Eastern Adventure: Big City Life

During our stay in Mascota, Cisco had to go up to Guadalajara to pick up his Mexican citizen voters card. He invited us along so we could check out the city. Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco, which is where Mascota is. It is probably best known for being the state where the majority of tequila is produced. It is the second biggest city in terms of population in Mexico behind Mexico City.

Cisco had me drive his jeep so he could navigate us through the maze. Driving in Mexico is a pretty intense experience. The speed limits and street signs (like turning lanes) don't really seem to do much. But everything seems to work out even with people making right turns from the far left lane going 20 mph over the speed limit.

This year was the 100 yr anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. There was a lot of cool decorations and art in the plaza.

Enjoying Micheladas in la plaza principal

Murals on the ceiling by José Clemente Orozco

Cisco took us to see some work of one of his favorite artists José Clemente Orozco. They were huge murals taking up entire walls and ceilings in the governor´s palace and another art museum. His paintings were very intense and had a lot of symbolism. Very cool art.

The next three pictures are a mural covering 3 walls and the vaulted ceiling of a large staircase in the governor´s palace. It is of Miguel Hidalgo and it represents Mexico´s struggle to gain independence and their revolution.