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4. Guadalajara. Nov 14, 2015. Fabiola (my Spanish teacher) sent me a link to a documentary on “Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians”, from Huejuqilla. Must visit! Also mentioned the village of Nayar (take a bus to Tepic, then a long walk), a Huichol village. She is wonderfully patient, always smiling, many years’ teaching experience - an absolute pleasure to be taught by her. I hope my "progress" is not too disappointing for her.
Time flies, it is November 15, and time to start moving. My first stop: Guadalajara, about 5 hours by bus from Punta Mita. Ah, Guadalajara - the birthplace of mariachi, tequila, and charreria (Mexican rodeo). I found a cheap hotel in the adjacent suburb of Tlaquepaque. One night was plenty: so bad, it didn't even have running water.
Nov 15-16, 2015. Guadalajara.
Look ma - I can fly!
Met Nicola Corona at main plaza, took a taxi with him to do Guadalajara by night. Taxi left us off beside a bar with music. Danced with around 5 large, middle-aged women in a room with no fans and no air conditioning. Fun! Then walked all over central Guadalajara - lovely, big open plazas. (Trick photo: the beers were really not that big).
The next morning I landed a hostel on Guadalajara's the main plaza - clean, comfortable, cheap. And it even had running water! (no way I was going to stay in the Tlaquepaque loser hotel another night).
Visited the Hospicio Cabanas in Guadalajara. Built as an orphanage and hospital, the Hospicio Cabanas is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It contains 57 frescoes by Orozco, considered his best work:
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