Tequila and Guadalajara

So off we went to  little town called Tequila that is designated a Unesco World Heritage Area which includes acres and acres of Agave plantations. It was awesome! We got there pretty late in the evening and it was already getting dark. Luckily, this guy on a little motorcycle asked us if we were looking for a tour of a Tequila distillery. We said yes, and he took us to a nice place that was still open to the public despite how late it was. There we got a nice tour of the distillery, including every single step in the process of making tequila.

Here I am posing stupidly for a picture in the distillery

At the end of the tour we got to taste some of the different kinds they have, because they all have different flavours (and prices) depending on how long they are stored in the oak barrels. The longer they `rest` in the barrel, the better the taste and the higher the price.


Getting ready for the tasting!

We bought a "standard" 5 liter jug, which is how they come if you want to be cheap, and Sarah named it Kiki! Despite the fact that it was a LOT of tequila, Kiki lasted us a bit less than a month and a half, hahahaaa. I know, we are incorrigible After the tour of the distillery we parked Cubby and Pichula somewhere in the street and had to suffer all night the passing of tractor trailers, although after a few tequila shots and drinks it didn't really matter anymore.
Next morning we left for one of my favorite places to visit, Guadalajara. I remember being a kid and listening to music from Mexico mentioning this town and I also remember my parents talking about visiting it at some point. We made it there some time in the morning and spent the time going to the Big Market in downtown. Somehow we managed to get lost but at least Matt and I stayed together. We finally found Jocelyn and Sarah about 45 minutes later after backtracking our steps. That was actually a bit of fun.
After lunch we did some sightseeing in the city and in the afternoon we went to the famous Mariachi Plaza (where all the Mariachis congregate to play for tourists and shit, for a fee of course). Luckily, that day was Santa Cecilia, which is the music saint, so they were celebrating big at the plaza with about 6 different big Mariachi bands taking turns to perform. It was awesome!!! We did have to wait about an hour thought because they first had a misa (Catholic mass) in honor of the saint, so we had to kind of suck it and wait for it bo over.
Once the music started, I was transported back to my childhood at some moments, because they performed many tunes and songs that I remember listening to as a kid. Songs like Guadalajara, El Son de la Negra, Jalisco, etc. The bands were really really good and we spent the whole evening there drinking beer and listening to music. It was a grand time indeed!

A Mariachi band performing some amazing songs

"Pelota de Futbol" was the name of this thing full of beer...and it took us a while to finish it!

Later in the evening we talked to a lady that was the owner at one of the shops next to the restaurant where we were, and she was nice enough to actually drive us to a street near her house, so we could park Cubby there and stayed for the night. We ended up drinking some more beer and make quite a considerable dent on Kiki! We even had a couple of neighbours come and say hi, hehee.

Matt went to bed and took Kiki with him!

Next morning we were a little bit wounded, but I spent a considerable part of the morning lifting cubby and fixing its brakes so people could rest a few more hours. After that we left and drove towards a beautiful lake named Chapala. The traffic getting out of Guadalajara was quite something, including almost hitting a car and shit, but I will let my friend Matt talk about that in our next post, so stay tuned! ;)