We are now in Guadalajara, State of Jalisco. Guadalajara is the second largest city of Mexico with about 3 million people. Traffic is quite horrendous, so we decided to leave our van in the campground, about ten miles from El Centro and take a bus to visit the city. There is a bus stop conveniently located at the entrance of the parking. So we took it this morning. Taking a bus here is a bit confusing because there is no information on bus routes or on which bus stops where. We have to rely on our good sense of seasoned travellers (we want to believe we are) and check that the bus is going in the right direction, using MapsWithMe on the Ipad (thanks to my brother Axel for letting me know about this great App). Going downtown was no problem, we spent the day sightseeing and took the bus back at around 5pm. At the beginning, everything was fine, the bus was heading in the direction of our campground, traffic was good. And then, unexpectedly, the bus left the main road and headed to some unknown area. We asked the driver, he said we were going to Santa Ana… could not locate this on MapsWithMe. We stayed in the bus until the end station, hoping that it would go back to the main road; it did not. At the end station we asked what was going on. Fortunately, it was not dark, else I would have completely freaked out…The bus driver explained to us that the next bus would take us back to the main road. It did, we were quite relieved and went safely back to the campground. In a way, it was a great opportunity to have a glimpse at an area of town we would never have gone to, but this experience is not going to change my opinion on public transportation, definitely…  |
| Casa de las Cabanas, Guadalajara |
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