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August 6, 2005
Arriving in Aguascalienties
We caught our bus at 12:30 and about an hour later were in Leon. Unfortunately, although we had tickets on the 2:00 bus to Aguascalienties from Leon, they had accidentally overbooked it. Em and I along with about 10 other people had to wait another hour and a half for the next bus. It wasn’t that big of a deal to us as we wanted some food and were not really in a rush. One thing that stood out about the Leon bus station was that every other person seemed to be carrying at least 15 shoe boxes. Some even seemed to have hundreds which they were loading under the buses. No doubt they were heading to their home towns where they could sell them for a profit. We had heard from several people and our guidebook how Leon is known world-wide for it´s shoe production.
We arrived in Aguascalienties a few hours later and grabbed a taxi to our hotel. The driver informed us, as we had previously read, that the city was famous for both its cleanliness and for its kind people. He lived up to that standard giving us a brief tour of the town and chitchatting with us the whole way.
We paid an extra $4 to get a room with a balcony, which was well worth the cost. After getting settled in our room we set out to find some food and walk around the city. The streets designated for pedestrians were lined with various stores and packed with people strolling around like us, or doing their weekly shopping. We stumbled upon a parade of a local worker´s union, and later found a city park where a group of local dancers was giving a performance. Em as usual took some good pictures.
We ate at a good Mexican restaurant and watch a few soccer games over dinner and drinks. We’re now back at the hotel and are ready to get some sleep after our day of traveling.
Posted by Peter Mork at August 6, 2005 11:50 AM
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