Mary McMullen:  

Hi Group, Definitely time to update my profile. I am back living in Vancouver. I had been living in Mexico for 6 years and loved it. I lived first in Puerto Vallarta for almost 4 years. I had a great apartment right on the beach and used to love sitting on my balcony watching the boats. The Pirate ship would sail by every night, and as part of the on board entertainment, fireworks were set off....every night. It was always fun to watch . I had a lot of friends there and it was difficult to leave but I wanted to see more of and live in other parts of Mexico. So I moved to Tepoztlan. It is a small town in the interior of Mexico about an hour and a half drive south of Mexico City. Very Mexican where it is rare to hear English spoken. I loved to walk into town and go shopping in the "Mercado", the town market where you could buy meat, veggies, fruit, flowers...all fresh. And fresh tortillas ... always fresh tortillas. Tepoztlan is a fascinating place. It's very picturesque and is surrounded by some amazing mountains that look as if they have been ripped from a Chinese landscape. Tepoztlan is called the Magic City or Healing City because of the healing powers of the surrounding mountains. There is a temple up in the mountains where Tepoztecatl, patron god of the Tepoztlan Valley was born. I am told there are witches here , in Spanish the word is "brujos". The area is also well known for the frequency of UFO sightings. Flashing lights & UFO's are seen above the mountains and almost every long term resident has a story about them....Expand for more