Friday, July 21, 2006
The way to Monterrey
7/20 9:00pm Oak Cliff
The bus is loading passengers. I didn't sleep well last night- a mix of excitement and worry. During the 12 hour bus ride south I may get some sleep but moving vehichles don't offer that much comfort and the same excitement and worry from last night hasn't passed.
I am taking Alvaro two boxes of his personal possesions. Right now I am worried about how the boxes are holding up. Upon arrival I have to find a way to get in touch with Alavaro. That means going to a pharmancy and buying a phone card. That's not a monumental task but I have to do this while still being responsable for his things and my own.
1:15pm between Austin and San Antonio
Both times that I have taken a bus to Mexico I have been subjected to movies that I don't want to see at volumns that I can't tolerate. These are American movies, dubbed into Spanish. All characters in all the movies seem to be done by two voice actors, one male and the other female. The Spanish they speak is a purposly generic dialect that is particularly annoying.
5:17pm Nuevo Laredo
The border is one of my least favorite places in the world. It seperates two realities- one of opportunity, the other of elitism and poverty, one where one can be proud of being Mexican the other where Mexicans have to fight for their dignity.
I had to get a tourist visa on the Mexican side of the river. Nothing more than a formality but its a nervious experience. During the whole time the ''Overdub Feature Presentation '' is Hotel Rwanda. Surreal. Let's see if the horrible voice-over acting keeps me from crying.
6:41pm Edo. Nuevo Leon
The mountains jolt out of the Valle. The rainy season has painted the land green. The most recent shower lingers in the air and mixes with the sunshine tinting the sky and the mountainside with a rainbow. I have never seen any sight like this.
¶ 10:27 AM
The bus is loading passengers. I didn't sleep well last night- a mix of excitement and worry. During the 12 hour bus ride south I may get some sleep but moving vehichles don't offer that much comfort and the same excitement and worry from last night hasn't passed.
I am taking Alvaro two boxes of his personal possesions. Right now I am worried about how the boxes are holding up. Upon arrival I have to find a way to get in touch with Alavaro. That means going to a pharmancy and buying a phone card. That's not a monumental task but I have to do this while still being responsable for his things and my own.
1:15pm between Austin and San Antonio
Both times that I have taken a bus to Mexico I have been subjected to movies that I don't want to see at volumns that I can't tolerate. These are American movies, dubbed into Spanish. All characters in all the movies seem to be done by two voice actors, one male and the other female. The Spanish they speak is a purposly generic dialect that is particularly annoying.
5:17pm Nuevo Laredo
The border is one of my least favorite places in the world. It seperates two realities- one of opportunity, the other of elitism and poverty, one where one can be proud of being Mexican the other where Mexicans have to fight for their dignity.
I had to get a tourist visa on the Mexican side of the river. Nothing more than a formality but its a nervious experience. During the whole time the ''Overdub Feature Presentation '' is Hotel Rwanda. Surreal. Let's see if the horrible voice-over acting keeps me from crying.
6:41pm Edo. Nuevo Leon
The mountains jolt out of the Valle. The rainy season has painted the land green. The most recent shower lingers in the air and mixes with the sunshine tinting the sky and the mountainside with a rainbow. I have never seen any sight like this.
¶ 10:27 AM
