Here in Mexico, everything is possible. This is what Agustin says every time he drives down the wrong side of the road. At first he seemed to be looking for a reaction from me, but having lived in Colombia for almost a year, driving down the wrong side of the road for short periods of time just isn’t that weird to me. Driving in reverse downtown makes me much more nervous! Mexico, like many other countries in the world, simply isn’t as structured as the US. And in a way it does make it so that todo es posible…About a month or so ago the town had a bunch of festivities including parades, floats and fireworks. We went in to watch the fireworks and it was rather… exciting…. They had built these wooden towers with all kinds of fireworks attached. They were designed so that when they went off you would see different shapes and words attached to wheels that would spin. Mostly it was a chain reaction kind of deal, but there were a few times where (to me anyways!) it looked like a stray firework set off something on a different tower. And to light the top towards the end of the show, a guy climbed all the way up there- while there were still fireworks going off! I know because we were standing VERY close to all of the action. We were standing behind the show, with a good view point of the stands of something Roman-Candle-like that were shot off in a variety of directions. (Did I mention there were trees next to us, too?) By the time it came to the finale, everyone involuntarily backed up because of all the noise, light, as well as the ash and sparks that were landing on everyone. It was crazy! I tried to take a video, but it didn’t really capture the effect.
Before the main firework show, we saw some wooden bulls with fireworks attached sitting next to us. Soon people came over, picked them up and put them on kind of like a giant mask. And then they lit the fireworks and ran around.
Obviously, none of this would have gone down in the US! It’s part of what makes living in another country so interesting. And also gives me a new appreciation for safety regulations.
Only a small part of the whole production.
All ready to go...
The beginning of a parade the next afternoon.
Micheal Jackson?
Just one of the intricate floats
The other half of this float was a crucifixion scene.
What were these festivities about, again?
Some tigers came to visit as well.
This bike was parked in front of the church Sunday morning.
Not quite sure why the shovel was needed, but hey, todo es posible....
A homemade Chia pet.
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