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Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta

I’m in Mexico , took a little trip w/ a friend.

It was spare of the moment type thing.

We traveled all over Jalisco in a 1970 beat up beetle. From Guadalajara to Tlaquepaque, to Tonala to PuertoVallarta, to nuevo vallarta to Navidad then back to Guadalajara.

It was an interesting trip to say the least…good times.

For those of you who wonder how I carve the money to constantly hit the rd, it doesn’t really take much if you travel ‘my way’. The flight fare is probably the most expensive thing of it all. I’ve found that you can stay at fairly decent hotels for $10.00 US per night IN PUERTO VALLARTA. Obviously if you’d like to stay at the Hilton, walk in w/ your $1,300 shoes and ride in a 2007 convertible, then your in for 2 trips per lifetime (unless you have cash growing out your azz cheeks, which in that case – call me =0P

Contrary to popular belief, traveling is not that hard or expensive, specially if you’re single, have no kids, settle for little space and cheap rent, along w/ a flexible job. And if you truly DO like to travel, but claim to have an un-flexible job, then make a change for your self, its possible. If you keep up w/ my journal you know im walking the walk.

Obviously it’s a trade off, some things become harder to obtain, but its certainly not impossible.

The trip was mostly focused around the culture, music and art that these regions have to offer. I saw some of the most amazing sculptures in tlaquepaque.

Musicians walk and work on foot mostly around the plazas. The mariachis there were a dime a dozen, playing guitars, el bajo (bass), violins and occasionally accordions.

I met one of the most amazing harp player’s I’ve seen and heard in my entire life. His name was Paco. While mariachi bands were struggling to keep their instruments on the same note, he played all the parts of a 4 piece band in his harp alone. The man is a master, a genius. He’s been playing it for 27 years now. Phenomenal.

Its no wonder so many famous musicians come from México, its common to see the youngsters walking w/ instruments in hand playing in the parks just for fun.

Puerto Vallarta is beautiful. The beach is crowded w/ pelicans diving for their next meal. Here the birds are like flies. The're everywhere, even in some of the outdoor restaurants.

The culture is a bit different from the Colombian, but still manages to hold a log of the same idealism towards certain things. Women for example. Most women out here are seen cleaning, cooking and doing laundry.

The men are the hard working laborers that bring home the bacon per se.

Still very old school.

T.V. has taken over, that’s for sure. There isn’t a house hold w/ out one on ALL DAY.

Something about this bothers me.

It hadn’t occurred to me how much information is fed into us consumers through television daily. In the US its hard to tell bc most doors remain closed …years can go by and you hardly know your neighbors, but in México, either a door or a window is open showing the houses main artery – the TV.

Im in a rush, so that’s about it for the trip…here’s a couple of  picture of the stuff out there!