El Burro Borracho
Travel Blogs from Troncones
Living it up on the day of the dead
... have a lunatic on your hands and should call the police, but beware the risk of YOU being the one getting arrested…
Again, this was just a scenario that had me giggling to myself at a moment as good as any for such silly thoughts.
I’m not sure how I will survive going back to that cold place I normally live in. It is so much easier living in a world where “outside” is the same nice warm kind temperature as inside. Where ...
Is this really legal??
... around the world in other cultures. It focuses on people getting together, honoring and remembering deceased loved ones, making private altars and offering flowers, the favorite foods of the deceased persons, candy skulls, beverages, and other things.
I can’t wait until tomorrow to see the town come to life in honor of death!
For tonight – Happy Halloween!
For tomorrow – Feliz Día de los Muertos!
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Crime but no punishment
... stupid pointlessness, I’ve had my own shadow follow me with a knife at my throat. Now THAT is scary.
This guy was so much less intimidating.
Besides getting mugged I’ve spent the last few weeks hanging out with my AWESOME friends and enjoying life by the sea. The diving has unfortunately been put on hold partly due to a broken compressor at the shop but as the diving was not originally on any wish-list of mine, I’m not bothered. Perhaps ...
Cleaning my soul but keeping a dirty mind...
... the others hoping that that was the right thing to do…
So here I was, after a morning that started with saluting the four elements, Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire, getting doused in “holy smoke”, lying on the floor of a clay “oven” the shape of an igloo.
This works almost like a Swedish sauna, steam heating the place up, causing us all to sweat profoundly. If I understood things right, this is supposed to represent the womb of ...
Probably the longest entry, but worth it!
... One guy seemed like a mafia guy but when we said we wanted cash and didn’t accept his check, he wasn’t interested anymore. The other guy was offering us 4 kg of silver. What the f… are we going to do with 4 kilos of silver? He claimed we’d be able to sell it easily but he couldn’t 'cause he has a silver store and can’t go to his competitors to sell it. Just for fun Jason wanted to try it and of course it didn’t quite work out. I wonder ...