After nearly giving up on the idea of meeting up with my good friend bart, a Happy Boy Farms co-worker and old Trailer Park neighbor. I heard from him right after Shauna and Nick, my ole compound housemates took off for Cuernavaca in search of Capoiera compadres. Checking my e-mail one last time before leaving the Hostel de Catedral at the Zocalo in cuidad de Mexico, a message from Bart arrived that he just got back from Chiapas. He attended the first ever La Digna Rabia, Dignified Rage, a world meeting of the Zapatistas with other international organizations to check in about the work being done and what their is still to do.
So I attempted to take a bus to downtown Puebla, pero since my spanish is mas o menos i decided to wait to hear from bart again so i waited at the station. Taking out my trusty moss agate pendulum from Austin, Texas. I wrote down the words Puebla and Acatlan de Osorio in big black ink to see what the guides recommended. They were saying no to Puebla and yes to Acatlan, which is one city over form Huajuapan where Bart and Cactus were. Even though it said yes, not hearing from him personally made my fear win the battle, especially because the ORO bus line attendant told me that because I waited I would have to race ahead by taxi to get to the next pick up station some 15minutes away.
Needless to say I ended up staying the night in Puebla at the Hostel Santo Domingo, a few blocks away from the Zocalo. Just to give you all a heads up if wanting to bring a combination lock for Hostel lockers, definetely pick one up in the states because it has been nearly impossible to find one here in Mexico. The closest I got was a Sponge BoB Square Pants kids combo lock that looked more like a practical joke than a real secure device. I used my Happy Boy, wake up at the butt crack of dawn, mental powers to wake up as to catch the 6AM bus from Puebla to Huajuapan, pero I decided to sleep more and have some amazing dreams, jaguars, chases, and cobble stone paths.
After watching two Will Smith movies, Soy Legendaria y Soy Robot, two very similar themes with crazy robots and crazy mutated humans climbing up buildings to kill Will Smith. I arrived at Huajuapan, a little big town a half hour away from Ibarra, donde mis amigo/as de Happy Boy are from. Bart and I should make our way today and fiesta tonight, pero I am leaving manana to go to Oaxaca City, Oaxaca and explore Monte Alban and the other beauties of this grand adventure. Finally feeling more at ease and stoked to be with mi hermano, Bartolo, now the adventure continues...
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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Frank and Lynn, your loyal Montclair HB clients say nice to hear you are there and well into the adventure. Stay safe and excited, live peace and we will continue to live vicariously through your blog.
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