Firstly we have to say that public transport in Mexico is fantastic, even if it is absolutely insane. For example, on our way home we had a bus with lovely comfy seats that didn't appear to be secured to the floor; a lady selling ice cream on the bus; and finally a fully costumed clown who was getting a ride home!
When we got into town the first thing we noticed were the people - no joking, we must have seen 10,000 people in town. There were people traffic jams everywhere. We also walked down a street for about 500yrds which is now known as "Chicken Street." Every shop on that street sold chickens. They were not in fridges but in the street, and every part (including the heads!) were in little piles for people to buy!
We walked round a few shops and there were a few good guitars but nothing that jumped out at us. Feeling dejected and ready to go home warm and tired, Gary suggested crossing the road for one last shop. The shop was really nice and they had a few guitars - but there was one amazing guitar. It is a Takamine guitar (this won't mean much to anyone, in fact it doesn't really mean much to me, but I've heard people who play guitar talk about them!) and when the lady told me the price I nearly collapsed! I knew that these guitars cost a bit of money, and when we did our wee calculation for money, it was very cheap, so cheap that we made her check the price again!
So we got it, walked with the box past all the thousands of people, jumped on the tube, onto another crazy bus, and arrived home, happy at a job well done!
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