iReporter marked Mexico 's bicentennial with a road trip . The journey began in the city of Guadalajara, where I was greeted by an old friend from my college days who had been living there for years and whose family owned several businesses there. However , walking through the enchanting back alleys , or callejones , of Guanajuato and Zacatecas , I quickly remembered that the beauty of these romantic old colonial towns was one of the reasons why I moved to Mexico in the first place . The ruins of La Quemada near Zacatecas are not to be missed , he said .
iReporter marked Mexico 's bicentennial with a road trip . The journey began in the city of Guadalajara, where I was greeted by an old friend from my college days who had been living there for years and whose family owned several businesses there. The ruins of La Quemada near Zacatecas are not to be missed , he said .