|
Thursday June 6
http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz386.jpg I've in mind to drive along Pacific coastline, till Guatemala. If possible I'd like to visit the natural park of El Imposible. I've travelled for just two days in El Salvador, but this little country is amazing from a landscape viewpoint. Unfortunately the country is mainly known due his criminality problems. In the 80's, migrant people from El Salvador began in California to build one of the most dangerous gang in the world: the MS13 (Mara Salvatrucha 13). You can find the first references in the Danzel Washington's movie "Training Day" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13 even the National Geographic channel has made a documentary Ok everithing that this kind of persons make is unacceptable, but analize how this goups were born, grown and the way in that they run the organization, is interesting. For example their mimicry: but they are criminals. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/101_7510.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/101_7511.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/101_7512.jpg The hotel Milagro serves breakfast http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz387.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz388.jpg the little guard dog http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz389.jpg my itineraty skips the capital http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz390.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz391.jpg this girls are using the stop at the fuel station to make up their friend http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz392.jpg this is a right place, is safety, because weapons are forbidden http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz393.jpg a little diversion to can see the ocean: this country, from surfers point of view is a paradise http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz394.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz395.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz396.jpg this should be one of the best beaches of El Salvador http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz397.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz398.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz399.jpg ok now we are during the low season, but during the high season should be very crowed http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz400.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz401.jpg again on the road, just stopping if something interesting appears http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz402.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz403.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz404.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz405.jpg this tree had fallen down due the wind !! http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz406.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz407.jpg This part of the road, along the ocean is amazing: sometimes the ocean appears to you after a turn The natural park El Imposible is near the border with Guatemala: maybe I can sleep in the park and tomorrow afternoon cross the border. I've stopped at this crossroads to ask the direction to the park http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz411.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz409.jpg I've got to find this road that bring to the park http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz410.jpg Salvanatura - Parque Nacional El Imposible Is very difficult find this road: my map is too little and everibody I've asked for direcion is giving to me different advice. At 1 pm I stopped for lunch. This guys invited me to sit at the table. Obviously me and my motorbike are intriguing and thay begin to ask me where I'm from: ahh ok Italy. After some normal questions one of them asks if is truth that italian womens are "Mas candela !" Italian is similar to spanish and I've studied spanish for 3 months, but I can't understand: what does it means candela ? http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz412.jpg With an international gesture (is the last above in the right) I finally can translate Candela http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz413.jpg Are italian womens very very hot in the bed ? Ok now a little break is necessary. I don't think that in the world exist a human race (male or female) better than the other in the sexual activity. In my opinion it depends how much feeling you have with your partner, that can be tall, short, white yellow, orange etc... When i was young I remember the wedding of a my friend. He was one of the first to get married. During the pre-ceremony cocktail (it has begun since 2 hours), we are speaking about sex ( age average about 23/24 years), sex position etc.. A guy a little bit older ( 28) suddendly tells " This is a little bit disgusting: my wife don't think and don't do this kind of depravity" . I was behind him and remember to had answered: " With you !" He become purple and had gone. I tell to this guys, that I can't evaluate the passionate nature of the italian womans, but I can explain thei nature. Typically the italian woman (or girl) is very strong and is the home chief. When an italian man finish to work and comes back home, has to play with childrens, bring out the garbage and the dog: if foodstuffs are necessary the man has to go to the market. The guys look at me as I'm speaking of a population from the space, but the woman that run the little restaurant smiles. The first guy says"Is impossible" "Come in Italy my friend and you'll see it" I answer. After lunch I try again to find the road for El Imposible. For the umpteenth time I ask to the people. Finally an old man tells to me that the road is next to the right but he suggest to me to don't go to El Imposible. I ask why. He tells that the road is difficult even for a 4x4 car, the road is muddy and I'm travelling alone: a perfect target for pandillas. He tells that normally tourists go to the park with car and security. I remember how emty was the road to volcano Motombo in Nicaragua: it's better go on. I'm very close to the border with Guatemala: this means I'll have more time, for example, to visit the lake Atitlan El Salvador/Guatemala border http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz414.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz415.jpg I arrive around 5 pm at Cinquimullilla: hotel San Carlos http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz416.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz417.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz418.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz419.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz420.jpg |
Sorry for the stop of the report, but in this days I'm very busy with the work
Friday June 7 I wake up and decide to let check the knee in Escuintla: it is still a little bit red and blubber. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz421.jpg hospital parking http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz423.jpg I wait 10 minutes and when a door open ther's a woman, the doctor. In the same room ther's an old woman, with a problem in one arm. The doctor says that she's got to wait. Ther's still a little bit infection: what ? Since 9 days I've taken antibiotics. She asks to see all my prescriptions. Her, in this picture ( I've taken in Mexico City) you can see all my prescriptions and drugs at the end of the vacation. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz424.jpg She explain to me the situation: first doctor in Guatemala has given antibiotics and painkiller, but in the drugstore the employee gave me just painkiller. Second doctor , the one that has removed stitches hasen't written antibiotics on the prescription. For 9 day I've taken a lot of drugs, but not antibiotics. No problem she says: now with this antibiotic i'll resolve the problem in fwe days. It was natural for me ask "Are you sure ?" She get up watching me in the eyes: "Yo soy cubana " (I'm from Cuba): you know that doctors of Cuba are probably the best in Central and South America and often are working abroad, as support. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz425.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz422.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz426.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz427.jpg Italy's mark http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz428.jpg perfect place where let weld the stand of the bag http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz429.jpg now begins the mountains zone near the Atilan lake http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz430.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz431.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz432.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz433.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz434.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz435.jpg Suddendly the road disappears: a big fload has destroyed it http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz436.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz437.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz438.jpg The slush is delicious, but kids have surronded me http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz439.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz440.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz441.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz442.jpg low season means fog, but I was born in the Padan Plain and this fog is nothing for me http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz443.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz444.jpg Finally I reach the lake and God has given to me a 30 minutes break from the rain: so it's possible relax, and get some food http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz445.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz446.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz447.jpg This has been my route around the lake to can reach the panAmerican Highway http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz449.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz450.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz451.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz452.jpg Again the rain, but this time I've stopped at a school: interesting because in the morning is a primary school and in the afternoon is a secondary school. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz453.jpg Huaoo no more rain..but even no more pave http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz454.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz455.jpg at this pump the attendant write a map for me http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz456.jpg again the rain, but now I'm on the Panamerican Highway http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz457.jpg It's late and so I've stopped in Nahuala. Ther's just one motel, but without the parking. The entry is too much narrow and so isn't possible to bring the bike inside. The owner suggests to me to go to the fireman station and ask if they can keep the bike for the night. The firemen (bomberos) are very nice and not only keep the bike, but even me, because they've got a bed in a room with their equipments. All the firemen are volunteers and it was impossible for me give some money for the room. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz458.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz459.jpg for dinner this local Fried Chicken Restaurant is perfect http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz460.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz461.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz462.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz463.jpg Saturday June 8 For some minutes I become a honorary firemen http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz464.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz465.jpg breakfast in the market http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz466.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz467.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz468.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz469.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz470.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz471.jpg I really don't know the name and what's is it, but everibody was eating it http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz472.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz473.jpg I'd like at least reach the mexican border http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz474.jpg today just 180 km (112 miles), but rain, mountains, wind (and a very second-rate driver) don't allow me to drive for more http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz475.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz476.jpg |
again the fog
http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz477.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz478.jpg at 3 pm is necessasry a stop at this pulperia and I visit the home of the family that runs the shop http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz480.jpg mom and daughter are cooking http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz481.jpg this is the daughter: 19 years and a son two years old http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz482.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz483.jpg after 60 km (37 miles) under the rain I reach the border. On the Guatemala side everything's fine...on the mexican side no. Immigration has been quick, but at the custom the official tells to me that I've got to wait: something's wrong in the motorbike documents. After two hours (I was beginning to conceive the Mexican prisons) it's finisch. The motorbike was bought in Texas and at the time Oscar made the import documents at the border and then had regulated the import at the office in Mexico City. The documents numbers are different from office and border, so the police noticed this difference. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz484.jpg Somebody has told to me that in a nearby motel a room costs 15 $. The owner watch my motorbike and asks 25$: go to the hell. I've driven till Tapachula and for 2 $ a taxi brings me to an Hospedaje ( a cheap hotel): 10 $ for the room http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz485.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz486.jpg the main square http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz487.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz488.jpg finally I find the shave soap http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz489.jpg Sunday June 9 I've decided to reach Acapulco. In the middle ther's the city of Puerto Escondido. In Italy is a very famous place due this movie http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/puerto10.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz490.jpg breakfast in this road cafè http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz491.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz525.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz493.jpg In Chiapas checkpoints are very common http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz494.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz495.jpg at midday the sun is hitting me with a baseball bat. At this pulperia, the old man is happy to can say that he knows two famous italian actress: Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz496.jpg Around 3 pm I met this bunch of mexican bikers. They are going to a motorcyclist meeting organized for charity to local population: some days ago an hurricane has damaged a lot of houses http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz497.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz498.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz499.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz500.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz501.jpg |
This 9 years old bikers sure is better than me to drive
I hail everybody: I'm goning in the opposite direction http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz502.jpg hte damages of the hurricane http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz503.jpg first sign to Acapulco http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz504.jpg my idea is to rest in Tehuantepec, but the engine begins to sputter and the bike goes slow: I just can use the third gear and I'm not able to ride more than 25 miles (40 km) speed. After some minute I saw the sign to Mixtequilla 2 km ( 1 mile) : maybe a mechanic ? Around 7 pm I'm in the city, ther's a mechanic but it's closed. It's sunday. After few minutes two men with a car arrive in front of the workshop: great they are the owners. " Carburador senor" (carburetor) is the diagnosis. Tomorrow morning they can fix everything. Inthe city aren't motel, but just a kind of "eco lodge": the room is a little bit expensive 18 € = 24 $, but this is my only option http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz505.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz507.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz506.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz508.jpg ther's a big dog (doberman) ..but he's fastened to a chain. This is a good thing because very close to the doberman ther's the clotheshorse. I begin to hang my travel clothes when I heard snarl: no problem the doberman is fastened...but in this lodge there are 2 dogs. Obviously the other is free. Despite my hurt knee I'm faster then the second dog to run to the restaurant of the lodge, where the people stops the dog. Ok, for sure I'll go in the city to eat. the church http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz509.jpg the movida in Mixtequilla offers a female volleyball tournement, near the church http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz510.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz511.jpg dinner http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz512.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz513.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz514.jpg It' going dark, but I heard some music. Now happens one of the amazing moment that sometimes the fate organize for you: thanks bad carburator It's a parade of a politician candidate to mayor of Mixtequilla http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz515.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz516.jpg After I've taken some shots with my camera the people sign up me "officialy" http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz517.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz518.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz519.jpg The candidate is Benito Orozco Mendoza and I think he has won http://www.ieepco.org.mx/acuerdos/2013/plamovciu.pdf his party is the Movimento Ciudadano me and Benito Orozco Mendoza http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz520.jpg the candidate parade begins to move along streets and I follow with my motorbike the parade. The soundtrack is "El Pueblo unido jamais serà vencido http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz521.jpg this is the staff of the candidate...as in Italy I think too much people=too much salaries http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz522.jpg ok: the showgirl isn't bad http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz523.jpg a slush http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz524.jpg Monday July 10 If mechanic is able to fix the problem in the morning I should reach Puerto Escondido in the afternoon http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz526.jpg In the mechanic's workshop there are really any kind of veichle http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz527.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz528.jpg this guy is an engineer..out of work at the moment http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz529.jpg the problem was the carburetor: too much dirty http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz530.jpg two hours and everything's fine http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz531.jpg breackfast http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz532.jpg advertisements here are made by hands: no poster http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz533.jpg Looking at the map I had thought to drive along an ocean side road: wrong. It's very sporadic to can see the ocean. The road twist and turn between trees and is up and down on little hills http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz534.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz535.jpg The motorbike is running well: what can stop me ? A puncture. Perfect place: desert road and an unskilled biker...me. But I've got the glue to repair the tire and a littel air compressor. After half hour this is the situation: the glue is all around the ground and the air compressor doesn't works. A guy driving a car stops and tells to me that forward ther's a tyre center (vulcanizador). After he had driven to him he went back: the tyre dealer don't have a pick up to can load the bike and isn't sure to can repair the tyre. I begin to push the bike when it comes the vulcanizador that tells that his shops isn't far away. Who knows what's mean in Central America not far away ? 2 miles ? 5 miles ? 20 miles? I turn on the motorbike: 1st gear, little bit of gas and go ahead. The wokshop is in Copalita: 4 miles (7 km) http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz536.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz537.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz538.jpg same cards as in Italy http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz539.jpg the air compressor could not work: too big the hole, look at the nail http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz540.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz541.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz542.jpg Ok and now let me write something about the vulcanizador. This man (67 years old) has 3 wifes and 6 children. For this reason he must work a lot to pay maintenance. Now things are going a little bit better. He discovered that the second wife has 2 lovers. He spoke with this 2 men: "Ok I don't give a damn of this situation, but you've got to donate money for maintenance" Now he hopes that even 1st and 3rd wife could find a lover. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz543.jpg In the late afternoon I'm in Puerto Escondido http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz544.jpg A cabanas on the beach: 8 $ ( 6€) http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz545.jpg shower and a walk through the town http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz546.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz547.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz548.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz549.jpg with a lot of people should'nt be nice, but during hte love season is a relaxing place http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz550.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz551.jpg this is the pizzeria of the italian emigrant that inspired the movie http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz552.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz553.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz554.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz555.jpg An ice cream and some chat to end the evening http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz556.jpg |
Tuesday June 11
http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz557.jpg Today I want reach Acapulco http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz558.jpg here was filmed just some external views: Elvis never has been in Acapulco http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz560.jpg little wlak on the beach in the early morning http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz561.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz562.jpg Often the real life can offer some amazing show:little fishingboats are coming back: look how people bring boats on the beach http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz563.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/13/01/39/46/resiz564.jpg |
Wednesday June 13
Now starts the game plan to come back in Mexico City: on 15 of June I've got my fly back http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize15.jpg I wake up very early http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize16.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize17.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize18.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize19.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize20.jpg a pic with Benito Orozco Mendoza: should be a lucky charm http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize21.jpg good bye Acapulco I'm going to Mexico City http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize22.jpg In Mexico toll free roads have the same number as toll roads http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize23.jpg it's around noon when I stop at Oxxo..everywhere in Mexico http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize24.jpg The coffe machine is always near the slush machine and with a mix you can get a very good ice coffee. http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize30.jpg Im in lane to pay and a man tells to me to go, so my coffee don't became cold. i explain to him what I did, because in Italy ice coffee is very common during the summer. Concidences always help you to set up a great itinerary. This man tells to me that not very far exist a very special city El Chipilo, where an italian community has lived since 1850. They are migrant workers from an italian region, Veneto. The italian language is learned in the schools of this city. Ok, El Chipilo will be my next stop http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize25.jpg every day is possible get pics as this http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize26.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize27.jpg a kind of national army guard had seized some drug dealers http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize28.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize29.jpg Veneti nel Mondo - compleanno della veneta Chipilo http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize31.jpg a stop for a great savoury pie http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize32.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize33.jpg It's dark when I arrive at the Gaby's Motel in Cuernavaca. An employee tells 400 pesos for the night. I turn my bike but it comes the owner: How much would you like to spend? 200 pesos. Ok http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize34.jpg This is an hour motel , for lovers. The room tv has got 4 adult channels Room is a little bit kitsch http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize35.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize36.jpg an employee of the motel brings me to an internet point: 3 people on the scooter http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize37.jpg around 10 pm I come back: this motel is better organized than mine http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize38.jpg |
Thursday June 14
http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize39.jpg breakfast http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize40.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize41.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize42.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize43.jpg When I saw this farmers I had halted me http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize44.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize45.jpg Sometimes life can be hard, but for a mexican farmer is harder. They get 10 US $ a day, six day a week, no industrial insurance, no rights, and they know that an USA farmer gains 10 US $ a hour.The gasoline is very expensive (around 5 $ a gallon). One farmer tells that Mexico is full of petrol, but instead to build refineries, the govenement sells petro outside Mexico and the buy gasoline. http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize46.jpg Museums and monuments are a very important part ofa country, but even the everyday life is something that you've got to try to know http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize47.jpg another ice coffee http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize48.jpg An italian soccer school..mhhh I should be very close to El Chipilo http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize49.jpg here I'm http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize51.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize50.jpg In this bar the owner speaks italian and introduce me to some friends http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize52.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize53.jpg Italy http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize54.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize55.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize56.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize57.jpg Inthe town hall they tell me where is possible to buy a book with the history of the town http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize58.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize59.jpg is a book for the 120 years of El Chipilo http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize60.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize61.jpg Ok the pizza maker is mexican, but the wood oven works very well http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize62.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize63.jpg a little stop in Puebla http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize64.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize65.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize66.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize67.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize68.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize69.jpg last clothes change..again the rain http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize70.jpg Just in Plaza Maior you can take the picture of the comeback http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize71.jpg In the square ther's still the teacher unit ? In one poster you can read the question: Why a salary of a politic is 40.000 pesos and a teacher get 3.000 pesos ? Speking with them I explain that even in the Italian Parliament you can see politics that are sleeping http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize72.jpg to sleep, again Hostel Amigo http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize73.jpg |
Friday June 14
First the breakfast http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize74.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize75.jpg Driving the bike, I come back in El Tepitocon: this neighborhood is known as a very dangerous place, but it depends from the way you want to "explore" it. Often this kind of zone are known as "ghetto" due an high criminality rate, but are even full of people that everyday work bring children at school etc... So if you decide to walk alone, in the dark in this places you can be in a pickle, but if during working hours you walk in a crowd street or in a food market you sholud not get trouble. From the point of view of colors, sounds and people El tepito (for me) was fantastic http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize76.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize77.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize78.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize79.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize80.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize81.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize82.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize83.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize84.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize85.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize86.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize87.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize88.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize89.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize90.jpg In the afternoon I meet Oscar to give back the Kawasaki. Honestly he admit that probably the bike hasn't checked well before my departure and so he give me back the full deposit. In hte evening the disck jockey/barman of the hostel give a very good information: the address of the UTA bar, a club where is possible listen punk, metal, dark, new wave etc.. a place perfect for me. Sure this isn't the UTA http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize94.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize91.jpg Ahh UTA: ok after 10 minutes this became n°1 spot in Mexico City http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize92.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize93.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize95.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize96.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize97.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize98.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resize99.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz100.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz101.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz102.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz103.jpg Back in the hostel after midnight: this guy went to the wrestling show http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz104.jpg Suddendly one magic moments that you'll never can get in a hotel, but just in a hostel I share my room with 9 colombian guys and now the disc jokey decide to play colombian salsa and immediatly the girls begin to teach to everybody the colombian salsa http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz105.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz106.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz107.jpg Before to go in the bed I think that tomorrow will be the hardest day of my vacation: souvenirs search |
Saturday June 15
Today will be the toughest day of my vacation: find some souvenirs. Normally I look for magnets: easy to carry home (little) and cheap. In Mexico City the right place is the market Ciudadela Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela Mexico City Shopping Review | Fodor's searching on internet with the words "punk, Mexico City" I also found an article wrote about a very intriguing place, the market known as El Chopo El Chopo aka the biggest indie bootleg and piracy market in Mexico + Mecanica - Industrial Music news at SIDE-LINE.COM A kind of anarchic/punk market: looks like the perfect palce where finish my vacation after the last night at the Uta It's better to update my GPS http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz109.jpg No subway:I'll use bus, but Ciudadela is very close to my hostel. Ok by foot http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz108.jpg I reach the market very early, and some shop is close, but this is a paradise for souvenir hunters, just take a look at pictures http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz110.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz111.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz112.jpg this is a shop of handcrafted classic guitars http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz113.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz117.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz114.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz115.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz116.jpg but I don't forget that I need souvenirs http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz118.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz119.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz121.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz122.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz123.jpg hey bikers: http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz150.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz151.jpg Finally I bought magnets made as sandal, with the writing Mexico this is the bus terminal very close to the market El Chopo http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz124.jpg this building has a very nice mosaic and I take a pic http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz125.jpg after a man begins to follow me I stop and he asks to me why I've taken the picture. He's an employee of the security, because this buliding is the headquarters of PRI (Partito Revolucionario Istitucional ). For 70 years this has been the first party in Mexico: most of the party in Mexico are left oriented, but the PRI is a lot focused on the workers. So I ask to him " Why farmers, as in El Chipilo, are gaining just 10$ a day?" Suddendly he begins to stutter"It isn't easy...in Mexico ther's a lot of corruption.." I'm outside Italy, but always the same song" I'm honest, I'm doing everything possible, but the others are bad ecc ecc..." Ok bye bye El Chopo is waiting me and her's the place: FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz126.jpg this is the starting point http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz127.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz128.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz129.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz130.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz131.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz132.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz133.jpg Who's this old senile in front of the Iron Maiden poster ? http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz134.jpg Due to my age I attended at one of the first live in Italy of the iron Maiden, in the city of Reggio Emilia: the singer was Paul Di Anno. At the end of the live he excused with the crowd: " Sorry guys, but we recorded just two LP and so we have finished the songs" quanto avevano pubblicato solo 2 album. http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz135.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz136.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz137.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz138.jpg |
going around El Chopo I reinforce my opinion that you don't have to spend 100$ to can listen good music or see funny things (even creative or intelligent) maybe I'm not the older her in El Chopo http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz139.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz140.jpg a live act of a very famous band (in Central America): the Bunkers http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz141.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz142.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz143.jpg I've got to come back to the hostel http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz144.jpg advertisement http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz145.jpg body painting http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz146.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz147.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz148.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz149.jpg In the hostel I finisch to prepare my luggages and greet everybody: cook, owner and receptionist. http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz152.jpg http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz153.jpg At the airport I'm early (almost 3 hours) and so I've time to protect my luggage. To save money you don't need to use official wrap bag security point http://i57.servimg.com/u/f57/13/01/39/46/banner10.jpg you can do yourself with a good garbage bag and some tape: look before http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz154.jpg after 30 minutes http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz155.jpg the garbage bag is a security surplus The fly back is without a problem, but at my arrive in the terminal of Bologna (Italy) this is the meeting point for the visitors of the packaging exposition 2013: ok the perfect place for the last pic http://i71.servimg.com/u/f71/13/01/39/46/resiz156.jpg Thank to every forum reader, and sorry for my english and the long time necessary to finish this report: I really enjoied to share it with you. I'll try to answer to any question Drive safe guys Momi |
South America tripLove
Love reading your thread,great and amazing.
Always most enjoyable. Good luck and always stay upright, Italiano. Cheers |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 22:36. |