Back in Guanajuato, it started raining, SERIOUSLY RAINING! I originally expected this trip to last six months, which would have returned me to San Francisco just as Central America's rainy season began. Ooops! It has started and I haven't left Mexico yet. I may need knobbier tires.
Heavy rainstorms in high deserts are beautiful. Lightning, thunder, and floods! Of course I had to go out and play in it... and take pictures.
The tunnels were flooded. That's actually a whirlpool over a drain in this picture:
Guille and I walked out to La Presa ("the dam"). There are actually quite a few dams in Guanajuato but this one is a pretty neighborhood with some good restaurants.
A before/after picture of Guille's backyard:
What else to do on a rainy day? Make tinga!
Guille and her roommate, Gustavo:
Here's some other food porn from Guanajuato. Enmoladas and a chili relleno from Mexico Lindo y Sabroso, a restaurant in La Presa:
This is a Guanajuato-style cecina from the same restaurant. Cecina is a bit like beef jerky, normally, but this version is super-thin and deep fried:
A couple dishes from el Rincón de Los Milagros, probably the nicest restaurant in Guanajuato. It's in the San Javier district, up the hill a ways. Fish in an unusual garlic sauce:
The best dish in Guanajuato: Pork in a sweet, savory sauce strongly reminiscent of blackberry jam.
