Galeana was awesome as usual, I've been there many times and really enjoy the town. I had a unique experience this time as I was talking to the receptionist in the Hotel Magdalena. I actually can't speak a lick of Spanish so when one of my Spanish speaking cohorts isn't around I whip out my phone and use
Jibbigo to communicate. It's pretty cool because you can speak into the phone and it translates it to both audio and text. Another great thing about Jibbigo is that the dictionary resides on your phone so cell service is not required to use it as with so many other programs. Anyway, I was asking the receptionist where I could buy a padlock. I think she was so freaked out that my phone was talking to her that she really wasn't getting that I was asking her this question. During this repeated exchange this random little kid (Omar, 9yrs I think), who had been listening, started speaking to me in Spanish and motioning for me to follow him. Again I don't speak Spanish so I had no idea what he was telling me but he seemed to know what he was talking about and I was up for the adventure. We walked out on the square, around the corner and up to the next block where we walk into a shoe store. About this time I'm getting the feeling that he misunderstood what a padlock was. Just as I was about to bail he started talking to the women behind the counter who I soon figured out was his mother. He was basically just checking in and letting her know that he was taking this gringo to get a padlock. She smiled and told him to say in English "Follow Me" so I did. Another block up we walked into a hardware store where he said a few words to the clerk who in turn handed me a padlock! While we waited to pay Omar was talking but again I'm not really understanding. I did get the idea that he was talking about games and toys. Since he was so helpful I gave him a 20 peso bill (about 1.50US) and he took off across the street to the toy store to buy a toy pistol. As I walked back to the hotel I stopped by the shoe store to let his mom know that Omar had done good and also that this strange gringo did not kidnap her son. I got the feeling that the latter though hadn't even crossed her mind. Something you wouldn't see here in the states.
Omar and his new toy gun:
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All that Cabrito, so much guilt:
I was doing my best to stay out of trouble myself:
Nativity scene in Galeana:
Breakfest:
RG always willing to lend a hand:
And to those wondering if it's really safe in Mexico, I guess it could be debated all day but here's one good example. This is where Miltons bike stayed all night:
Here's a closer look:
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