La Ruta de las Flores

Ahuachipan is the start of the route of flowers. We hopped on a chicken bus, so named because everything including chickens can be on them.  Vendors selling everything from candies to headphones jump on and off the crowded buses. We visited three towns, checking out markets and churches.One bus was the best, the lady across from me was seated with two live chickens that she kept watered. I don’t think I had ever been on a chicken bus that actually had chickens!

The last town was the prettiest, with cobbled streets and colourful murals painted on most buildings.

Making it back to Ahuachipan, we ventured out to a pizza place. This town reminds me of Cuba, with broken down vehicles and dilapidated buildings. At the pizza place I asked why there was a jeep in the courtyard, and the answer was that it was decoration.  The pizza was  fine but the service was good entertainment. 

We went back to our cantina and another episode of the drug trade telenovela.

That night there was an earthquake that was 3.9 on the Richter scale but I didn’t notice.