A bit of background ino Michoacan and neighboring states

Below are some links to various web sites with information about Michoacan and cites/state close to Villachuato--just to provide you with a bit more general information about the area. I initially wanted to provide you with a few links to overview sites and then a bunch of interesting demographic, econimc, occupational, and social indicators. However, my (Nick's) 'technical' reading skills in Spanish suck, so I was not able to find much interesting structural data. Sorry.

FYI, the website for INEGI (roughly = to Mexican Census Bureau) is here

The links below could be interesting.
wiki post on Michoacan if its on wiki is has to be true...right?
wiki post on Guanajuato, city of Leon, and Guanajuato (city of)

For Spanish speakers/readers here is the offical municipal website for Puruandiro. According to the 2000 Mexican census Puruandiro and hinterlands is the 182 largest city + vicinty in Mexico--thats big time! The potential for governmental bias aside, its pretty informative. Sadly, Villachuato is still waiting for a governmental website.

Interesting article on the history of the Purhépecha Indians (aka Tarascos) in Michoacan. They are one of the indigenous groups in Mexico. wiki post on indigenous populations in Mexico

Weather'...this was tough...historically for that time of year it appears that the average high is ~85 and the low is ~55 degrees. msnweather for Zacapu--closest city with weather info

High quality maps are hard to find online. here is a decent pdf map of Michoacan.
Here is an okay map of Guanjuato--one nice thing about this map is that it has active links to descriptions of some of the cities/sites by a journalist in GTO on a Fullbright.

what to look for in our blog

the intent of this blog is to convey information about our wedding-yeah!!! mainly the details about traveling to Mexico, what to expect, lodging, side trips, etc.--generally the intent is that we will convey all pertinent information so as to make the trip as smooth as possible for all of our beloved family and friends.

sorry we did not opt to role with one of those cheesy wedding websites.....we tried but we could not deal with another cheessy quote about birds, love, and flowers. we wanted quotes from great minds like Omar Little ("The game's out there, and it's play or get played. That simple.") or Ari Gold ("Knock off the hippie shit, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is Malibu, Emily, I want you to storm that beach like it's fuckin' Normandy! ).

at any rate we hope that we will provide you with all of the important information so that you can join us for our wedding.

if we do not answer questions you may have, please feel free to post a question (this is encouraged as others may have similar questions), email us, or call us. or, if you have one of those carrier pigeons ( the birds that can deliver a message) do that--those just look awesome and we love the retro feel of it.