Tapatian FotoTour #2

It went brilliantly. Obviously it took a while for everyone to turn up, gringos first (myself included) then Mexicans, which meant I’d had 3 beers before we headed off… But I was well impressed with the turn out- 12 Flickreros. El Charro Negro beat me to the T-shirt idea and was already wearing his self-designed Flickrwear. Once we got chatting, everyone seemed to have at least one friend in common (in the real world), and they were all a lovely bunch of people. And generally all sporting fearsome looking expensive cameras (I want one…). Don Charro also had a pinhole camera mind (today’s international pinhole photography day, folks). So the Panteón was looking its usual faded best, we just timed it right because on Tuesday it’s shutting down for repairs for as long as it takes. I hope it opens in time for the Day of the Dead (though this year, I fancy going to Michoacán for that)…

After a couple of hours in the Panteon, we ambled to a gothic church then back to the market, then the cantina La Cava again then back home to feed the dog and have him pull me round the block a few times. Sita and co of course weren’t around when I got home since they were off in Chapala at some high class country club, paddling, sunning themselves and barbecuing with Hugo y familia. I’m sure Monica’ll blog something about it in the near future.

So I started a thread in the VivirGuadalajara forum for everyone on the tour to put links to their photos from yesterday. Here’s the link to my FotoTour Set in the meantime, and here are some of my faves:

Today, another trip to Tequila… I’m considering forgoing the Jose Cuervo tour and just taking Atticus to see the Agave fields. He’s very big on UNESCO World Heritage Sites…