squatting in patzcuaro

so thankfully we are still in Patzcuaro and its day of the dead!!!! everything is going nuts here and the streets are packed!!! We were at our couchsurfing friends house for five days, and he is actually a really cool guy from Kansas, and where he lives on the hill, they have a great little community of neighbors. His girlfriend is an archeologist, same as their other friend and neighbor. David, the other archeo. moved to Paris, so we have been squatting his house until last night >(the end of the month) we were gonna stay longer but the pinche puta landlady came by and was asking us for money, saying that David didnt pay (but he did... landlady is just a crazy drunk diva). So now we are in jeremys girlfriends house for the rest of the weekend. .
We were gonna camp but the campsite is run by this mean lady who claims to have a kitchen to cook in but there is no gas. and it is a rip off (14$ for one night... thats more expensive than angel island!!!!) and a free place to stay is sweet!!! En mexico, when they say mi casa es su casa, it is NO JOKE!!!! they want to cook for you, do your laundry, anything!!!! >I think Americans really have alot to learn from mexican culture.
A couple of days ago we went to the archeological site in tzintzuntzan where Gama (jeremys g.f.) is working on a site.. she got us in for free, earlier than anybody else, and she gave us a VIP tour, showing us what they were uncovering at the moment, and what they had recently excavated. She is an absolute workaholic who loves her job and she is the jefe of her entire site, so she is always calling the shots. Muy chido!
A few days before this we visited this town where they make copper called Santa Clara del Cobre... its thought that the P'urhépecha people (who are the only indegenous meso americans to have metal work) encountered groupas from peru or posibly china that tought them this trade. We got to see a copper factory where they were pounding copper and we even got to take a whack at it (literally).
All the indegenous P'urhépecha people are so beautiful and many of them speak spanish as their second language.... that being said their language has no ties to any other meso american languages like mayan.. it is unique and they were also the only group to be able to fend off the savage Aztecs.
Tonight we are going to Janitzio, an island in the lake, as well as the other islands for the celebration. All the islands on the lake areP'urhépecha villages with authentic traditions.
They also play this sport which is ancient and played on special occasions still. It is kind of like street hockey with a twist... they set the ball ON FIRE!!!!!! check it out its called pelota P'urhépecha. Super freakin sweet!!!!
ithink thats all i got to say this time... we will be in DF on wednesday hopefully!!

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