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Guadalajara, Tapatio, y Tequila

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Arriving into Guadalajara was a little sketch as I had told my airBnB host that I would arrive at 8:30 pm, but after a few flight delays and inefficient customs, I was through the airport at 11 pm in a new city. Not ideal conditions for an arrival and a circumstance I almost always try to avoid. Luckily, my host had patiently waited and I was checked-in at 11:30 pm. After the rest of the familia arrived the next morning, we went to the centro historico de guadalajara. Our 20 minute taxi ride cost us 60 pesos, or 5 dollars. The first most obvious thing about Guadalajara is that there are no gringo tourists. Literally, walking around the most touristy part of the city where they have those open top double-decker buses, aka tourist ground zero, and not a gringo to be seen. Besides us of course. Despite our best efforts, there is simply no way for four gringos with heights of 5'10, 5'11, 6'2, and 6'3 to blend in. We even were asked to stand in a few family pictures for nove...