Dec 9 - International Bridge #1

In Laredo, Texas. Getting ready to cross International Bridge #1

In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Getting ready to enter Mexican customs.

Looking through the vehicle gates into Nuevo Laredo.

Dec 9 - Border Inspection

Border inspection just inside Mexico. NOTE: I had a camouflage jacket confiscated by the soldiers. A lot of other people also had clothing taken away because they were camouflage or militaristic in nature. Even though I already knew why, I asked just to get an official answer. I was told that there is a new law prohibiting the importation of "military-style clothing." Criminals impersonating police and soldiers have become a well-known problem in recent years. Although it should seem obvious that confiscating vintage military/hunting hats and jackets (clothing that in no way resembles modern Mexican military dress) from normal people will have practically no effect on anything, I suppose the government feels it must keep up the appearance that it is actually doing something proactive about the situation.

Dec 8 - Houston

Cellphone picture I took as the bus was entering Houston, Texas on 1-35. 

Yerberia Martha, an interesting looking store across the street from the Houston bus terminal. Too bad it was closed.

Some shots of Sombrerete, Zacatecas

 

Pietta Colt 1851 .44 Caliber

Dragonflies

Bright turquoise dragonflies next to a pond in Suchil, Durango.

State military cadet drill competition

June 5 - Crabs

A few shots of some crabs on the rocks bellow Cerro del Vigia in Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

Sombrerete, 456 Aniversario, 2011

June 1 - Sombrerete Panormama

Taken from Cerro Sombreretillo, the town's most predominant landmark and its namesake.

May 27 - Septic Waste Truck

Septic Waste Truck at a PEMEX gas station on Mex-45, near Sain Alto.

May 3 - Sombrerete at Night

Taken from the roof of the house where I was renting a room.

Apr 27 - Truck Stop

Taken at a trucker rest stop on Mex-45 between Vicente Guerrero and Sombrerete near the Durango-Zacatecas border.

Mural at the rest stop's dinner.

The remote La Catarina Ranch

Brush fire caused by fireworks

Corona at San Jose de Gracia, Aguascalientes

San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco

San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco

 

Dawn in San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco

Central market just before dawn in the city of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco.

Apr 10 - La Catarina, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon

Entering La Catarina, Monterrey from the south

La Catarina's impressive mountain landscape.