Hotel Suites Carolina Guadalajara

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... more unbelievable scenery through the canyons, which, over the entire route dropped from 2400m to 34m. The lowest elevation I’d been at since leaving London. The only train going on that day was first class. We had security guards with machine guns on board pacing the train like they were in the movies. There was also something strange going on in the front of the train and the rear carriage was reserved for one guy? Matthew and I sat in the bar ...

... went mad as the Chivas fans revelled in getting one up on their adversaries so early on. Then, barely a minute later Chivas had scored again with their second attack of the game. It was the fastest two goals I had seen since... well, since Arsenal scored twice in 11 seconds against us last week.

This quick pace was maintained throughout the entire first half; Atlas pulled one back after about 10 minutes, before ...

... in the next blog post, once I collect all the fantastic picture people took last weekend.
Meanwhile, I´m going to share an aspect of Guadalajara that I´m particularly enamoured with: street life. Unlike back home, streets here are more than just a conveyance from one place to another. They house a vibrant informal economy, peddlers of everything from windshield wipers, 30 ...

... light in time to identify my assailant as a fair sized cockroach! However, by the time I grabbed a shoe to batter it with, the ****er had disappeared beneath my wardrobe.

I have since become somewhat paranoid. Where will it crawl next time I sleep? Not my face? Or will I awake to find a scorpion in my bed or a tarantula spinning its web around me? Tonight I'll be applying plenty of insect repellent before bed and sleeping with a loaded gun beneath the pillow...

... lesson.
A little on the American’s I have met so far on my travels: So far, it seems most of the American’s I have met have not been like the ones I had the displeasure of working with and talking to in London. In fact, most of them have been lovely. What makes them different is the fact that a number have chanted “USA USA”, which is so lame, and also that most, but not all, that I have met seem a victim of their media. I met one lass ...

... laundry each morning (one of my favorite things ever) and cooking. Last week, I devoted an entire day of my life to beef stew- shopping for ingredients, peeling and chopping vegetables, cooking, eating. It was yummy and I love this life. It's no secret that I feel better suited to live outside of the US... I think it might be because Tanzania was the place I was first taught (forced?) to take care of myself. Right now, in Mexico- which ...

... traffic was nuts, turn signals optional, and merging happening without warning. I'm really glad we didn't drive. Many buildings appear abandoned, and some look older than others. We checked into the hotel and went to our rooms. They are very modest; 2 queen beds in one room and a simple futon couch in the other. It is threadbare but clean, and has two full bathrooms coming off of each room. We designated one the "I drank the water" bathroom. After checking in, we went to get ...

... which cemented why I should have learnt more Spanish before I left, got on this bus to take me to the main bus station out of town, as I got on the driver babbled Spanish at me at an alarming rate. Asked him to speak more slowly, but after he babbled at me at exactly the same speed I thought, sure whatever mate, nodded and said, si, si. Anyway about an hour later I realised he had probably been saying something along the lines of "hey crazy guerra, you do ...

... parents' home town about an hour and fifteen minutes from Guadalajara. I had been there once before, about seven years ago. I must confess that back then I didn't think much of the town, but this time I came away with a greater appreaction for it's small town charm and pace of life (must be my old age). : ) The first thing we did was drive by the piece of land Susie's mom still owns. Sometime during the beginning of this trip we began talking about how great it would be to ...