Real de Catorce was a small mining town built in the late 1700's high up in the mountains and on the edge of the desert. The mine was built in 1773 and there is a small ghost town right above the existing town. The first day we arrived there we met the guy (Cruse) so looks after the old mine in one of the little restaurants. We started talking to him and he offered us a tour of the old mine and of course we accepted. We got to see the mine itself, plus the old office building just outside the mine and some of the old carts that were used. Inside the office building we found a bunch of old documents. He said there were tons of them and if we wanted to keep one we could! The next day we went on a desert tour on horseback. It took the whole day to go down into the desert from the mountains, wander around for a few hours and ride back up.
We ended up camping the last two nights on Cruse's land right beside the old office building. We also walked up to see the old ghost town that looks more like archaeological ruins then a ghost town but still interesting. It also had some old mining caves that apparently go deep into the mountain and meet up with the oldest one. So far I think that this has been my favorite town to see!
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