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Also Floating Around
Most mornings early, while the air is still cool, one hears the whoosh of the kerosine burner of a hot air balloon lofting intrepid visitors gently over the rooftops of El Centro. Seen here against the corner of our Palapa, … Continue reading
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Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s a Helicam
This creepy little camcopter was floating around over us during our usual sojourn in the Jardin at dusk. Remote controlled and carrying its own lighting, it was filming the crowds milling around during Semana Santa.
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Carrying Your Own Weight
Burros weigh in at around 500 pounds and can comfortably carry about 250 pounds, the weight of the average gringo. But here in San Miguel, they are often seen carrying much greater loads without apparently getting too pissed off about … Continue reading
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Flamethrower Pork
On Good Friday here in San Miguel the local streets are closed to traffic and all the foodsellers, and even many householders, put out stalls selling all kinds of great Mexican street food. Still one of our favorites however is … Continue reading
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More From the Plaza de Toros
A shot from this week’s bullfight at which there were six bulls, four confronting the toreadors, and two engaging Pablo Hermosa de Mendoza on horseback.
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Flying Feathers
Once again, this year, the dancers are in town. The drumming starts in the evening and goes on all day. Seven troupes in all in the Jardin. There must be a load of large birds running around with naked butts … Continue reading
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Delivered Right To Your Doorstep
Yesterday evening, while relaxing after dinner, we heard an eerie, extremely loud, and other-worldly howling whistle in the street that we had never heard before, more like an alien invasion than the knife grinder’s melodious occarina like sound, … Continue reading
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The World’s Second Oldest Profession
In San Miguel, it is customary to see these old folks, usually women, pleading for money while sitting in doorways throughout El Centro. Their main aim is to shake some change out of the Gringos or Chilangos (as folks … Continue reading
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Stringing Along
Last sunday here in San Miguel, we were treated to a great performance by Gil Gutierrez, with Camille Garcia and Bob Stern who are joining him this year on accordion and violin, and with the special addition, for the first … Continue reading
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End of the Day
Among the schoolkids playing football, and the Mexicans and Gringos just wandering around or sitting beneath the trees, there are always some regulars that we see in the Jardin every evening. This elderly woman, nearly bent double with rickets, makes … Continue reading
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