El Chepe, Divisadero, and Arepo

The El Chepe is the train that we took through the Copper Canyon. We took the train from Creel to El Fuerte. The Copper Canyon is incredible. On the train ride there are some amazing views. We ended up taking the first class train because that was the only one that left on Wednesday. It was awesome, there was a bar on the train, if you sat in the bar you had amazing window seats. Also, you could stand between the cars in the open air to get some good pics. The seats were super posh and we smuggled some cheap food onto the train!

View of El Chepe train heading into a tunnel.



Looking into the Canyon at the Divisadero stop. At this stop we had 15 minutes. Enough to get a quick view of the canyon and grab a quick bite of the local food.

The next stop was Arepo. It was a last minute decision made by Hootie to get off of the train here. When I say last minute, I mean, he decided as the train was pulling up to the stop. I´m glad that Hootie made the decision. It was an incredible stop. I would recommend anyone traveling through the Copper Canyon to make this a stop. We got off of the train without a place to stay. We ended up walking down the road a bit, speaking some Spanish to the locals and buying some cool rocks from a local. He told us that there were cabañas for rent just up the street. We headed to the cabañas, they were amazing. We had our own living room, bedroom, and bathroom. There was also a table with some chairs out on the porch where we enjoyed a game of cribbage. The owners of the cabaña were great. We ate breakfast and dinner at the families house. She cooked some really good local fish and some fried eggs for breakfast. It was yummy! The night we arrived we decided to head out on a hike. We found out that the canyon rim was right out our back door! We had a wonderful hike. We found some really cool rocks. Similar to the ones that we bought as we were finding the cabaña. The sparkly quartz was everywhere! The next morning after breakfast we headed out on another hike farther down into the canyon and back up to a lookout. It was beautiful! I´ve never been to the Grand Canyon, but I bet it´s similar.


Hootie playing recorder on the canyon rim.



Me posing for a shot on the canyon rim in Arepo.


View from El Chepe, a bridge that we would cross on the train ride.



A lake near the end of El Chepe train ride.