Creel part two

We were informed that there was a problem with the train tracks on the other side of a viewpoint called Divisadero (this viewpoint is the famous one which has a magnificent view of the canyons) and that unfortunately we were going to be bused the final 50 or so kilometres.  Too bad : (

As we got closer to our stop the rains started and soon there was fog. We got to the viewpoint stop and we had to exit the train and find our bus to Creel. It was pandemonium as there were haphazard instructions being yelled out which Caro couldn't hear because the train was still running its engines,people were trying to figure out what to do and where to go,there were all the locals selling their wares, smoke from the train engine and all the locals restaurant fireplace smoke choking us and there were at least 150 people waiting to get on the train so they needed instructions too. The reason there were people getting on the train we just got off of was ALL of them had been bused from Chihuahua (5 hours away) so they could at least see most of the Copper Canyon tour so the train moved its engine around to the other end for the new people to return to where we started. Hopefully the weather smartened up for them. It was so awesome for us for most of our ride.

I never got to see the beautiful viewpoint as I had to get our bags to the correct bus and this gave Caro a chance to run over and snap a foggy photo.

We got on our bus and were in Creel within the hour. A small panic followed with us getting our shuttle to the hotel. When we got here it appeared they were not aware we were coming but I showed them the Hotels.com printout so all ended well. The hotel looked so crappy from the outside that both were thinking I had made a bad mistake when I booked it but it is OK now that we have been in it a couple hours (very basic). We went to the downtown for supper (really good) and walked back (about 10 minutes from here to downtown).

We have booked a tour for each of the two days we are here but the cost and the number of people going are not confirmed yet (we may end up having pricey private tours but I hope not)