Wednesday December 2, 2009
We were awake early again this morning. We had planned on getting something to eat before meeting with the tourist police at noon. When we looked outside it was foggy and cold. We were trying to get out of the heat in San Blas, we did just that. We had a change of plan and decided we could find the bus station. Larry did have a map! We left a note for the tourist police (don’t know if the man understood what the note was for) and headed out into the cold morning air. Wish we had brought our coats.
We had asked our guides how to get to Tequila without going into Guadalajara. We had asked them to write the names of the places we needed to go and what to say when we got there.
After I showed Larry how to use the map we had no problems finding the bus station.
We asked for tickets to Zapopan, 124 pesos, then at Zapopan tickets to Tequila, 100 pesos. Larry bought some churros (deep fried dough) for 10 pesos from a vendor that got on the bus.
We got a city map of Tequila from a vendor that was selling tours to a Tequila desttiladora. Larry was once again having problems reading the map. A young man stopped to ask if he could help us. With some help we found a hotel for 150 pesos. The bathroom was also the shower; you could set on the toilet and shower at the same time. We also had a TV and an extra blanket.
We went to the central market where there are several cafes. After reading the menu and finding they had Chiles Rellenos, I sat down to a great lunch. Larry ordered a torta; I reminded him that different areas make their tortas different and might get this one in a bowl of soup, which he did. Lunch was 72 pesos.
We then headed to the plaza where we found a tour of the city and Destiladora Rubio where they make Tequila. We now know more about Tequila than we ever thought we would. The tour guide did speak some English so he would come to us and tell us the best he could what he had told the others. There was also a Canadian that spoke both Spanish and English so he would tell us more of what was said so we had a better understanding, he could tell that sometimes we really didn’t get what the guide was telling us.
We went back to our room to rest and watch a little TV before going back to the plaza to see what was going on. It is fiesta time in Tequila so there were a lot of fireworks going on.
At 1:00am a big dog came to our window and barked, we were worried he might not stop. At 2:00am I heard some bells ringing but they stopped too. Then at 3:00am the fireworks started going off. Just when we thought they had stopped the bells began to ring, then both fireworks and the bells. This went on until 4:00am.
Total spent for the day was 734 pesos
We were awake early again this morning. We had planned on getting something to eat before meeting with the tourist police at noon. When we looked outside it was foggy and cold. We were trying to get out of the heat in San Blas, we did just that. We had a change of plan and decided we could find the bus station. Larry did have a map! We left a note for the tourist police (don’t know if the man understood what the note was for) and headed out into the cold morning air. Wish we had brought our coats.
We had asked our guides how to get to Tequila without going into Guadalajara. We had asked them to write the names of the places we needed to go and what to say when we got there.
After I showed Larry how to use the map we had no problems finding the bus station.
We asked for tickets to Zapopan, 124 pesos, then at Zapopan tickets to Tequila, 100 pesos. Larry bought some churros (deep fried dough) for 10 pesos from a vendor that got on the bus.
We got a city map of Tequila from a vendor that was selling tours to a Tequila desttiladora. Larry was once again having problems reading the map. A young man stopped to ask if he could help us. With some help we found a hotel for 150 pesos. The bathroom was also the shower; you could set on the toilet and shower at the same time. We also had a TV and an extra blanket.
We went to the central market where there are several cafes. After reading the menu and finding they had Chiles Rellenos, I sat down to a great lunch. Larry ordered a torta; I reminded him that different areas make their tortas different and might get this one in a bowl of soup, which he did. Lunch was 72 pesos.
We then headed to the plaza where we found a tour of the city and Destiladora Rubio where they make Tequila. We now know more about Tequila than we ever thought we would. The tour guide did speak some English so he would come to us and tell us the best he could what he had told the others. There was also a Canadian that spoke both Spanish and English so he would tell us more of what was said so we had a better understanding, he could tell that sometimes we really didn’t get what the guide was telling us.
We went back to our room to rest and watch a little TV before going back to the plaza to see what was going on. It is fiesta time in Tequila so there were a lot of fireworks going on.
At 1:00am a big dog came to our window and barked, we were worried he might not stop. At 2:00am I heard some bells ringing but they stopped too. Then at 3:00am the fireworks started going off. Just when we thought they had stopped the bells began to ring, then both fireworks and the bells. This went on until 4:00am.
Total spent for the day was 734 pesos
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