Guadalajara to San miguelle de Allende

14 October 2010

 

For a short while I believed i was so at one with nature that the most beautiful butterflies all longed to be in my amazing company...then I realized they were just using me for my salty skin..

 

 

In some parts of the country, particularly deep in the mountains, the skies are crazy..To the right torrential rains, thunder and lightning that makes the hair on you neck stand to attention every time the sky shouts...and to the left, very tranquillo, perfect riding conditions, with the sun peeking in and out of the clouds...guess which direction I was heading?

 

 

nice textures

 

 

crossing state lines

 

 

this plus rain

 

 

this!

 

 

living life on the constant edge

 

 

corn is everywhere

 

 

roadside eatery

 

 

night falling

 

 

a super stealthy camp spot, hidden from all sides, yet close to the raod...pitched on a slope though so spent half the night swimming, it poured it down all night

 

 

Beautiful morning

 

 

map to the best 'pan/bakery in the city

 

 

choices

 

 

owners of the bakery who offered me free pan, and we had a good chat for around an hour, she is studying business and will take over the operation of the shop, nice people

 

 

note in the background the black jesus,

 

 

while I was eating some pan, dude pulled up, asked me the usual ?'s, told me I was awesome and insisted i take a few pesos, so the next pan will be on him, and sped off...cool guy

 

 

volcano with a crater type lake within it

 

 

friends who took me to the volcano, contemplating the tricky climb down

 

 

nice family who welcomed me and gifted me with herbal remedies for my injured big toe

 

 

some of the crazy cool stuff she (see above) selled from her front garden/business

 

 

the faker

 

 

the real deal..Cajeta, sweet type of caramel that's nice on biscuits and bananas or if your like me..just about anything

 

 

2 willing riders

 

 

2 willing riders

 

 

1 hill from hell

 

 

wow, strong riding

 

 

my days of luck are over

 

 

the best victory food after a hard days ride......pan

 

 

we arrived in San Miguelle to a yearly celebration that was in full swing

 

 

village life

 

 

similar to that of Rio de Janerio's

 

 

Awesome sunset

 

Thank you

soon come.

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