Exploring the City with Friends

Back in Guadalajara we met up with Helene and Francois, who have also ridden from Whitehorse, and spent the day touring the many historic sites of the city and taking another walk through the crazy San Juan de Dios market. We had to ask our host Luciano about the plentiful orange trees that line the streets of Guadalajara as we were surprised they had so much ripe fruit on them - apparently this particular tree is known for being hardy and not for producing tasty fruit, so the oranges are more of a decoration than a food source. We spent the evening relaxing with Helene and Francois at Luciano's place and working on our supply of liquor from Mazamitla so that we would be light enough to hit the road again the next day as a team of 4.Read more