engine broke down
Friday
Nov 24, 2006
After leaving the big town of Mexico
Then started the Festival season. Our first one was the Cervantino where we were really well looked after by two little cafes, Las Leyendas and El Midi on la plazuela San Fernando, They have made the festival a very agreeable place to be.
It is on the way to the Street Festival of Zacatecas that our nightmare started by a metal banging sound in our engine. We drove very slowly the last 150 km to Zacatecas and made it in time to start our shows. Then when our contract was accomplished we brought the bus to the garage Servicio International in la Col. Buenos
We then booked a cheap hotel (During the festival, they had booked us in a 5 stars hotel )and after 3 days, realized that we wont have our bus back in time to go to the next Festival, Monterrey
We arrived in Texas on the 27th and spent a week in our friend Woods house between San Antonio and Houston
On the 6th, early in the morning, Wood drove us the 10 hours to the border .Spent the night on the Mexican side and the next morning, after saying good by to our friend Wood, we left for Monterrey Monterrey
Our life at that point had the funny side of changing from 5 stars hotels to really cheap one and struggling on the bus with our 200kg of equipment.
On the 13th, at 8pm after a very long journey on a cheap bus that agreed to take our equipment on board, we were back in Zacatecas, stuck at the bus station with those very same 200kg. No transport, no place to go
We finally decided to leave the rig in the luggage storage and took two taxis with the rest of the stuff to the very same cheap but friendly Zamora hotel .
The next day Francisco helped us get the rig back from the station and we were back in square one: same cheap hotel, bus broken down, but at least the visa run was done and Monterrey was done (hey that two worry less).
We finally ask Francisco if whiles waiting, we could live in our bus and that was accepted.
On Thursday 16th of Novembre, we were back in our home, giving endless phone call to Paul Gardner and Roger Harrison, all really helpful.
On Saturday 18th, Francisco found a place that could refill the two bad bearings with the same bland metal and had them regrounded to mesure.That night they worked untill 11pm and when we finally turn the engine on, no banging . I do no think that even Francisco or Martin could understand or see how much we loved them at this point and how happy we were.
We are now on the 24th of Nov taking part in the mexican Juggling convention in Puebla and living in our bus. So far we drove 800km, went up a hill of 3000m and slept at minus 2 with our recently fixed engine and still no banging so we are again a really happy familly
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We are now in the very big city of Mexico
Monday
Jul 17, 2006
Thanks to the independent group of Intercambio International de Arte popular (cienfuegos_rebelde@yahoo.com.mx) we were able to park the bus outside Dona Luz house which is looking very well after us. Theo has made lots of friend in the area and the first thing we noticed here is the solidarity between the habitants of the area Cd.Netzahualcoyolt.
We then decided to organize a little tour of this area. During 5 ends of week we will close principal streets and will present our show with the hat.
Thanks to the various group of artist that we met here, the training space is not missing. Like often during our travel we are very disappointed with the little interest given to us by the French Alliance which are suppose to promote French show abroad.
Because Mexico is so big and that we really want to see it all we are now trying to obtain Artist visas for a year extendable. If we do get them it will be thanks to the various groups of modern circus and the various festivals of Art in the country that very kindly sent us some letters of support.
We are now in a little town called Tulum
Monday
Mar 20, 2006
We are now in a little town called Tulum (or rather near it) on the beach in the Caraibes. It is very beatifull around here. Along the way we ve met up with a Canadian familly that travel in their school bus every winter with their 5 kids and a French couple in their tent with their 3 kids and a Danish familly with their 3 kids who travel in their Mercedes van. We are all parked together and eat our meal together like a small comunity and it s very nice, especially for Scott and me who havent met anyone travelling in buses for ages.
Tomorrow we will do the street here in the center of Tulum as the casa de la cultura is organising a small street festival, it will be with the hat so we dont expect much financially but I feel it is important that the local people get a chance to see our show if they want to rather than just the tourist.
Mexico!
Sunday
Feb 12, 2006
I am very happy to say that since the day before yesterday we are in Mexico. Its very exiting and I am loving it.
The best is our temporal permit for the bus is valid 10 years, ten years… can you beleive it? Which of course means that if we feel like it we may stay ten years 
We are now in the departement of Chiapas and its beatifull, granted it has been a tiring drive through all the moutains, especially as I have done most of it whiles Scott has been cycling around – keeping him fit. We are feeding ourselves of tortilla de harina de trigo and salad, cheese and guacamole, i love it. The peoples are so far really friendly and the countryside beautifull. Who knows, maybe I will found my nest at last
Still in Guatemala
Tuesday
Jan 31, 2006
Hello All,
We are still in Guatemala and are doing very well with a contract here. Next week though we are heading for Mexico and we are really looking foward to it!
