I didn't want this story to get messed up so I ended the post and started a new one. When we went to San Marcos we decided to head up to Acapulco since we were so close and get dog food and a couple of other things. All the way there we got stuck in traffic cause it was a school celebration of (I think) Revolution Day...anyway every town had all the school kids marching. It was pretty cool. Some as we passed were doing special things like yelling "Viva" to whatever the teacher was shouting, and another group was making a human pyramid. In Mexico all the kids wear uniforms to school so they looked really cute. I guess there were some kind of cheer leaders cause there were girls in groups of about 6 with batons and/or pom poms.
Then on the way back we saw SO may cops- state and federales, and trucks with army guys and I think I saw some navy guys- does Mexico have a navy? If not it was some branch of the military in their dress uniforms.We're guessing it had to do with the celebration....altho' the next day we did hear about some bodies found in Acapulco. But since it was not all over the news, it was either pure rumor, or simply bad guys whackin' bad guys.
So we saw this young woman hitch hiking with her dog; looked at each other, Everardo braked and we backed up and picked her up. We were about an hour and half from home, and she said she was going to Oaxaca City. She was from the LA area and on her way to Chiappas to be there for the Mayan calendar ending. She was meeting up with friends in Oaxaca. Her and her dog, Kona were in the back of the truck and she stuck her head in and we started to chat. She had been traveling with 2 guys until they hit Acapulco; they wanted to stay and she did not, so she went on alone. It was late afternoon so we asked her if she wanted to stay the nite in Playa Ventura and then we'd give her a ride back out to the main road in the morning, cause she was planning to sleep on the side of the road in her little tent and sleeping bag. She said sure so we brought her here. Her name was Ashly. She said she had been hitch hiking around the states for a year, and now wanted to see Mexico. Sam and I took her and Kona to the beach, then walked to Chela's to ask about the best route to Oaxaca.Chela thought Ashly was nuts to be traveling alone and so did we. She told me later that she was meeting friends in Chiappas to drive back with, but she didn't want to drive down with them in a hurry so she took off with the 2 guys she had now left in Acapulco. She told me she was 20 yrs old. I thought of both my daughters and thanked God they aren't doing this!
The next morning Everardo and I talked; we had the same idea. He took hr to the bus that goes all the way to Oaxaca at Puerto Escondido- about a 7 hour trip- and bought her a ticket (only 240 pesos I think), and gave the money to buy the next ticket up to Oaxaca City. He told her it was safer to stay in Puerto Escondido for the nite; it's a beach community and probly safer than the city. He talked to the driver into letting the dog on the bus, but he had to ride underneath by the luggage, but it was a big space with lots of air. She didn't want to take the bus with Kona not riding with her, so Everardo said he took off his sunglasses so she could see his eyes and had a stern talk with her. He said he loved Sam more than she loved Kona and he would do this to be safe, and he is a man. He told her hitch hiking thru this area is very dangerous and she shouldn't have left her friends, that very bad things could happen to her and she would simply disappear. She agreed to take the bus....He gave her his email and said we're going north first week of Jan if she needs a ride. That girl was this carefree kid, a vegetarian of course ha ha, didn't want to drink any juice with sugars in it...and naive as hell. The dog had a little back pack and so did she; one pair of pants and pajama pants. One shirt. She did have a tiny notepad computer though and she checked in with her family that nite. She did say she was eating better since being in the road because people always shared...? Personally I think it's dangerous to hitch hike in the states too! So...we did our good deed.
So Rosa just came by to chat and Monsie brought fish enchiladas that Romario made so no pork tonite. That's ok, now I can look forward to them tomorrow nite...crap the mosquitos are back out in force along with the "no seeums"....I have bites all the time. Another very cool thing about moving, using actual lotion for lotion instead of Autan the bug oil....oh yeah Ashly was covered in huge welts, much like me when I got here. I gave her a bottle of Caladryl and had her use my Autan but she'll have to buy some cause I need mine! ha ha
Then on the way back we saw SO may cops- state and federales, and trucks with army guys and I think I saw some navy guys- does Mexico have a navy? If not it was some branch of the military in their dress uniforms.We're guessing it had to do with the celebration....altho' the next day we did hear about some bodies found in Acapulco. But since it was not all over the news, it was either pure rumor, or simply bad guys whackin' bad guys.
So we saw this young woman hitch hiking with her dog; looked at each other, Everardo braked and we backed up and picked her up. We were about an hour and half from home, and she said she was going to Oaxaca City. She was from the LA area and on her way to Chiappas to be there for the Mayan calendar ending. She was meeting up with friends in Oaxaca. Her and her dog, Kona were in the back of the truck and she stuck her head in and we started to chat. She had been traveling with 2 guys until they hit Acapulco; they wanted to stay and she did not, so she went on alone. It was late afternoon so we asked her if she wanted to stay the nite in Playa Ventura and then we'd give her a ride back out to the main road in the morning, cause she was planning to sleep on the side of the road in her little tent and sleeping bag. She said sure so we brought her here. Her name was Ashly. She said she had been hitch hiking around the states for a year, and now wanted to see Mexico. Sam and I took her and Kona to the beach, then walked to Chela's to ask about the best route to Oaxaca.Chela thought Ashly was nuts to be traveling alone and so did we. She told me later that she was meeting friends in Chiappas to drive back with, but she didn't want to drive down with them in a hurry so she took off with the 2 guys she had now left in Acapulco. She told me she was 20 yrs old. I thought of both my daughters and thanked God they aren't doing this!
The next morning Everardo and I talked; we had the same idea. He took hr to the bus that goes all the way to Oaxaca at Puerto Escondido- about a 7 hour trip- and bought her a ticket (only 240 pesos I think), and gave the money to buy the next ticket up to Oaxaca City. He told her it was safer to stay in Puerto Escondido for the nite; it's a beach community and probly safer than the city. He talked to the driver into letting the dog on the bus, but he had to ride underneath by the luggage, but it was a big space with lots of air. She didn't want to take the bus with Kona not riding with her, so Everardo said he took off his sunglasses so she could see his eyes and had a stern talk with her. He said he loved Sam more than she loved Kona and he would do this to be safe, and he is a man. He told her hitch hiking thru this area is very dangerous and she shouldn't have left her friends, that very bad things could happen to her and she would simply disappear. She agreed to take the bus....He gave her his email and said we're going north first week of Jan if she needs a ride. That girl was this carefree kid, a vegetarian of course ha ha, didn't want to drink any juice with sugars in it...and naive as hell. The dog had a little back pack and so did she; one pair of pants and pajama pants. One shirt. She did have a tiny notepad computer though and she checked in with her family that nite. She did say she was eating better since being in the road because people always shared...? Personally I think it's dangerous to hitch hike in the states too! So...we did our good deed.
So Rosa just came by to chat and Monsie brought fish enchiladas that Romario made so no pork tonite. That's ok, now I can look forward to them tomorrow nite...crap the mosquitos are back out in force along with the "no seeums"....I have bites all the time. Another very cool thing about moving, using actual lotion for lotion instead of Autan the bug oil....oh yeah Ashly was covered in huge welts, much like me when I got here. I gave her a bottle of Caladryl and had her use my Autan but she'll have to buy some cause I need mine! ha ha
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