Los destrampados, echando relajo otra vez
And my time in Guanajuato is coming to an end. I´m already nostalgic for this city, its hills and colors and endless parties. Mexico City should be one hell of a transistion.
We were selling kisses again last Saturday. We made 150 pesos this time, which is far more than we expected. At times there were enormous crowds around us, all chanting “BESO” until somebody would come forward for a kiss. It was quite an adventure. That night, we were drinking beer in this sketchy bar, and this really drunk guy attacked Rocky. He first threw a punch, then tried to drag Rocky to the ground. All his friends and I grabbed the guy and dragged him out of the bar, but it was a harrowing experience. This wasn´t quite a real bar-fight, but it was the closest I´ve ever seen. I guess it is pretty important to pay attention to who´s around you and the state they seem to be in, because a lot of people are very unpredictable when drunk.
The next day, tons of people recognized us as the Beso venders from the night before, and Rocky and I ended up hanging out with 4 girls who we met while “working”. Later we went to a karaoke bar and ran into another girl we had met from the day before. We left early, however, and ended up heading home fairly soon after.
The Festival Cervantino came to a close on Sunday, and it was almost like something apocalyptic the way the streets were so suddenly deserted. During the festival, there were people in the streets all the time, especially on the last Saturday. The streets were perhaps most crowded that night at about 1:30-2:00 AM, when the crowd on the main drag was so densely packed you could almost get swept off your feet. There was noise, people yelling and kissing and having a wild time. Even at 5 in the morning, when I finally headed home, there were lots of people in the streets, sitting in the garden or waiting for taxi´s. The next day, at 8:00 PM beside the big ampitheater where the closing show for the festival was to be held, there was another ridiculous mass of humanity all trying to squeeze in and see the show. That night, however, by 2:00 the streets were deserted, bars were closed, and little remained of the craziness that was so apparent the night before. The next day, a huge hippy market was taken down, signs were removed, performance stages disappeared, and for the first time I saw Guanajuato the way it normally is.
I still like the city quite a bit. It is nice that there are fewer Americans here. It is much calmer, more subdued now. There are lots of students in the streets, but fewer hippies, fewer bands of kids from other parts of the country. The mariachi´s play in the park, but there are no longer contemporary rock bands on street corners.
My relationship with Esmeralda, the teacher, is going very, very well. I had to tell her I wouldn´t go for any other girls in the rest of my time here, but it is absolutely worth the commitment.
Last night I went to a party at another teachers house, and we drank a lot of beer. They were yelling obscenities the entire night, and I found it a bit ironic that these crazy guys were the ones teaching me Spanish. It was lots of fun.
On Saturday I´m going to hitchike to Mexico City with Esmeralda and Rocky, so that should be yet another adventure, my first hitchiking experience in Mexico.
I´m going to miss this city, but 3 weeks is too much in one place.
I love this country.
Dan
Tags: Mexico
Neocoltrane
October 27th, 2005 at 9:40 pm
Man, it keeps getting crazier.
Good luck in Mexico City! One of the largest cities in the world…shouldn’t be lacking in adventure.
-Aaron
October 27th, 2005 at 11:55 pm
Wow,
This sounds completely awesome. I hope your time in Mexico City is as good as your time in Guanajuato. Have fun and good luck.
Paz y amor
-Zach
October 28th, 2005 at 10:18 am
Hey Dan, Im in England right now and its pretty kick-ass. Dude, I really hope you dont get something terrible like mouth herpes or ebola or something but its really funny that youre selling kisses. Hey, whatever pays the bills! Write me an email when you get a chance, I need to ask you a couple of questions when I have more time. But for now, keep a car cover on that mustang before you park it in the garage (get my drift?)
peace,
Farid
October 28th, 2005 at 10:00 pm
hey dan! i’m so glad that ur having tons of fun!! makin money and all! and now at the start of a whole new adventure! i’m so exited for u!!!
if u want news from back home, i just spent a week in montreal with florie and her roomate, i had a kick-ass time, loooved it! i cant wait to go up there for university 😀
and florie’s coming down next weekend that should be fun too 🙂
besides that, same ol’ shit goin on over here, i’m sure we’d all want to be in ur place right now, not knowing wat tomorrow has in store for us! 🙂
and btw, i agree with farid, im sure u dont wana be finding out in 18 yrs that uve got 10 kids u didnt know about … 😀 just keep that car cover on 🙂
love always,
Alix
October 29th, 2005 at 10:39 am
Dan,
Reading your blog is like reading 2 pages from a book. When you come back, you should write a book about your adventures…
I’m dead serious!
Things are going pretty well here. Weekends are staying alive with parties here and there. The only thing to do around here is get drunk, but I guess it’s fun when you got some good buddies around :-p. Hehe yea you would know what I’m talking about!
Dude the teacher…. wow…. if you end up having a relationship with that woman…. i’d be amazed. Sounds more like a fairy tale or something!
Anyways keep us up to date. When you got that car parallel parked for the first time, you better shoot me an email over! Be careful not to accelerate too hard!
peace,
GVT
October 29th, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Shit Deedy, you were right a few posts back, you are gonna go so far past South America. I can’t believe how surreal and fastiastic you adventures are getting.
Selling kisses?
I can’t tell you how cool it is that that still works (especially that you smoked those lady-vendors!)
We obviously had the wrong jobs all summer, workin for the MAN instead of getting paid to work GIRLS.
But you’ve got the right fuckin idea now man, and apparantly the right woman too. What could be better than someone who would drop everything for a chance at love?
Keep rockin that country, and all the rest,
much love,
Shap
October 31st, 2005 at 10:24 pm
DAN REEDY YOU MANWHORE!!!! i love you, ur aventuras en latino america sound insane. ladies man hey hey hey!
so i am still taking spanish class. it sucks ballz bc half the kids have never heard of the sunjuntivo!!!! and i have to take it as a requirement, so i slack off and sleep. good times con espanol, but last year was so much funner.
so en los estados unidos the most action i got this weekend was from a very hot but scary girl who trapped me in a room and took advantage of me. hahaha i survived the experience, but i wish i had been sober enough to fight her away.
like you. how are u fighting off the chicas?
have more good times my friend!
love, amisha
November 19th, 2005 at 8:29 pm
hey dan…. que passa hombre?! i think i have to agree with greg…. ur blog it is realy a book…. ofcourse greg is always looking at the money part of ther history but… u are righting preaty good histories….i hope u r ok my friend… and keep ur self toguether…lol… bey