PowerCycle

Number #5 just did their thing up Calle 2 de Mayo right below my window. The view of the road is kind of obstructed by power lines so the pictures aren’t great. The costumes have been quite colorful and the dancing ladies looked very nice.

My stomach is back to normal so I’ll be heading out tomorrow. Sleeping pad #2 (the Thermarest) and the mosquito net are sitting by the door. They may not be coming with me tomorrow. Actually, having just written that, maybe I’ll bring them and see if I can’t find a better home for them with a family outside the city.

Update #1 OK it looks like I was wrong. There are only 2 parades. One is a high school band thing and the other is some kind of religious thing. They just keep making loops through the city so it seems like there have been 5.

Update #2 The craziest thing just happened! The religious procession was going by but having seen it twice already, I stayed in bed. Then I hear this chanting going on so I stood up in front of the window and pulled back the curtains. Standing on the street below me, hands held in front of them, were hundreds of people praying. They were all looking up right at me when I opened the curtains! I felt like the Pope! The window was open so I called down to them, “Be at peace my children!” but it probably didn’t translate right. OK, the part about calling down to them I made up but the rest is true.