El Capomal

We had a long, hot day chugging along the toll highway before we decided to turn off and look for a place to camp. We arrived in El Capomal with the sun about to set and asked if we could stay at a church, but the pastor wasn't there so the people we asked sent us across town to the other church. It too was unoccupied, and it was starting to look like we might have to camp in the town square, but we were quickly becoming well-known in town and were soon welcomed to set up our tents by Alejo and Malena in their yard. We visited with their kids Adan, Misac and Jesus, as well as Malena's niece Jennifer from across the road as we cooked our dinners. The next morning Alejo set to work repairing a broken tuning peg on Robert's guitar, while Malena started making an authentic Mexican breakfast to share with us. Not only did we have fresh salsa, chorizo, eggs and beans, but Malena handmade flour tortillas and cooked them over the fire. Then the neighbors arrived and set to work making corn tortillas so we could try both styles - Holly even got to try her hand at pressing and most importantly laying the tortillas out to cook. We then sat around the table talking and laughing (about the aphrodeisiac qualities of yaca, among other things) until we sadly had to take off again down the road. It was yet another amazing display of the unparalleled generosity we have experienced in Mexico!Read more