Just by luck we arrived in Guanajuato the day of the start of the Mexico leg of the FIA World Rally Championships! We had no idea it was even on and our Hotel San Diego turned out to be the Starting Line for the Mexico Leg of the Rally! We had a ringside seat for the event as dozens of cars lined up for their two minute apart starts! There was a great deal of excitement associated with the event. The drivers and navigators were more than willing to sign autographs for the crowd and even to leave their cars to have photos taken kissing and hugging the hundreds of girls who were acting as Event Marshals. When the car representing Mexico approached the starting line the crowd went absolutely wild, chanting “Meh hee ko, Meh hee ko” loudly, over and over! We gleefully joined in at this point, feeling a bit of the National Pride of these amazing people. The party went on well into the small hours in the adjoining Jardine Union, the Square in front of the Church (and our hotel). I have always enjoyed watching coverage of these Rallies on TV and very much enjoyed this ringside seat, about ten feet above the action and noise.
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