Posada Tolosa Zacatecas

... discordant, tuneless showpieces! Sun was apparently 'world' music - turn out to be a big group of hippy drummers who shouted not sang - meant I wandered off to see.....some more drummers, devilish street theatre! This week the music moved out of the centre to the Feria site, about 5k's away - certainly less inclined to head out there to see some unknowns, so contented myself warching the folk dancing in town Mon-Weds. Thurs took a day trip to the local ruins, called ...

... Chihuahua is a big city with some large "residential estates". WOW talk about close living! Other than that it was just another big city and we managed to negotiate through no worries. We found an RV park on the south side of the city and were lucky to get a pull through site with full hook up (we're the only ones here!) Dinner was at the restaurant out the front, Hamburguesas, sopa de tortilla, chile relleno burrito and, tacos de abrigada. Bueno. I ...

... It was a tiny but memorable jewel of my Mexican visit." --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- From the moment that I read about this "mask" museum in Zacatecas I had a great desire to visit it. Time was a factor as we rushed to the museum after returning from Guadalupe. We had to walk about 3 kilometers across town and arrived at the museum within 15 minutes of closing time. Yes, go ahead and ...

... the Cerro de la Bufa - the endless gazing at the view below and our overenthusiastic taking of photos, including photos of ourselves and finally..... - the last good photos of Barbara before she got a "haircut" in Rincon de Guayabitos Reasons to Consider Zacatecas as a Long-Term Stay - physically it is probably the most beautiful city we have seen in Mexico - houses in the center sell for about $150,000 Canadian as a ball ...

A caravan booking all the camping spots in Melaque forced us to move north. There isn't any additional camping south so we had to do some back tracking. First we checked out Boca Beach. Beach was nice but campsite was nothing but soft sand. Well after our previous experience in soft sand and not a soul around to push we decided to go check out Tenacatia. This beach was also nice but the lagoon behind town ...

... I was a bit frazzled and ****** off that my bike broke. After hurredly working the phones I figured out that I would have to have the new shock shipped to Laredo, TX and take the bus on a 1000 mile round-trip to pick it up. Luckily, I had three days to wait before I had to do this. Yet more luckily we found ourselves in one of the most pleasant cities I've been to. Most luckly of all, this all happened ...

... Luckily I have Tomas' as an interpretor and basically it was a betting scene prior to the concert. The chicken fights were interesting, but sad at the same time cause it was bloody. The loser usually dies or gets really ****ed up. After seeing a few chickens die, it was time to set up for the concert and get the music going. Hector (Alvaro's brother) and his wife also joined us for this event. I was feeling pretty good, but my stomach was starting to act ...

... the beast rampaged around the arena in pursuit of some other fool. Alberta Bill was a jovial rustic sort with lanky chestnut-brown hair and a luxuriant moustache. In his younger days he'd worked with bulls, experience which he was about to put to good use. He stood a dozen yards in front of the bull, legs apart, arms outstretched, felt hat in hand. The bull rushed forward and off Bill went, straight through the posts, the animal hot on his tail. Fortunately for Bill, Bobo ...

... at least once a night with the twin aims of improving my Spanish and having a good time. There was usually somebody interesting to be found at the hostel who was willing to tag along. It was Saturday evening and I was sitting in the kitchen at the Villa Colonial wondering what to do when the sound of a brass band came in from the street outside. I stuck my head out the door and sure enough a line of musicians walked past - a trumpeter, a tuba player and a ...

... we reached the summit...it was worth it though cos the view was lovely. Well if I didn´t see much poverty in Reynosa and Monterrey, I certainly saw it in Zacatecas. It´s a pretty ran- down city although it does have some nice cathedrals in the early Mexican Baroque style (whatever the devil that is!), Zacatecas also gave us our first experience with the Mexican indigenous people. We originally went to Zacatecas on the recommendation of ...