God´s really good...

...to poor student travelers like me.

ok, so i don´t know what it is about buses in mexico, and the fact that all of the ¨gringos¨ (ok, NOT that i´m fond of that term in any way, shape, or form) just HAPPEN to sit in the very back, but... this evening on my way to GUADALAJARA (yes, you may add in here a little rendition of elvis´s famous ¨guadalajara, guadalajara¨ if you wish), i sat in the back, again, and just happened to meet two more people from the united states, again (and again a young happy traveling couple, just like last time). so, halfway to guadalajara they ask me if i´d like to join them on the taxi ride to the center of guadalajara since it´s a ways away (hadn´t even thought about that fact yet). yes, please! i ask them how much of the money they´d wish for me to cover, and they say, no way!, we got it! (thank you!) so we get to the center. does leisha have a place to stay?, nope, she was really planning on winging it and seeing if the hostels nearby had any beds. they tell me i should see the awesome hotel where they´re staying-- it´s the place that this one guy always stays when he comes here with his family-- so we walks a few steps and around the corner and there we are. they say i can call from the hotel to see if there are any beds available, because it would be safer for me than walking around with my stuff, so standing there thinking about it for a split second, i overhear him say to the lady behind the desk, ¨a room for us and a room for her.¨ and i stand there, still, like.... whoa... is this... wait, hmm???, and they say, this way you´ll be safer, and you´ll have time to search for a place tomorrow before checkout at 2.¨ ¨whooa, how can i repay you guys!?¨ and they look at me like it was an unnecessary question, and they simply said, ¨just remember to treat the next single traveler you meet really well!!!¨ (ok is that SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pay it forward or WHAT!?!?!?)........ so we walked up the stairs until i got to my floor...... we shook hands and they said we probably wouldnt see each other again because they´d be out at 5 the next morning, so good luck and all......... we shook hands...... then we went our ways!

so now leisha has a very nice (ok, compared to sharing a room and shower with random people--which i mean is fine with me and all, but...), comfy, warm room to herself, in this big beautiful very old-arquitectura hotel, and has it ALL to herself until 2PM! woot!

soooooooooooooooooo... leisha´s answer to her ¨God, please let me find a good cheap room tonight when i arrive in guadalajara¨ plea has been taken care of. (i mean come on, they didnt even ask me, or question it, they just went and reserved me one, paid for it, with a smile, and there it was! and no mom and dad, they were not dangerous people, and for everyone else, there were NO drug deals involved or anything of the sort). ah, sigh. this is the kind of stuff that makes me want to blog. (notice i haven´t really blogged a lot since... well, the LAST time i was in mexico!?!?!?... whooooooa. dude...)

so here i am.

and i really like guadalajara so far. home of the mariachi, and the town, tequila, is nearby (too bad i´m not more interested in the drink itself). i got in on the end of a free symphonic concert here in the center area, and i read just now that the glenn miller orchestra will be here (like right down from the hotel) on friday night. free performance. yes, the glenn miller orchestra from the good ole u.s.of.a. so, am thinking i may be staying here a while?...

as they say here in this fabulous país....... VIVA MÉXICO, CABRONES!!!!!!!!!!! (ok, virgin eyes, don´t read that last word, please.) ;)

p.s. mom and dad, can i have a little more money put into my wells fargo account? just in case? :)