Mexican Circus

On Tuesday the Mexican Circus rolled into town and set up their big top tents on the highway between Guayabitos and La Penita. They have a motley menagerie of animals that they parade through both towns several times a day pulling the cages behind a vehicle with loudspeaker and music. Most noisy and very strange. Lots of cats as in black panthers and leopards, camels and elephant and other various leftovers.  As you can see from below it can be a little dangerous.

Dec 23, 2009.  MORELIA, Mexico —  Authorities say three tigers escaped from a circus caravan in southwestern Mexico.
The Civil Protection agency says one of the tigers was quickly caught. But the other two escaped into a mountainous area about 19 miles from Morelia, capital of the Pacific coast state of Michoacan.
The tigers escaped Wednesday when their cage burst open while the caravan of the Circo Aquilar Hermanos drove along a highway. Police and circus employees are searching for the two missing tigers. Mexico has a problem with dangerous animals escaping from their caretakers. Tigers, an elephant, a lion, buffalo and camels have escaped around the country over the past year, with some of the animals attacking people before being caught.

Last year an elephant got hit by a fully loaded bus at night just outside Mexico City. We joke around every time we see flashing police lights in town that they must be looking 'cats'. 

Yesterday was one of our normal breakfasts on our front deck. Loving the fresh fruit and little pineapple empanedas. We have recovered from our stomach flu and are back to normal and enjoying all the foods again 

Tomorrow we leave the beach. We have been caught in something that's called the "sand suck". It has to do with getting so lazy laying in the hot sun and sand and doing nothing that it is an effort to even decide if you want to roll over or sit up. A very common malady and contagious too! We are reluctant to leave the peace and rhythm of waves and surf but know it is time to move on or we will never get out of here. So on to Guadalajara and inland adventures.