Tuesday, May 16, 2000
Caught a 10:30 a.m. bus to Chihuahua. At one stop, a Tarahumara
woman got off the bus and pulled out the biggest breast in the
world and started feeding her baby while facing the bus. Jana never
really got used to this custom.
The bus stopped in Cuauhtemoc for five minutes for a
lunch/drink/pee break. A mariachi band boarded the bus and
serenaded everyone for a while until we paid 10 pesos to make them
stop and they got back off the bus.
Chihuahua bus station
Neither of us were much excited by our first look at Chihuahua.
We became even less excited when we saw our options for getting to
Durango, night buses or super-early departures. We opted to escape
to Hidalgo de Parral on the 5:00 p.m. bus.
We arrived in Parral at 8:00 p.m. and managed to wander in the
correct direction of the town plaza, where we wanted to find the
Hotel Acosta. When we got close, we asked for directions, and the
guy walked us part way and then passed us to another guy who walked
us to the door - Nice folks! Got a room for 176 pesos on the third
floor that overlooked the plaza. There was a roof terrace just up
the stairs from us with an awesome view of the city. No a/c, but
the ceiling fan made it nice. The friendly bellman showed us
several rooms and let us choose and then brought us water and a
TV.
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