Herbie loves Mexico: 6

The owner of this car very sweetly disappeared into a house in a huge hurry and left me plenty of time to molest the scenery and snap a dozen or so photos. She was running as she left the car, running up to a house, and a Mexican who is running is very late let me tell you. Mexicans don't often run to any appointment so I imagine she probably was due there last night or something. Anyway she left me plenty of time and space to shoot my Herbie photo of the day. She also blessed me with a Mexican parking job by leaving a ton of space at either end, and that left me with no need to crop out an ugly Nissan or a big ugly pickup truck. Thank you late person.

So this is possibly my last picture. Herbie is nearly done and so are we. We leave in one week for the our month long visit stateside and we must say our goodbyes to beautiful Mexico on Thursday evening as we board our flight to Mexico City.

Ahh, what's beautiful about Mexico? I'm so glad you asked. ...

It is a million things, but mostly it is the colors. It's a blue sky, a pink house a black dog, the crimson colored bougainvillea that are everywhere. It's a brown desert hillside contrasted against the bluest sky you'll ever see and it's the rich green of palm fronds and the turquoise of the Carribean. It's the diversity! Not just in the scenery but in the people, amazing diversity in both that will throw all of your prejudices about Mexico being third world or backwards out the window. We heard this from friends and family and sometimes we felt it ourselves. Yes it takes a few visits to dispose of these prejudices, not look over your shoulder for them, but over time Mexico gets under your skin and you see nothing but the beauty. There is a lot of beauty here. Don't miss it and make sure you visit this country at least once in your lifetime.

I'm going to miss this place!