Tequila is a small town about an hour from Guadalajara. Surprisingly enough, they make tequila there. My camera died before we started the tour so I only have some pictures from the town. This is our drive out. There's hills here!
I just thought this was cool. So I took a picture. This is probably why my camera battery died. Because I take a lot of really random pictures.
There are lime, lemon and orange trees everywhere here. It's awesome. Especially for someone who can't remember ever seeing an orange, lemon or lime on a tree before. I also saw an avocado tree and it blew my mind.
I can't be sure because I can't remember my hazard transportation codes but the truck says Jose Cuervo on the back. A tanker truck full of Tequila? It's like my worst nightmare.
Spanish lesson: Cuervo means crow. Thus, many crows all over the place. It confused me until someone explained it. Also I just thought this was pretty cool.
I'm not going to lie, I was a little surprised the Jose Cuervo was actually made in Mexico and that people actually drink it here.
This is my crew. Yes, I have a crew. So I'm in the blue in the middle, hopefully I haven't been gone so long you've already forgotten.
On my left is Bard. He's from Norway and works for my company. He's heading for Ciudad del Carmen, which is about 2 or 3 hours from Villahermosa. He just spent the last year working in Russia.
On my right in the back is Luz. She works for my school basically running stuff for us. She organizes trips for us, makes sure we're not getting beat by our host family, makes sure we're not getting beat by our teachers, etc. She's awesome and has made the last two weeks so much fun.
Next to Luz is Sondra. She's from Spain and she's here studying mechanical engineering at the university. She lives with me and my host family. To me, her accent is funny and she speaks really fast. I've gotten more used to it over the last week and half and I can understand her better.
And last but not least is Bogdan. He's Romanian and also works for my company. He's been in Romania for the last few years working. He's moving to Bogotá, Colombia for work.
You'll see these people pop up in more pictures.
Back to the tequila... This is an agave plant. This is what they use to make tequila. The bottom of the plant, the part that looks a little bit like a pineapple, is actually called a pineapple. This is what they use to make the tequila. They bake it for several hours, then press it to get the juice. The juice gets fermented, then aged and...
...you have tequila! In very colorful decorate bottles.
Tequila is a world heritage site!
The town is apparently very typical for a small Mexican town. There's a church.
And a town square, all decorated for Mexican Independence Day coming up on September 16th. No one seems to know why everyone celebrates Cinco de Mayo.
Tequila also has it's own peculiarities. Like this. I'm fairly certain she is the goddess of tequila, or agave, or fertility. Clearly I was paying attention.
There's also these barrel or bottle shaped cars all over the place. Awesome. They do not meet my company's very strenuous safety standards, alas no ride for us.
So that was Tequila! All and all it was fun. Unfortunately the closest I can get to tequila is in a margarita. Thus the dozens of shots for sampling were wasted on me. I tried one and spent the next 30 minutes trying not to vomit. Despite my learned taste aversion to tequila, I still had a good time.
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