Daniel Hernandez (friend, fellow chicano en DF and LA Weekly Contributor) Sandra de La Loza legendary space chola and Echo Park artist.
You have to push through hours of this crazy traffic to get out of DF on the way to Tlaxcala.
En La Condesa (DF) with Mariana Botey, always stimulating and never a dull moment.
They made zines too! LOL. Visited the Museo de Antropologia while getting a new tire for mi ruca.
The BMW dealer in DF was dope. Forgot which district it was in but its near La Condesa. Very clean, very professional shop. The only downside was they cleaned my bike (without asking me) spotless so it no longer looked like I drove it from Cali.
The drug war in Mexico is in full swing, more have died in the last month than Iraq and Afghanistan. Convoys like this are a common sighting. Most of the soldiers hide their faces behind masks.
View from my hotel room in Patzcuaro's little square.
I did some offroad exploring outside of San Juan Tumio to try to find mi tio abuelo juan working in his orchard.
A Sosa cousin who happens to be named after my grandma Dolores (rip) and mi tio Abuelo Juan.
My cousin Sergio who told me the last time he saw me I was as tall as his knee. Apparently he stayed with us at my house in Santa Cruz.
My adorable cousin Jennifer (left) who was raised her whole life in orange county. She's starting a new life in San Juan Tumbio as her parents were deported. This was our first meeting as we took a walk to the house my grandfather was born in. Tio Abuelo Juan on right.
Another shot of the house my grandfather was born in.
One of the many lakes around Patzcuaro where we enjoyed a nice fish lunch.
If you have any doubts about mi tio abuelo's health, here he is hopping a fence.
This is an orchard of Avocados mi tio abuelo planted.
Mi tio abuelo inspecting the fruits of his labor.
Mi primo Manuel examining the next harvest. He stays in shape he says, "I can run for two days if I have to."
Mas primos.
