Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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Instead of a bus ride from Manzanillo to Guadalajara we found ourselves in the back of ford pickup truck headed to Chipala. Our bags made for good seats and it never really got too cold, that is, until the sun went down.
After getting to Chipala, we got dropped off at the bus station headed for Guadalajara, a rather slow, uneventful ride, but it got the job done at least. The day after we traveled on this highway a major gun battle between the government and cartel took place, so I guess the boredom of the ride was better than the alternative.
Otherwise, the past couple days have been checking out various sites of the city. The metropolitan area contains somewhere around 2 million people and the suburbs another 4 million. It seems just about everyone you see around here is between 25 to 35 years old. Maybe it’s something about the age that describes some of the culture. You’re just as likely to see a public bus plastered with playboy bunny stickers to hearing a song by Guns’ and Roses or hear Eidel Veiss on the other. The other night at a night club a live band was playing mainstream American pop hits to pop South American hits, hanging on the wall behind was a 5ftx10ft confederate flag. Of course in the US this symbol is associated with something totally different and is most likely found flying high above a lifted pickup, let alone a nightclub.
On the same note the browning buck mark (symbol for browning firearms) is found on the back of random vehicles. A symbol found more to a confined group of hunters and shooting sports teams; it is interesting to see how they’re used. There more of a decoration than an association to a certain group, club or organization.
Ubiquitous Browning Buckmark
Freightliner with Caterpillar stickers
Walking the streets last night it was hard not to notice that every house was locked up like Ft. Knox. Ten foot tall gates and three doors backed by security systems and just about every house had a dog on top of it.
Jeff said it was customary for almost everyone to have some sort of dog on top of their roof. Given most front entrances are blocked so the roof is the easiest place to break in. Whether a Doberman or a Chihuahua is guarding, as long as their barking, consider yourself "saferer".
After getting to Chipala, we got dropped off at the bus station headed for Guadalajara, a rather slow, uneventful ride, but it got the job done at least. The day after we traveled on this highway a major gun battle between the government and cartel took place, so I guess the boredom of the ride was better than the alternative.
Otherwise, the past couple days have been checking out various sites of the city. The metropolitan area contains somewhere around 2 million people and the suburbs another 4 million. It seems just about everyone you see around here is between 25 to 35 years old. Maybe it’s something about the age that describes some of the culture. You’re just as likely to see a public bus plastered with playboy bunny stickers to hearing a song by Guns’ and Roses or hear Eidel Veiss on the other. The other night at a night club a live band was playing mainstream American pop hits to pop South American hits, hanging on the wall behind was a 5ftx10ft confederate flag. Of course in the US this symbol is associated with something totally different and is most likely found flying high above a lifted pickup, let alone a nightclub.
On the same note the browning buck mark (symbol for browning firearms) is found on the back of random vehicles. A symbol found more to a confined group of hunters and shooting sports teams; it is interesting to see how they’re used. There more of a decoration than an association to a certain group, club or organization.
Ubiquitous Browning Buckmark
Freightliner with Caterpillar stickers
Walking the streets last night it was hard not to notice that every house was locked up like Ft. Knox. Ten foot tall gates and three doors backed by security systems and just about every house had a dog on top of it.
Jeff said it was customary for almost everyone to have some sort of dog on top of their roof. Given most front entrances are blocked so the roof is the easiest place to break in. Whether a Doberman or a Chihuahua is guarding, as long as their barking, consider yourself "saferer".
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Looks like Sebastion has come back from the dead and found a new home.