by kdmac » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:46 pm
It's been so nice to see all the photos of the area, makes me definately want to go again. I was there many years ago with my sister. We took a local "tour" up to a mining town north of Matzatlan (it was just one taxi driver and us two girls). He showed us the leather treatment business and the brick making yard. They were ancient businesses, been treating leather and making bricks for hundreds of years both places very crude and very old. The brick production was done by just one person, he prepared the mixture then slapped it into preformed molds of old wood, slapped them out onto the ground to season in the sun. But, I have always remembered them. This taxi drives was extremely proud of them, likely having no idea how very crude they were in comparison to industrialized nations. When I saw the bricks you showed I couldn't help but think that they were very likely produced by this local brick maker. I've really been enjoying this very much. I would love to go there but I am alone and I figure it isn't smart for me to do that. Please keep those photos coming! Mucho Gracias!