29 hours and counting...

Yep...I changed my flight to Friday at 3pm. It's time to go. I love this place but I miss my friends, the Ranneys, Santa Fe and I really miss Amelia. So it's time to go.

Yesterday I shot 3 more rolls of film and then last night at midnight, Pepe and I went to the Catedral on the Zocalo to do some night shots. They keep it brightly lit and there were only a few people around. Pepe was my "muscle" and interpreter if needed. The exposures were long enough not to show the few people who did walk by. I got home around 12:30am and then developed the film. The negs look great. The skies started to drizzle but nothing came of it, luckily.

Before this, I had been waiting for Jose who was a no-show. Not even a call. You all know how I feel about this. So I went out about 9:30pm to give him a chance to reach me. Nothing by 9:45pm so I decided to have dinner by myself. I chose the very fine El Che restaurant that I had read was in the top 3 here in Oaxaca.
I stepped inside and the place was empty except for one other table. I figured this was going to be expensive. Not really. I had a vegetable salad, chicken supremo (chicken marsala in the USA), two Coronas, coffee and chocolate cake. Guess how much? Come on, guess? Give up? Okay, it was 315 pesos including a 20 percent tip, or $31.50 US. Yikes. It was good. I wasn't overly impressed but it was good.
Tonight the gang is going to La Toscana for my send off dinner. This is the place the governor of Oaxaca eats when he comes to town. After tonight I will have eaten at the top 3 restaurants and for well under $100 US. Killer.

This afternoon I'm going to finish shooting the neighborhood I live in, Jalatlaco, and then I'll finish the film tonight after dinner. I also over-bought my chemicals so I am going to donate them to the Bravo Center for use in their darkroom. I'm doing that this afternoon as well.

It's been fun here but it's time to go.