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No matter how pretty a hostel can be, its guests really recreate the atmosphere every day
Kim and Verena (Switzerland), mother and daughter visiting the North of Mexico. Next destination : the Balandra beach in La Paz !
Hayley and Aleksander (UK), a sweet couple during a 1 year trip around the world.
Benjamin (Mexico), history and art teacher from Tijuana on holidays
Emiko (Japan), japanese teacher in Monterrey, and Loly
Martha (Mexico), from the Los Mochis University, and Ellen (UK), touring around the world.
Esperanza, Gustavo (Mexico), David (USA), who is everyone except a gringo, and Jorge(Mexico), all teachers in the US, on holiday in the Sierra Madre, with our favorite karatekid Axel here.
Maria Elisa (Colombia), traveling on her own, touring the Americas
Karena (USA), turned out to have lived in the same small village as ours in Switzerland ! Amazing coincidence ! She actually owns a large house very close to Divisadero.
Barry (USA), is joining friends in a ranch close to the famous Basaseachi waterfall to build huts
Eva and Vicente (Spain) in a few weeks trip across Mexico
Stacy and David (UK), for a 3 years trip of which 2 in Australia. Lucky dogs !
Aurelio (France), arriving from Creel
Antonio (Spain) just stumbled on Eva and Vicente at our hostel, and will take the same plane to Toluca then the bus to Oaxaca
Curti and Monte (Italia) en route to Creel
Alisa and Byron(Wales) had always wanted to visit Mexico
Makiko and Takuro (Japan), travelling for a year around the world
Thorben (Danemark), who can speak so many languages, visit friends in Mexico after a long trip in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia
Carolyn and James (UK) coming from Zacatecas, en route to Creel
Jennifer (USA) willing to view the whole North and center of Mexico
Belem (Mexico) visiting Chihuahua before gogin back to Mexico city
Susie and her husband (USA), knowing quite well Mexico but the Chepe was still to discover
Charlotte and Hannah (England) leaving us for their way back home
Pablo (Chile), touring around Mexico. Pablo teached us that Patagonia was not only part of Argentina, but also part of Chile...
Lars (Germany) spent a short day in Chihuahua before taking the train to Creel
The very organised Lisa (Germany) manages a german restaurant in Puerto Vallarta. A very different tourism in Chihuahua !
Eduardo (Mexico), working "on the other side of the wall", coming to the aera to visit his family and friends.
Charlotte and Hannah, studying and visiting North Mexico before an exam back in England... Good luck !
Claudio (Venezuela), touring with the bike he purchased in the US, all the way to Venezuela
Lisette and Jan (Netherlands), a sweet couple studying in Monterrey, and taking advantages of a few holidays to visit the Copper Canyon
Uwe and Irene (Germany), on their way from Mexico city to Creel, purchasing boots in Chihuahua
Paul and Ganny (Netherlands), ready for hiking in Creek
Lindsay (England), who has been almost everyhere in the world smiling around, with Loly and Angelica
My (Germany), another adventurer and speaking a perfect spanish.
Stefany (Canada), for her second time in Mexico in less than 1 year, this time for a serious exploration of the North Mexico, including Chihuahua, then of the tropical Mexico for 2 months.
Marie, Paulette, Jean and Paul (French), on a fast crossing of the Copper Canyon toward La Paz
Paul and Lina (Estonia), taking a few years break - yes a few years...- around the world
Bruekl, Thomas and Benjamin (Austria), getting confidence in Mexico before the adventure to Creel
Omori and Kumi (Japan) teach Alix (France) to make origamis, using Spanish as Omori and Kumi study Spanish in Monterrey and Puebla
Matyun and Eugena ( South Korea), studying Spanish in Mexico. And they know a great deal of spanish slang !
Carmina (Mexico), exploring every single place around Mexico. A great traveller.
Ramona and Doreen (Germany), mother and daughter, coming to visit the whole area between Chihuahua and El Fuerte
Anne (FInland), Michele (Canada), Rodolfo (Mexico), Wilhelmiina (Finland), Hector (Spain), studying at the university Las Americas in Mexio city, with Wilhelmiina visiting her friend, all on a rush 2 minutes before the train leaves to El Fuerte
Yazmin, Tonia y Lorena (Mexico), daughter, mother and aunt, driving from Chihuahua to Paquime and El Peguis, then taking the train to El Fuerte and back
Hey ! Here came our customer number 1000, Alexandra holding the cake !
From left to right : Loly y Axel (Mexico), Jerome, Stephanie, Severine, Alexandra (France), Rafael (Mexico) y Jane (France)
Paolo, Luisa, Diego, Luisa, Romina and Daniela, six Italians from Mexico city, visiting Paquime, than hiking in Creel and Urique.
Elisa (France) and Anette (Netherlands), studying in Monterrey, heading to Mazatlan.
Sharon and Cameron (Germany), residing in Monterrey, doing a 4 days horse ride in Bahuichivo.
Andrea (Suiza), living in Playa del Carmen as an English teacher, visiting the North.
Maria and Monica (Mexico), from Guadalajara, willing to know the northern part of their own country
Two tycos, Maria and Daniel (Costa Rica), looking for landscapes beating the ones from Costa Rica
Franck, coming from San Blas, en route to the Copper Canyon
Jessica (Germany) coming from Creel along with Eri
Eri (Japan), coming from Creel
Dirk (Germany) all the way up to California
Charlie (English) is taking a break before an arranged mariage in Pakistan
We organised the venue of 2 corporate groups (Fujitsu Siemens) of 120 Polish people, from 5 stars hotels, restaurants to a few cow-boy sessions in the forest. It was just great.
Louisa and Melanie (UK) ready for the adventure in Creel
The University of New Mexico group in a briefing
Ludovina (Suisse) et Isabelle (France), finding out about the region.
Patricia and Stewart, two wonderful Canadian grand-parents, with their two beautiful and so educated grand-daughters, en route to Taxco
Tea and Hans (Holland), with an extensive experience of Mexico, want to experience the Copper Canyon train, then see the Wales in the Sea of Cortes, then get some sun tan in Baja California
Ulrike (Germany), on a fasttrack to the Pacific beaches
Sarah and Naomi (UK), arriving from Mexico, spent 2 nights in Chihuahua before jumping on the train. Yes, they did wake up 1 hour earlier (5:15 am) because there is one hour difference between Mexico city and Chihuahua.
The complete University of New Mexico team
Sarah (France) getting use to a saddle before going to Creel
Carla and Alessandro (Italy) on their way to Creel
Rocio (Mexico) from Guadalajara to Creel
Kristina (Austria) and Georgi (Germany), gathering tips for the Copper Canyon
Ley and Anja (Germany), on the road from Creel to Zacatecas
A nice Canadian couple visiting Chihuahua with their RV, and using our wireless Internet.
Josel Luis (Mexico), taking a break to at last know the Northern part of Mexico
Steve, visiting us from the USA
Werner and Dago (Netherlands), used Chihuahua as a gate to Latin America : 3 nights to erase totally the jetlag, and get confident in Mexico thanks to the quiet Chihuahua.
Anja and Ley (Germany), from Tucson to Creel
Marie (UK), arriving from Tucson, met the 2 Australians and they went to dinner all out together, then on her way to Creel the next day.
Maggie and Lisa (Australia) made the perfect stay in Chihuahua : 1 day to visit the Menonites, 1 day to visit Creel, and 1 quiet day to visit the city of Chihuahua, including a few free drinks by the same restaurant for 2 evenings. Maggie and Lisa, it seems that everyone in Chihuahua appreciate you !
Franziska (Autria), Berenice (Mexico), and Benedikt (Germany), come from Mexico to see the true Sierra Madre, and decided to take the train to Cerocahui. Agnez (Hungaria) met them at the hostel and will join them in the train.
Heather, Jared and David, 3 gringo-chilangos from Texas and Nuevo Mexico but studying in Mexico, and as a result speaking a great spanish !
Martina and Reto (Switzerland), a young couple entering Mexico through Chihuahua, all the way to Costa Rica.
Alexa and Christoph (Germany), 2 surgeons visiting the Sierra Madre. Christoph got sick and stayed in bed for 3 days, while Alexa took advantage of being temporarily single and visited all the Chihuahua's bars! Salud !
Patrick (Germany) coming from the cold Sierra Madre, en route to Monterrey, then back to Stuttgart
Marisa and Luis (Brazil), totally frozen, but they loved Chihuahua's food
Rachel, Stefany and Lees (New Zealand), 3 frozen kiwis skipping Creel and heading straight to Los Mochis and Tepic
Gordon (New-Zealand), on holiday between the organisation of 2 yearly classic motorbikes rallies
Simon (Australia), en route to Creel
Kaspar (Netherland), geography teacher completing his knowlegde "hands-on"
Atsushi (Japan), civil engineer who needed a good break in Mexico
Amadeo, Ansailda, Javier, Oceania, (USA and Argentina), Nancy (USA) and Gustaco(Argentina), What a great family !
Federica and Giacomo (Italy), taking the train with the latest generation of backpack :-)
Brent (USA), speaking amazingly well spanish, coming with his bike from Canada
Sandra and Dominique (Germany), studying in Guadalajara
Bernardo y Leonbardo (Mexico), from Queretaro to Creel
Nidia and Hector (Mexico), just married, and future hostel owner, and Trevor (Canada), manager of a hostel in Canada
How can you tell Kalim is from UK ? The only backpacker in the world with an umbrella hanging on the backpack...
Gaby (UK) and Kalim (UK), aiming south further to a few days in Batopilas which they loved.
Joe and Peter (UK)
Chris and Sadie (USA)
Ingrid and Walter (Germany)
Nathanael (UK), future hostel owner, and Rob (Nederlands), treasurer of the group, along with Romain on the next picture.
Romain (France) , you may hurry up, the train leaves in 50 seconds... And he made it !
Tim (Australia) and Stephane (France) can hardly communicate on their different languages, but have lots of fun together
Martina and Kristin (Alemania) , before flying to Mexico
Oliver and Petra, with a baby expected for beginning of may. We want a picture of the baby please !
Jacqueline (Netherlands) and Anne (Germany), en route to Creel after a few beer with new Mexican friends in Chihuahua
Greg (Germany), Adrian (Canada) and Daniel (Germany), teaming up for a few days through the Copper Canyon
Larya and Amanda (Canada), brother and sister lucky enough to go together on holiday
Sharn, Paula and Tamsin, 3 sweet English ladies
Christophe, Cedric, Yannick, Martin, Charles, Emilien (France) completing a training at the Tec of Monterrey, in a trip all around Mexico
Eddy and Francois (France), travelling all around Mexico
Estella and Eloise (France), from a student exchange program in Tampico
Katerine, Justin, Amish, Katrina and Elisa (Australia), Rafael (France) and Florian (Germany), eating while temperature is -5 outside ...
Tourism can be quite hard sometimes....
The first class reception team...
Monique, Sophie and Olivier (France) come to visit Nicolas who is studying on Creel.
Suzan (USA) and James (UK), resting in Chihuahua from a long trip to Creel
Paul (Netherlands) , for 2 days in Chihuahua
Did we say the atmosphere changes every day at Casa Chihuahua ?
A crazy gang here formed by Amanda and Larya (Canada), Adrian (USA), Greg and Daniel (Germany)
Anne-Sophie visits its boyfriend Matthieu (France) who studies in Cuernavaca
Alicia (USA) and Luis (Venezuela)
Francois (France) is a senior technician for IBM. Would you have guessed it ?
Sheryl (USA) and Steve (Australia).Steve's first question : "Do you sell beer ?" :-)
Vicki and Mizz (Australia), preparing for a few days in Creel
Seth and Micha (USA), last year of medecine studies
Mia and Heather (USA), who had a great time around Divisadero
Richard (Australia), trekking around the Copper Canyon
Mario (Mexico), on holiday from his architect job in Baja California
Irene (Spain) ,taking the Copper Canyon train, then the ferry to Los Cabos
Sylvia y Stephan (France), visiting the North of Mexico.
Loly, Alix y Axel (Mexico) watching the Canyon del Peguis
Fiona (Scotland) y Edward ( England), ready for the adventure in Creel
Simone Dietrich (Switterland) from Monterrey to Guadalajara
Catherine (Australia), back from a several weeks journey all around Mexico
Rodulfo y Ernesto, bicycling around Creel and hopefully coming back in one piece
Vinne and Alblas (Netherlands) , en route to Creel for a few days
Annabelle (England) cooking since 4 months a pretty baby and her friend (US) , back from a few days in El Fuerte and Creel
Martina and Rolan (Austria) , experimenting the train straight to El Fuerte
Patricia and Monique (Netherlands), visiting the Menonites, then the Copper Canyon
Sonja and Marti (Spain) , hardly sleeping, always on the road
Carole (Switzerland), resting a few days from a trip to Durango. Next stop : Creel
Monique (Switzerland), resting a few days from a trip to Durango. Next stop : Creel
Nicole (Belgium) and Anton (Switzerland), staying 3 nights in Chihuahua, then going to Creel
3 biologists from Ensenada (Mexico) coming back from Batopilas
Catherine and Tim (UK) take the train straight to El Fuerte.
Veronica and Federico (Uruguay), took the cheap plane from Mexico to Chihuahua, visit Creel for 3 days then come back
Anne and Thomas (France), escaped their Bretagne for a 5 weeks trip across Mexico
Maria Jose, Marina, Jacobo y Juan Ramon (Spain), right before jumping on the train to the Copper Canyon
Christian (France), mixing technologies from horse sadle to singing while reading lyrics on Internet
Alister (New-Zealand), likes Chihuahua as some women were naturally following him in the street...
Fabiola and Jose (Mexico) escaped Mexico city craziness for a calmer life in Playa del Carmen
Loly (Mexico), Alister (New-Zealand) and Christian (France), chatting at the reception
Zoé and Joris (Belgium), Rachel and Gumersindo (Spain) exchanging travel tips about the region
Zoé and Joris (Belgium), from Creel bars to Zacatecas bars. Salud !
Eva and Carla (Spain), in transit from Mexico to Creel
Kelly and Jeremy (USA), from Creel to Madera
Alan (Ireland), Nick (New Zealand ) and Nathan (Australia) en route to Zacatecas
These guys may not be gringos.
Jerem, Tibo and Didi (France), participating in a finance / economics
exchange program in Tampico , here with Phil (owner)
Anne (Germany), from the Copper Canyon to the beach of Cancun
Thomas (Switzerland) visited numerous countries in America Latina, like
El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala . He is now taking the train to Creel
Simone and Marlene (Switzerland) arrived by bus from Creel, and fly to Cancun
Nicola (UK), further to the train el Chepe, may take a train from El Paso to L.A,
while Ralph (Switzerland), coming from Creel, takes a plane to Mexico and Cancun
Sandra and France (Canada), on their express way from El Fuerte to Mexico
Urs (Switzerland), and Nick (Australia), who met for the first time at Casa Chihuahua
Numazawa (Japan), between 2 jobs in Japan, and visiting Mexico
Giovanna (Hungary), for a short break from LA in Copper Canyon
Cecile et Claire (Fra), visiting Mexico from North to South
Hannah and Julia (Germany)
Yuka (Japan)
Seth and Micha (USA), last year of medecine studies
Oko, Ayumi, and Miwa (Japan) visit Mexico for 1 month
Yuki (Japan) is in an exchange program with a fundamental research university in LA, USA
Alejandro (Mexico), Gabriela (Mexico) and Marianna(Czech rep)
Antonio (Mexico) on holiday before taking a new job, Antonio and Miguel, father and son (Spain)
Paul (UK), riding his bike around the world
Zuly (Mexico), want to see the Copper Canyon.
Hisatawa (Japan), en route to Creel.
Jana, Maja, Flurina, (Switzerland) and William (USA)
Christina and Eva (Spain), participating in a medicine exchange program in Monterrey
Marius (Switzerland), participating in a medicine exchange program in Monterrey
Catherine (Australia), writing a detailed guide about Mexico
Antonio y Rena y sus 3 ninos (Mexico)
Dad (USA), daughter (Germany - Hey, happy birthday ! ) and mother (Germany)
Charlotte and Louise
Mexican-UK party !
Francisco and Daniel (Spain)
Loly (Mexico), Hannah and Julia (Germany)
Ana and Jose (USA)
Truby (Colombia) and Olivier (France)
Alix (Mexico) and Yu (Japan)
Elise and Joe (USA)
Petra and Jason (Australia)
Iratxe and Jaime (Spain)
Andreane and Anaie (Canada)
Emma and Alex (UK)
John (Canada)
Ymer (Mexico)
Andres, Ignacio y Fernando (Mexico)
Rosa, Pilar, Monserrat, Daniel and Rodrigo (Spain)
Lucy and Kalind (USA)
Joe (USA)
Laura (Italia), Adam (UK) and Eddy (Mexico)
Creeni and Daniel (Australia)
Family group from Juarez(Mexico)
From left to right :
Yvelin (Mexico), Salvador, Romina (Spain),Fermin, Luisa (Spain)
From left to right :
Kike,Samuel,Marisol, Alejandro, Ramon,
Monica, Emanuel y Omar (Mexico)
Emanuel, Omar, Samuel (Mexico) and Marisol (Mexico)
Alix (France), Omar, Kike and Alejandro (Mexico)
Valerie (Belgium)
Jose-luis (Mexico), Jeanne and Benoit (France)
Jeanne et Benoit(France)
Ane (Denmark) and Alix (Mexico)
Adrien and Frederick (France)
Ana (Sweden) and Simon (Danemark)
Loly, Silvia and Carlos (Mexico)
Trae and Greg (USA)
Ruth and Roger (Spain)
Koga (Japan), Diana, Alix and Loly (Mexico)
Ale and Javi (Mexico)
Javi and Raul's birthday "Mordida ! Mordida !" (Mexico)
Loly and Diana (Mexico), Luke (UK)
UK group
UK group
UK group
UK group
UK group
Kim and Verena (Switzerland), mother and daughter visiting the North of Mexico. Next destination : the Balandra beach in La Paz !
Hayley and Aleksander (UK), a sweet couple during a 1 year trip around the world.
Benjamin (Mexico), history and art teacher from Tijuana on holidays
Emiko (Japan), japanese teacher in Monterrey, and Loly
Martha (Mexico), from the Los Mochis University, and Ellen (UK), touring around the world.
Esperanza, Gustavo (Mexico), David (USA), who is everyone except a gringo, and Jorge(Mexico), all teachers in the US, on holiday in the Sierra Madre, with our favorite karatekid Axel here.
Maria Elisa (Colombia), traveling on her own, touring the Americas
Karena (USA), turned out to have lived in the same small village as ours in Switzerland ! Amazing coincidence ! She actually owns a large house very close to Divisadero.
Barry (USA), is joining friends in a ranch close to the famous Basaseachi waterfall to build huts
Eva and Vicente (Spain) in a few weeks trip across Mexico
Stacy and David (UK), for a 3 years trip of which 2 in Australia. Lucky dogs !
Aurelio (France), arriving from Creel
Antonio (Spain) just stumbled on Eva and Vicente at our hostel, and will take the same plane to Toluca then the bus to Oaxaca
Curti and Monte (Italia) en route to Creel
Alisa and Byron(Wales) had always wanted to visit Mexico
Makiko and Takuro (Japan), travelling for a year around the world
Thorben (Danemark), who can speak so many languages, visit friends in Mexico after a long trip in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia
Carolyn and James (UK) coming from Zacatecas, en route to Creel
Jennifer (USA) willing to view the whole North and center of Mexico
Belem (Mexico) visiting Chihuahua before gogin back to Mexico city
Susie and her husband (USA), knowing quite well Mexico but the Chepe was still to discover
Charlotte and Hannah (England) leaving us for their way back home
Pablo (Chile), touring around Mexico. Pablo teached us that Patagonia was not only part of Argentina, but also part of Chile...
Lars (Germany) spent a short day in Chihuahua before taking the train to Creel
The very organised Lisa (Germany) manages a german restaurant in Puerto Vallarta. A very different tourism in Chihuahua !
Eduardo (Mexico), working "on the other side of the wall", coming to the aera to visit his family and friends.
Charlotte and Hannah, studying and visiting North Mexico before an exam back in England... Good luck !
Claudio (Venezuela), touring with the bike he purchased in the US, all the way to Venezuela
Lisette and Jan (Netherlands), a sweet couple studying in Monterrey, and taking advantages of a few holidays to visit the Copper Canyon
Uwe and Irene (Germany), on their way from Mexico city to Creel, purchasing boots in Chihuahua
Paul and Ganny (Netherlands), ready for hiking in Creek
Lindsay (England), who has been almost everyhere in the world smiling around, with Loly and Angelica
My (Germany), another adventurer and speaking a perfect spanish.
Stefany (Canada), for her second time in Mexico in less than 1 year, this time for a serious exploration of the North Mexico, including Chihuahua, then of the tropical Mexico for 2 months.
Marie, Paulette, Jean and Paul (French), on a fast crossing of the Copper Canyon toward La Paz
Paul and Lina (Estonia), taking a few years break - yes a few years...- around the world
Bruekl, Thomas and Benjamin (Austria), getting confidence in Mexico before the adventure to Creel
Omori and Kumi (Japan) teach Alix (France) to make origamis, using Spanish as Omori and Kumi study Spanish in Monterrey and Puebla
Matyun and Eugena ( South Korea), studying Spanish in Mexico. And they know a great deal of spanish slang !
Carmina (Mexico), exploring every single place around Mexico. A great traveller.
Ramona and Doreen (Germany), mother and daughter, coming to visit the whole area between Chihuahua and El Fuerte
Anne (FInland), Michele (Canada), Rodolfo (Mexico), Wilhelmiina (Finland), Hector (Spain), studying at the university Las Americas in Mexio city, with Wilhelmiina visiting her friend, all on a rush 2 minutes before the train leaves to El Fuerte
Yazmin, Tonia y Lorena (Mexico), daughter, mother and aunt, driving from Chihuahua to Paquime and El Peguis, then taking the train to El Fuerte and back
Hey ! Here came our customer number 1000, Alexandra holding the cake !
From left to right : Loly y Axel (Mexico), Jerome, Stephanie, Severine, Alexandra (France), Rafael (Mexico) y Jane (France)
Paolo, Luisa, Diego, Luisa, Romina and Daniela, six Italians from Mexico city, visiting Paquime, than hiking in Creel and Urique.
Elisa (France) and Anette (Netherlands), studying in Monterrey, heading to Mazatlan.
Sharon and Cameron (Germany), residing in Monterrey, doing a 4 days horse ride in Bahuichivo.
Andrea (Suiza), living in Playa del Carmen as an English teacher, visiting the North.
Maria and Monica (Mexico), from Guadalajara, willing to know the northern part of their own country
Two tycos, Maria and Daniel (Costa Rica), looking for landscapes beating the ones from Costa Rica
Franck, coming from San Blas, en route to the Copper Canyon
Jessica (Germany) coming from Creel along with Eri
Eri (Japan), coming from Creel
Dirk (Germany) all the way up to California
Charlie (English) is taking a break before an arranged mariage in Pakistan
We organised the venue of 2 corporate groups (Fujitsu Siemens) of 120 Polish people, from 5 stars hotels, restaurants to a few cow-boy sessions in the forest. It was just great.
Louisa and Melanie (UK) ready for the adventure in Creel
The University of New Mexico group in a briefing
Ludovina (Suisse) et Isabelle (France), finding out about the region.
Patricia and Stewart, two wonderful Canadian grand-parents, with their two beautiful and so educated grand-daughters, en route to Taxco
Tea and Hans (Holland), with an extensive experience of Mexico, want to experience the Copper Canyon train, then see the Wales in the Sea of Cortes, then get some sun tan in Baja California
Ulrike (Germany), on a fasttrack to the Pacific beaches
Sarah and Naomi (UK), arriving from Mexico, spent 2 nights in Chihuahua before jumping on the train. Yes, they did wake up 1 hour earlier (5:15 am) because there is one hour difference between Mexico city and Chihuahua.
The complete University of New Mexico team
Sarah (France) getting use to a saddle before going to Creel
Carla and Alessandro (Italy) on their way to Creel
Rocio (Mexico) from Guadalajara to Creel
Kristina (Austria) and Georgi (Germany), gathering tips for the Copper Canyon
Ley and Anja (Germany), on the road from Creel to Zacatecas
A nice Canadian couple visiting Chihuahua with their RV, and using our wireless Internet.
Josel Luis (Mexico), taking a break to at last know the Northern part of Mexico
Steve, visiting us from the USA
Werner and Dago (Netherlands), used Chihuahua as a gate to Latin America : 3 nights to erase totally the jetlag, and get confident in Mexico thanks to the quiet Chihuahua.
Anja and Ley (Germany), from Tucson to Creel
Marie (UK), arriving from Tucson, met the 2 Australians and they went to dinner all out together, then on her way to Creel the next day.
Maggie and Lisa (Australia) made the perfect stay in Chihuahua : 1 day to visit the Menonites, 1 day to visit Creel, and 1 quiet day to visit the city of Chihuahua, including a few free drinks by the same restaurant for 2 evenings. Maggie and Lisa, it seems that everyone in Chihuahua appreciate you !
Franziska (Autria), Berenice (Mexico), and Benedikt (Germany), come from Mexico to see the true Sierra Madre, and decided to take the train to Cerocahui. Agnez (Hungaria) met them at the hostel and will join them in the train.
Heather, Jared and David, 3 gringo-chilangos from Texas and Nuevo Mexico but studying in Mexico, and as a result speaking a great spanish !
Martina and Reto (Switzerland), a young couple entering Mexico through Chihuahua, all the way to Costa Rica.
Alexa and Christoph (Germany), 2 surgeons visiting the Sierra Madre. Christoph got sick and stayed in bed for 3 days, while Alexa took advantage of being temporarily single and visited all the Chihuahua's bars! Salud !
Patrick (Germany) coming from the cold Sierra Madre, en route to Monterrey, then back to Stuttgart
Marisa and Luis (Brazil), totally frozen, but they loved Chihuahua's food
Rachel, Stefany and Lees (New Zealand), 3 frozen kiwis skipping Creel and heading straight to Los Mochis and Tepic
Gordon (New-Zealand), on holiday between the organisation of 2 yearly classic motorbikes rallies
Simon (Australia), en route to Creel
Kaspar (Netherland), geography teacher completing his knowlegde "hands-on"
Atsushi (Japan), civil engineer who needed a good break in Mexico
Amadeo, Ansailda, Javier, Oceania, (USA and Argentina), Nancy (USA) and Gustaco(Argentina), What a great family !
Federica and Giacomo (Italy), taking the train with the latest generation of backpack :-)
Brent (USA), speaking amazingly well spanish, coming with his bike from Canada
Sandra and Dominique (Germany), studying in Guadalajara
Bernardo y Leonbardo (Mexico), from Queretaro to Creel
Nidia and Hector (Mexico), just married, and future hostel owner, and Trevor (Canada), manager of a hostel in Canada
How can you tell Kalim is from UK ? The only backpacker in the world with an umbrella hanging on the backpack...
Gaby (UK) and Kalim (UK), aiming south further to a few days in Batopilas which they loved.
Joe and Peter (UK)
Chris and Sadie (USA)
Ingrid and Walter (Germany)
Nathanael (UK), future hostel owner, and Rob (Nederlands), treasurer of the group, along with Romain on the next picture.
Romain (France) , you may hurry up, the train leaves in 50 seconds... And he made it !
Tim (Australia) and Stephane (France) can hardly communicate on their different languages, but have lots of fun together
Martina and Kristin (Alemania) , before flying to Mexico
Oliver and Petra, with a baby expected for beginning of may. We want a picture of the baby please !
Jacqueline (Netherlands) and Anne (Germany), en route to Creel after a few beer with new Mexican friends in Chihuahua
Greg (Germany), Adrian (Canada) and Daniel (Germany), teaming up for a few days through the Copper Canyon
Larya and Amanda (Canada), brother and sister lucky enough to go together on holiday
Sharn, Paula and Tamsin, 3 sweet English ladies
Christophe, Cedric, Yannick, Martin, Charles, Emilien (France) completing a training at the Tec of Monterrey, in a trip all around Mexico
Eddy and Francois (France), travelling all around Mexico
Estella and Eloise (France), from a student exchange program in Tampico
Katerine, Justin, Amish, Katrina and Elisa (Australia), Rafael (France) and Florian (Germany), eating while temperature is -5 outside ...
Tourism can be quite hard sometimes....
The first class reception team...
Monique, Sophie and Olivier (France) come to visit Nicolas who is studying on Creel.
Suzan (USA) and James (UK), resting in Chihuahua from a long trip to Creel
Paul (Netherlands) , for 2 days in Chihuahua
Did we say the atmosphere changes every day at Casa Chihuahua ?
A crazy gang here formed by Amanda and Larya (Canada), Adrian (USA), Greg and Daniel (Germany)
Anne-Sophie visits its boyfriend Matthieu (France) who studies in Cuernavaca
Alicia (USA) and Luis (Venezuela)
Francois (France) is a senior technician for IBM. Would you have guessed it ?
Sheryl (USA) and Steve (Australia).Steve's first question : "Do you sell beer ?" :-)
Vicki and Mizz (Australia), preparing for a few days in Creel
Seth and Micha (USA), last year of medecine studies
Mia and Heather (USA), who had a great time around Divisadero
Richard (Australia), trekking around the Copper Canyon
Mario (Mexico), on holiday from his architect job in Baja California
Irene (Spain) ,taking the Copper Canyon train, then the ferry to Los Cabos
Sylvia y Stephan (France), visiting the North of Mexico.
Loly, Alix y Axel (Mexico) watching the Canyon del Peguis
Fiona (Scotland) y Edward ( England), ready for the adventure in Creel
Simone Dietrich (Switterland) from Monterrey to Guadalajara
Catherine (Australia), back from a several weeks journey all around Mexico
Rodulfo y Ernesto, bicycling around Creel and hopefully coming back in one piece
Vinne and Alblas (Netherlands) , en route to Creel for a few days
Annabelle (England) cooking since 4 months a pretty baby and her friend (US) , back from a few days in El Fuerte and Creel
Martina and Rolan (Austria) , experimenting the train straight to El Fuerte
Patricia and Monique (Netherlands), visiting the Menonites, then the Copper Canyon
Sonja and Marti (Spain) , hardly sleeping, always on the road
Carole (Switzerland), resting a few days from a trip to Durango. Next stop : Creel
Monique (Switzerland), resting a few days from a trip to Durango. Next stop : Creel
Nicole (Belgium) and Anton (Switzerland), staying 3 nights in Chihuahua, then going to Creel
3 biologists from Ensenada (Mexico) coming back from Batopilas
Catherine and Tim (UK) take the train straight to El Fuerte.
Veronica and Federico (Uruguay), took the cheap plane from Mexico to Chihuahua, visit Creel for 3 days then come back
Anne and Thomas (France), escaped their Bretagne for a 5 weeks trip across Mexico
Maria Jose, Marina, Jacobo y Juan Ramon (Spain), right before jumping on the train to the Copper Canyon
Christian (France), mixing technologies from horse sadle to singing while reading lyrics on Internet
Alister (New-Zealand), likes Chihuahua as some women were naturally following him in the street...
Fabiola and Jose (Mexico) escaped Mexico city craziness for a calmer life in Playa del Carmen
Loly (Mexico), Alister (New-Zealand) and Christian (France), chatting at the reception
Zoé and Joris (Belgium), Rachel and Gumersindo (Spain) exchanging travel tips about the region
Zoé and Joris (Belgium), from Creel bars to Zacatecas bars. Salud !
Eva and Carla (Spain), in transit from Mexico to Creel
Kelly and Jeremy (USA), from Creel to Madera
Alan (Ireland), Nick (New Zealand ) and Nathan (Australia) en route to Zacatecas
These guys may not be gringos.
Jerem, Tibo and Didi (France), participating in a finance / economics
exchange program in Tampico , here with Phil (owner)
Anne (Germany), from the Copper Canyon to the beach of Cancun
Thomas (Switzerland) visited numerous countries in America Latina, like
El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala . He is now taking the train to Creel
Simone and Marlene (Switzerland) arrived by bus from Creel, and fly to Cancun
Nicola (UK), further to the train el Chepe, may take a train from El Paso to L.A,
while Ralph (Switzerland), coming from Creel, takes a plane to Mexico and Cancun
Sandra and France (Canada), on their express way from El Fuerte to Mexico
Urs (Switzerland), and Nick (Australia), who met for the first time at Casa Chihuahua
Numazawa (Japan), between 2 jobs in Japan, and visiting Mexico
Giovanna (Hungary), for a short break from LA in Copper Canyon
Cecile et Claire (Fra), visiting Mexico from North to South
Hannah and Julia (Germany)
Yuka (Japan)
Seth and Micha (USA), last year of medecine studies
Oko, Ayumi, and Miwa (Japan) visit Mexico for 1 month
Yuki (Japan) is in an exchange program with a fundamental research university in LA, USA
Alejandro (Mexico), Gabriela (Mexico) and Marianna(Czech rep)
Antonio (Mexico) on holiday before taking a new job, Antonio and Miguel, father and son (Spain)
Paul (UK), riding his bike around the world
Zuly (Mexico), want to see the Copper Canyon.
Hisatawa (Japan), en route to Creel.
Jana, Maja, Flurina, (Switzerland) and William (USA)
Christina and Eva (Spain), participating in a medicine exchange program in Monterrey
Marius (Switzerland), participating in a medicine exchange program in Monterrey
Catherine (Australia), writing a detailed guide about Mexico
Antonio y Rena y sus 3 ninos (Mexico)
Dad (USA), daughter (Germany - Hey, happy birthday ! ) and mother (Germany)
Charlotte and Louise
Mexican-UK party !
Francisco and Daniel (Spain)
Loly (Mexico), Hannah and Julia (Germany)
Ana and Jose (USA)
Truby (Colombia) and Olivier (France)
Alix (Mexico) and Yu (Japan)
Elise and Joe (USA)
Petra and Jason (Australia)
Iratxe and Jaime (Spain)
Andreane and Anaie (Canada)
Emma and Alex (UK)
John (Canada)
Ymer (Mexico)
Andres, Ignacio y Fernando (Mexico)
Rosa, Pilar, Monserrat, Daniel and Rodrigo (Spain)
Lucy and Kalind (USA)
Joe (USA)
Laura (Italia), Adam (UK) and Eddy (Mexico)
Creeni and Daniel (Australia)
Family group from Juarez(Mexico)
From left to right :
Yvelin (Mexico), Salvador, Romina (Spain),Fermin, Luisa (Spain)
From left to right :
Kike,Samuel,Marisol, Alejandro, Ramon,
Monica, Emanuel y Omar (Mexico)
Emanuel, Omar, Samuel (Mexico) and Marisol (Mexico)
Alix (France), Omar, Kike and Alejandro (Mexico)
Valerie (Belgium)
Jose-luis (Mexico), Jeanne and Benoit (France)
Jeanne et Benoit(France)
Ane (Denmark) and Alix (Mexico)
Adrien and Frederick (France)
Ana (Sweden) and Simon (Danemark)
Loly, Silvia and Carlos (Mexico)
Trae and Greg (USA)
Ruth and Roger (Spain)
Koga (Japan), Diana, Alix and Loly (Mexico)
Ale and Javi (Mexico)
Javi and Raul's birthday "Mordida ! Mordida !" (Mexico)
Loly and Diana (Mexico), Luke (UK)
UK group
UK group
UK group
UK group
UK group