Day 53
Dia 53: Oaxaca City - Mitla, 78 kms
So last night, I went back out to the plaza and met Taylor and Rafael. 2 young actors-models that were very hip. They'd been ditched by their entourage as they'd gotten drunk and missed the bus. They were broke, so I bought them each a hot dog and a beer. Turns out, they were like 17 and interested in my story. We hung out, they called me "Don" which is a term of repect. I felt honored. Later, I was pub crawling, and wound up at a real local's bar. They were psyched to have a gringo enter thier world. The self-proclaimed local king of the drunken thugs, Alejandro, introduced himself in bad english and then blurted out "This is my fucking terretorio!" The resident waitress-prostitute, Astrid had to hear "the story." Jesus, another Guey sitting at the table, later offered me Astrid for 200 pesos, but Alejandro told me, "She's mine!" The place was full of local yokels, and me. I ditched before things got any weirder.....I got back to the hostal, where I was sharing a room with a Dude from Taiwan and a frenchman. I'd made my bed all careful like as they hand you the sheets when you enter. To my suprise and dismay, I got there in the middle of the night with a good buzz to find my bed occupied. I was a bit perturbed as this caused me to have to try a fix a bed in the dark after too many beers in Alejandro's "fucking teretorio."
Got out early and made the hard climb to Monte Alban. Broke a spoke in the process, my first. Most amazing site yet! Beautiful pyramids and full community layout. took like 50 pix of the masonry, etc. Descended back down through the city and to my luck, there was some kind of transportation strike and the bus driver's blocked all the roads entering the city, I slipped through to an empty rode on my way. Dropped into Oaxaca valley, which I call "Mezcal valley" as this is where they grow the maguey. there are roadside mezcal tasting stands everywhere. It smells sweet when they're brewing. Of course, I filled my flask...... Broke another spoke coming into Mitla, hope it's not an epidemic! Saw many small sites visable from the road on the ride today. Also, stopped in Tule to see the monster, ancient tree. Impressive. The folks in Mitla told me there's no where to camp around here, which I knew wasn't true as I could see open country above town. So I bought supplies and made a gnarly climb to find a spectacular camp with bright stars above. Lot's of shooting stars.....Met 2 touring cyclists today going in the opposite direction. Daniel started in Argentina and Madeleine in Guatemala.
Tomorrow, I'll visit the site at Mitla.
So last night, I went back out to the plaza and met Taylor and Rafael. 2 young actors-models that were very hip. They'd been ditched by their entourage as they'd gotten drunk and missed the bus. They were broke, so I bought them each a hot dog and a beer. Turns out, they were like 17 and interested in my story. We hung out, they called me "Don" which is a term of repect. I felt honored. Later, I was pub crawling, and wound up at a real local's bar. They were psyched to have a gringo enter thier world. The self-proclaimed local king of the drunken thugs, Alejandro, introduced himself in bad english and then blurted out "This is my fucking terretorio!" The resident waitress-prostitute, Astrid had to hear "the story." Jesus, another Guey sitting at the table, later offered me Astrid for 200 pesos, but Alejandro told me, "She's mine!" The place was full of local yokels, and me. I ditched before things got any weirder.....I got back to the hostal, where I was sharing a room with a Dude from Taiwan and a frenchman. I'd made my bed all careful like as they hand you the sheets when you enter. To my suprise and dismay, I got there in the middle of the night with a good buzz to find my bed occupied. I was a bit perturbed as this caused me to have to try a fix a bed in the dark after too many beers in Alejandro's "fucking teretorio."
Got out early and made the hard climb to Monte Alban. Broke a spoke in the process, my first. Most amazing site yet! Beautiful pyramids and full community layout. took like 50 pix of the masonry, etc. Descended back down through the city and to my luck, there was some kind of transportation strike and the bus driver's blocked all the roads entering the city, I slipped through to an empty rode on my way. Dropped into Oaxaca valley, which I call "Mezcal valley" as this is where they grow the maguey. there are roadside mezcal tasting stands everywhere. It smells sweet when they're brewing. Of course, I filled my flask...... Broke another spoke coming into Mitla, hope it's not an epidemic! Saw many small sites visable from the road on the ride today. Also, stopped in Tule to see the monster, ancient tree. Impressive. The folks in Mitla told me there's no where to camp around here, which I knew wasn't true as I could see open country above town. So I bought supplies and made a gnarly climb to find a spectacular camp with bright stars above. Lot's of shooting stars.....Met 2 touring cyclists today going in the opposite direction. Daniel started in Argentina and Madeleine in Guatemala.
Tomorrow, I'll visit the site at Mitla.
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