The Road To Puebla

Leaving Cuernavaca was a little difficult. Humberto and his wife have treated us almost like family these past five weeks and Humberto helped so much in finding an excellent painter and mechanic for us, Solomon and his wife also came over to see us off. He is Mexican and she an Israeli.  They live in Mexico City and have a son working at the University of Victoria. They are very nice people.

We headed out at about 11:00 and stuck to the Cuota's which cost us about $50 total. It is a good road all the way. It was a four hour drive with a half hour stop for gas and lunch.

We tried to start the generator to heat coffee but it would not start! No click, no cranking, nothing! A project for tomorrow!

We drove into the park and before we even parked, the woman came over from the office to collect. We told her we were staying for a week and would pay her after we set up. I wanted to make sure we had water and power before I paid. She came back twice more to ask for money. Norma walked over to the office to pay but she had gone for someone who spoke English to check us in. Not necessary, we can check in in Spanish. Anyway, it was 1540 pesos ($125) for a week.

Norma was anxious to get the StarChoice (Shaw) set up and we had a little trouble with it this time. It took us a good half hour but we now have a good signal.

It is Carnaval week in Cholula (hopefully the end of the week and not the start) and the fireworks have been going non stop since we arrived. There is no waiting until nighttime here in Mexico. Fireworks start early in the morning and never stop.