A few days ago a woman on a bicycle was in an accident with a school bus right outside our house here. The children were all hysterical and Ponheary brought them all over to get them away from the scene and to calm them down. An 'ambulance' came and took the woman to the hospital but, although she was alive, we could see that she had very serious head injuries. Ponheary found out that she died shortly after reaching the hospital. Apparently she worked at a hotel around the corner from here. Her husband died only two months ago and so now her children are orphans. We all felt very sad about this. We will all be riding our bicycles a bit more carefully now.
Broken cars, a procession and Popocatépetl.
We’re back among the volcanoes and staying in atmospheric Puebla for our last rest day. I was excited to see Citlaltépetl on the way here but even more thrilled to get glimpses of Popocatépetl having an afternoon puff through the haze. Such glorious names! I remember reading about them when I was about 8, in my much loved ‘ Book of the World’ and here I am, seeing them with my own eyes. I swoon. I just hope it’s less hazy tomorrow so I can see Popocatépetl better. Puebla had a very serious earthquake last year and there was another 7.2 near Oaxaca last month. The damage from these is evident in many places. It’s been a hectic few days, some rather boring, but fast toll motorway; plenty of absolutely gorgeous mountain driving with steep narrow roads, vertical drops, endless potholes and those bloody ‘topes’ aka car killers. Hundreds of them - unmarked, unpredictable and truly nasty. Of cours...
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