Pictures of Zirahuén, Mexico
 
Zirahuén on this and the next page is a town and a lake west and south of Patzcuaro. From the Patzcuaro bus station you can catch a bus for 7 pesos which will start off towards Uruapan and then turn off south for the last 5 km to the town. Get off the bus where the pavement ends and walk to the left towards the lake. The lake is smaller but much deeper than Lake Patzcuaro. There is almost no development around the lake. What little there is is on the west side where the launchas travel to and from.
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I got off the bus too late and had to walk back up this street to get to the dock area. As I got closer to the dock area I got progressively better peeks at the lake. Looking south here are the basketball courts on the right. Finally I found the well manicured area of the dock. There is a fancy restaurant up front here and many many less fancy dockside restaurants all try to feed you.

The restaurant at the end of the dock affords this skybox seat to catch the cool lake breezes as you sip your beverage while waiting for your boat. The road up the hill goes to Santa Clara. A lone sailboat has the lake all to itself. (Looking east southeast from the center of the lake)

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