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Hacienda San Antonio el Puente Is the perfect escape. The hacienda was built in the 16th century and grew over the centuries. It’s just outside of Cuernavaca, and just a 90-minute drive form Mexico City.

You come here to escape all the stresses of the world. You never have to leave the beautiful property. It’s extensive, and you can roam it for hours.

I was reading Malcolm Lowry’s, Under The Volcano, considered one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.

A British ex-diplomat stays in Cuernavaca to escape the horrors of World War 2. He can’t escape it psychologically, and gets drunk on mezcal every day. He falls deeper and deeper into despair. It’s not a happy ending.

By the 19th century, the hacienda became a sugarcane factory. Over 600 people lived here.

Sugarcane needs dark areas to crystallize. We roamed the dark tunnels throughout the hacienda.

The hacienda has a top-notch restaurant. You’ll probably want to eat all of your meals here.

Cuernavaca’s climate is eternal spring, so the indoor spaces are very open.

We had some heavy rain during our stay, but the rain was relaxing and beautiful, too.

Mole (you pronounce it mo-lay) is a complex sauce with over 30 ingredients and it takes days to prepare. In Cuernavaca, they make a guava mole that’s sweet and delicious.

This is the amate tree. In Chiapas (the southernmost state in Mexico), they make paper from this tree.

We bought some amate paper in Zacatecas, about a 7-hour drive north.

If you visit Mexico City, give yourself a couple of nights here at the hacienda. Bring mosquito repellent.