Celebrations

We were at home by the pool one afternoon and could hear horns honking from several streets away. Not an unusual sound in Mexico, but still.......! Eventually, we realized there was some procession and it was going up and down every street in our neighbourhood. Grabbed the camera and sure enough, it was one of those glorious 15th Birthday celebrations for a local girl. Families go all out - a fancy dress (often looks like a wedding dress), a huge dinner for all and sundry, and in this case, a fully decorated parade, that was at least a block long. Music, people dressed to the nines - all to celebrate when a girl turns 15. Sometimes these poor families go into debt for years to pull it off, but when you think about how her life might end up - she could be married, have kids, and a hard life in the next couple of years - it is a wonderful thing for her to be honoured in such a way once in her life.

Wednesday night we went for dinner and live blues at Caktuz - the "unplugged" version of their regular Saturday blues show. It was very nice - and we had the best steak in town!