Michapa

By car: Michapa is on Federal Highway 166, which leaves Highway 95 at Alpuyeca (south of Cuernavaca) and runs through Miacatlán, Tetecala and Coatlán del Río toward the Cacahuamilpa caves. From Mexico City take the 95D toll road to Cuernavaca, keep going toward Acapulco as far as Alpuyeca, then turn west onto the 166. From Cuernavaca it is about 36 km in a straight line, somewhat more by road (about 45 minutes to an hour). Wikipedia puts the municipal seat, Coatlán del Río, about 65 km from Cuernavaca. To the south, Federal Highway 103 starts at Michapa and runs about 16 km down to Amacuzac, where it joins Highway 95 toward Puente de Ixtla and Iguala.

By public transport: take a bus from Terminal Sur (Taxqueña) to Cuernavaca, then onward transport toward Coatlán del Río or the caves along the 166, which passes through Michapa; check at the Cuernavaca terminal which line runs, as we found no published timetable. Xochitepec, the nearest pueblo, is about 21 km in a straight line (about 25 minutes by car).

Stop at the Michapa crossroads, where federal highways 166 and 103 meet.
Stroll the village centre and its main street.
Ask locally for the way to the Laguna de Michapa on the outskirts, for cattle and dry-scrub scenery.
Follow Highway 166 to Coatlán del Río, the municipal seat, with its parish and the Chalma river.
Keep going toward the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, near the Guerrero line.