Life in Kino
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:52 amJust thought I'd share a few more pictures of what we are doing and seeing here. Wish I could share not only the sights but the sounds and smells also. As you drive down the streets you hear cars with loud speakers hawking everything from politicians to meat or just sharing their music. Music plays and announcemnts come over the loud speakers in the stores. The trucks roar and the children laugh. Everything seems to be in stereo. And the smells - to our US noses good and bad, meat cooking at the bbq on the corner, truck exhaust, the fish smell from the pier and the fishermens boats, wood burning, garbage burning, the salt air when the breeze comes across the Gulf. Every day brings something new.
But a few pictures - the first one I couldn't resist. He was sitting in front of a store across from the bakery. And it wasn't a cold day.
This is the bakery, you can just see Bill through the door. Very small place. We got there about 1 in the aft and had to come back at 3 when the baking was done. You either get there first thing in the a.m or wait until afternoon for supper. Bakery is in Old Kino
Just some scenes from New Kino where we are stayng - this first is one of the public accesses to the beach between the private homes
they are all landscaped
This is one of the homes - many of them have murals on them - liked this one
Sitting on the beach having lunch
Some sights we saw on our way to Hermosillo to shop = sharing the road
BBQs on the corner - made your mouth water
Inside WalMart at McDonalds =- Beth notice the pinatas hanging - Bill is in far right corner
The little church I mentioned before - we went up there but it wasn't opened. Met the man who built it and he said it is open Sat and Sundays but won't be open Christmas - too bad. There is only parking for 5 cars up at the top - rest of parking is at bottom of hill. Took a picture through window. The statue above alter is life size and made of iron wood - brought by hand up the hill
This is the road up and down - we are coming down into the sun - was hanging on for dear life.
And one more shot to end the day. Really nice sunsets
Hope you are enjoying this trip as much as I am. Come on Jennie - join us.
But a few pictures - the first one I couldn't resist. He was sitting in front of a store across from the bakery. And it wasn't a cold day.
This is the bakery, you can just see Bill through the door. Very small place. We got there about 1 in the aft and had to come back at 3 when the baking was done. You either get there first thing in the a.m or wait until afternoon for supper. Bakery is in Old Kino
Just some scenes from New Kino where we are stayng - this first is one of the public accesses to the beach between the private homes
they are all landscapedThis is one of the homes - many of them have murals on them - liked this one
Sitting on the beach having lunch
Some sights we saw on our way to Hermosillo to shop = sharing the road
BBQs on the corner - made your mouth water
Inside WalMart at McDonalds =- Beth notice the pinatas hanging - Bill is in far right corner
The little church I mentioned before - we went up there but it wasn't opened. Met the man who built it and he said it is open Sat and Sundays but won't be open Christmas - too bad. There is only parking for 5 cars up at the top - rest of parking is at bottom of hill. Took a picture through window. The statue above alter is life size and made of iron wood - brought by hand up the hill
This is the road up and down - we are coming down into the sun - was hanging on for dear life.
And one more shot to end the day. Really nice sunsets
Hope you are enjoying this trip as much as I am. Come on Jennie - join us.
- was the artist. He went down to the basement and I got told I could watch if I didn't get in the way. He arrived 8 or 9 in the morning. He painted this gigantic mural - I'm guessing here that it was 12 feet long by 6 feet high - somewhere in that ballpark - directly on the wall. It was a scene with a lake and trees and if you looked you'd see squirrels and chipmunks and birds of all kinds on the ground and in the trees - it was an awesome, beautiful work of art. He would paint a tree trunk, then take a brush with green paint mixed with some other colors, put his fingers through the brush, then dab on the wall several times above and around the trunk, and there were the leaves. It was amazing. I can remember all this today as if it was yesterday.