December 19, 2008
“Uno y Uno” at a street corner means…..one and then one…like a four way stop!
The sugar cane has gone to flower…the flower looks like swamp grass…because the harvesters were on strike. The strike ended yesterday.
The funeral parade participants were carrying white balloons because the boy that died was so young…only 19. He stayed out partying all night and in the early morning hours fell, hitting his head and dying from the head injury….sad!
Vegetarians, like our guide yesterday to Potrero de La Palmita, Vicente (Benny because it sounded like he was saying benicent or something like that) do not like to talk about chicken cooked on a spit or beef. It was a delightful trip for us three, Shirley, Barbara, and I in a van meant for twelve. The guys were gone for a quad ride east of La Penita with Abel, the vege and fruit vender, and Allen, the hotel and bungalow rental native. Us three women did not get back until 730 pm and went 61 kilometers past Tepic, so maybe covered 75 or more miles of farm country in our drive. We saw the largest sugar cane processing plant in the state, the state capital, Tepic, and what was the first state capital,Compostella. Rio Grande de Santiago is the location of two dams and a new one being built up stream. We went to the first one and across the lake to a the village of Potrero de La Palmita, where we were greeted by a tribe of Indians. We walked through their village, checking on their crafts, hand brick making, buildings, and an actual new retreat they are building for vacationers. It was very remote and quite a boat ride to get there. Our guide was 41 years old, not married, but the father of twins going to school in the states. He was full of good humor and good stories, so we had a great time, stopping to look at the Christmas decorations, cathedrals, town squares, museums and eating in some of his favorite restaurants (we found later that he owns one of them). Vicente likes politics and is runner up for mayor, we think, although mayor may not be the exact position he is running for. He has been in business in these towns for many years and knew everyone. He was interviewed while we had breakfast by a TV station reporter about his involvement in the turtle release program.
“Uno y Uno” at a street corner means…..one and then one…like a four way stop!
The sugar cane has gone to flower…the flower looks like swamp grass…because the harvesters were on strike. The strike ended yesterday.
The funeral parade participants were carrying white balloons because the boy that died was so young…only 19. He stayed out partying all night and in the early morning hours fell, hitting his head and dying from the head injury….sad!
Vegetarians, like our guide yesterday to Potrero de La Palmita, Vicente (Benny because it sounded like he was saying benicent or something like that) do not like to talk about chicken cooked on a spit or beef. It was a delightful trip for us three, Shirley, Barbara, and I in a van meant for twelve. The guys were gone for a quad ride east of La Penita with Abel, the vege and fruit vender, and Allen, the hotel and bungalow rental native. Us three women did not get back until 730 pm and went 61 kilometers past Tepic, so maybe covered 75 or more miles of farm country in our drive. We saw the largest sugar cane processing plant in the state, the state capital, Tepic, and what was the first state capital,Compostella. Rio Grande de Santiago is the location of two dams and a new one being built up stream. We went to the first one and across the lake to a the village of Potrero de La Palmita, where we were greeted by a tribe of Indians. We walked through their village, checking on their crafts, hand brick making, buildings, and an actual new retreat they are building for vacationers. It was very remote and quite a boat ride to get there. Our guide was 41 years old, not married, but the father of twins going to school in the states. He was full of good humor and good stories, so we had a great time, stopping to look at the Christmas decorations, cathedrals, town squares, museums and eating in some of his favorite restaurants (we found later that he owns one of them). Vicente likes politics and is runner up for mayor, we think, although mayor may not be the exact position he is running for. He has been in business in these towns for many years and knew everyone. He was interviewed while we had breakfast by a TV station reporter about his involvement in the turtle release program.
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