pictures from our excursion to
taxco.
wayne chose not to go on this one because he had heard that it was really a glorified shopping trip. (
wayne, you heard right)
the town was built on steep mountain sides. that white
volkswagon van on the road is a
cumbi.
cumbis are like a mix between taxis and city
buses. they take the doors off and the seats out and in place of the seats, they install wooden benches, with the goal of cramming as many people as possible inside. to ride one, you flag it down as it is going by and ask if it is going to
x . the driver invariably replies 'of course' so you pay your $.40, hop on, and hold on for your life. there are typically 10-15 people riding on these things.
during holy week, there are many processions of '
penitentes', folks who are doing penance for their sins. this is a statue to recognise them. it shows a
penitente, with a bundle of thorny branches strapped to his arms. the idea is to
truly suffer.
taxco also has a '
christ on the hill' similar to the one in
rio, i think, but it isn't as high.
we happened to be there on a festival day, so the streets were decorated and there were all manner of street performers. unfortunately, my pictures of them didn't turn out.
the town was built on steep mountain sides. that white volkswagon van on the road is a cumbi. cumbis are like a mix between taxis and city buses. they take the doors off and the seats out and in place of the seats, they install wooden benches, with the goal of cramming as many people as possible inside. to ride one, you flag it down as it is going by and ask if it is going to x . the driver invariably replies 'of course' so you pay your $.40, hop on, and hold on for your life. there are typically 10-15 people riding on these things.
during holy week, there are many processions of 'penitentes', folks who are doing penance for their sins. this is a statue to recognise them. it shows a penitente, with a bundle of thorny branches strapped to his arms. the idea is to truly suffer.
taxco also has a 'christ on the hill' similar to the one in rio, i think, but it isn't as high.
we happened to be there on a festival day, so the streets were decorated and there were all manner of street performers. unfortunately, my pictures of them didn't turn out.
1 comment:
It looks like you are having and AMAZING time! Wonderful! Well, I will be traveling as well, to your North Carolina neck of the woods. Hopefully we can catch up in person and you can tell me of all your exploits.
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