http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3761 3761 Waiting at the ticket counter of Transportes San Miguel, I ready for the 20 hour bus ride from Dallas to San Miguel de Allende Mexico. It's an overnight bus ride that leave around 5PM. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3765 3765 Along the route we will pick up friends Drew and Arisbe Fadrowski, our companions on a previous driving tour across Chiapas and Guatemala. We arrive in San Antonio at 10:00PM. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3768 3768 Just across the border south of Laredo, we pull in, stretch and take a pit stop. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3771 3771 Sunrise comes just as the desert terrain that lines the Texas border finally comes to an end. We are now south of Saltillo as we begin to see the mountains. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3774 3774 At around 8AM we encounter one of the sparse "in the middle of nowhere" restaurants along the highway south. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3777 3777 Here we at our 30 minute breakfast stop, we are just 2 hours north of colonial city "San Luis Potosi". http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3780 3780 Friend Drew Fadrowski. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3783 3783 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3786 3786 Mountain range behind us; freezing in the shadows, warm in the sun. Now in the mountains, the sun feels like flakes of hot pepper on our skin. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3789 3789 Friends Drew and Arisbe. This far south a sweater is required for the cold bus and beginning mountain range. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3792 3792 On the road again. It's me riding shotgun and young friends in the back, a little MP3 action going on between those big cushioned headphones of mine. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3795 3795 We luckily slept through the flatlands and have arrived in the mountains as we near San Luis Potosi. We will be in San Miguell de Allende shortly after noon today. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3798 3798 Upon arrival at the apartment, we unpack to immediately head to Juarez Park to try to catch the Sunday afternoon art fair. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3801 3801 Arisbe in the water garden. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3804 3804 More shots in the Beneto Juarez park. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3807 3807 Arisbe on the stairs going up (and up!) to the art institute at the end of the park. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3810 3810 Drew http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3813 3813 Leaving the park, headed to the fish taco restaurant just off of Zacateros on the way to the park. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3816 3816 Favorite fish taco stand is closed so we have to choose another restaurant. We head north on Zacateros and along the route we encounter friend Lili's house on Pila Seca. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3819 3819 Mr. Bob hears me serenading. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3822 3822 Lili comes to see what the fuss is about. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3825 3825 Lili says to call and we will do something. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3828 3828 Hello to Kathey from Mr. Bob & Lili. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3831 3831 We head back into central Jardin to search for a restaurant; at this stage we are starving! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3834 3834 Past some taco stands on the square that look tempting.