Second Installment to my $10,000 Hacienda in Mexico

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In April I blogged about this unique ancient hacienda for sale.  Check the first installment of this hacienda in the archives to remember the details so you can read “the rest of the story” now.

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So… I finally arrived and discover it will close in an hour, but there aren’t any ticket takers or docents, just men washing a car and others mending the front door.  The “office’ was dark and full of boxed bottles of their famous mezcal. Barrels of the potion stored on the veranda.  A dysfunctional bathroom with no light and no window, old stairs and floors to  “tener  cuidado”  as I moved around, walking sticks at the ready. The orange eye of a pigeon stared and the floor showed results of hundreds of them! I navigated through massive rooms with worn frescos, rotundas, wallpaper from another era, tiles, insets of artwork on the walls.  It was…

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