Fiesta Patronal (by Todd)

We've been nutso here with the Fiesta Patronal (celebration of the patron saint of Talanga, who is San Diego). There have been processions, called "gremios" all week. For each procession, people march in from one or a few of the aldeas. They meet up with the Talangeños and then process f...

¡La Policia! (by Todd)

Approximately four times now I have been stopped by the police.

The thing is that they have these "Puestos de Control" (Control Posts), where they randomly stop cars. The first time they stopped me, I was a little nervous. But they just asked for my license and registration, looked at them...