Party like a Mexican

This pole-boat ride was one of my favorite parts of the trip. We only did a short "cruise," but we could see how wonderful full-on, whole-day, or afternoon trips down and around the canals could be. The canals are all that are left of an old lake basin. They are very shallow, so all of the boats are propelled by one pole man, much like the biggest gondola EVER.

The (huge!) families looked so happy! Singing, dancing, laughing, eating.

Well, the non-tourists, anyway. There was one small, be-suited family (mom, dad, mid-twenties daughter) that looked like they were having a mildly distasteful time - Asian, naturally (while we're being completely racist).

We had a mariachi group play us a song and bought "chili" (it made the beers red! and salty. and hot.) beers from a boatman.

Even worth the hours of non-air-conditioned, noses-at-car-exhaust-level, bumper-to-bumper traffic we had to endure to get there :)