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after the craziness of the last couple of days, and today being the actual holiday, we expected cinco de mayo to be nuts. nuts, i tell you!
well, we got up, surprised to see that the garbage and bottles and etc left by all the revelers yesterday was still scattered about. it was ten am. when would it be cleaned up?
we decided yesterday that we'd go into town today and check things out. we were hoping that there would be some cinco de mayo fun happening... however it would seem that it's not much of an actual holiday here (just an excuse for government workers to not work). the market was open, and big stores, but not much in the way of places to sit and have a beer. (i know right, our life is so hard)
anyway, we took the $6 peso (50 cent) bus into town (about a 50 minute ride), and wandered around for a few hours. i bought some nice earrings in the zocalo (town square), and also some sweet purple jersey knit fabric for $39.99 pesos/m (about $3.50 CAD/meter, 1/10 of the price in canada!) we also had a smoothie, and checked out the central mercado (market), where we bought some veggies and fruit.
when we were ready to leave, we tried to find the busses that come out this way, but all of the traffic was being diverted because of an accident. we walked up the road trying to find a bus, which we didn't, but we did see the accident. there was a woman's body in the road, covered by a blanket. she must have been hit by a car or something. there really seems to be no rhyme or reason to driving in mexico (and accordingly, it suits mike just perfectly), but for the most part we've found that people are very patient. there have been moments where we were certain people would be honking and yelling (at each other, if not at us - and driving a beast like the defiant, there are times when we deserve it), but everyone just waits it out, understanding that this is just how it is. that being said, horns seem to be used more as a greeting/form of encouragement than a warning, and a left hand signal in mexico means "pass me" (i bet you love that, dad)... what i'm going on about, really, is that there seem to be very few rules, and while most of the time it seems to work, in a crazy way, there are moments like today that remind me of how dangerous even crossing the street can be. that being said, everything can change in a heartbeat, so there's no point in not following your dreams, every moment of every day!
we ended up taking a cab back here ($160 pesos including tip, about $12 CAD for a 30 minute ride) instead of the bus. this place was open today, though there was barely anyone here and it's mercifully quiet. we were so happy to come home to a clear blue pool.
it's supposed to rain a little tonight - this will be the first actual rain on our trip so far, and we're a bit nervous. mike replaced the little roof vent on the defiant today in preparation. hopefully she's waterproof!
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