and and adobe home in the same photo below. 
est stop north. Here we learned more about the local
Tarahumara Indians, rode bikes and enjoyed the local scenery.
Notice the typical Tarahum
cave home and and adobe home in the same photo below. 
From Creel, we returned a couple of hours south by bus and stayed at a hotel/ranch. Renting horses we ventured into the canyon for a day's ride. It was
spectacular.
spectacular.Horses go much slower than people think. Our 15 year old guide easily beat us to the next look out point via foot power and taking short cuts.
