We took a jeep ride on the old road to Estacion de Catorce in the valley to north of town. This is the way. Everything was brought to Real de Catorce before the tunnel was put in on the other side of town. The first road was even narrower and was only for donkeys. When the trains arrived the old cart routes became obsolete but donkeys and mules still carried all the goods up the steep canyon roads. Modernization came with four wheel jeeps from WW I and Ii. The road was made wider. The jeep we rode in was 1956 vintage. Some goods are still carried by donkey. As you can see the road is only wide enough for one jeep and one donkey. Our guide and driver Bonifacio had much to tell us about the local history. Christina, from the hotel came along too. She spoke English and had only arrived two weeks ago. It was her first time on the jeep ride.
Although there was a new cell phone tower in Real de Catorce the wi fi was too minimal to try to post. Even back here in San Luis Potosi it can get bogged down quickly. I am unable to go back into my text to make corrections for that reason. Please forgive my mistakes in punctuation and spelling.
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