San Pancho 3 March 04
DidnÕt get to take that drive up the hill yesterday cause
Porko took a siesta. I really like this town where fisherguys
walk to work, where vehicles share the road with children,
dogs and horses.
This morning Porko picked me up at the playa and while the RV
(Puffa Puffa) has her wheel bearings replaced, I had a chance
to see his property.
Approx 10,000 sq feet it is and rather steep. Think of a "V"
as in Valley and both sides of the hill are part of the
property. It can be quartered or halved. Two of the four
possible lots have great ocean views. The other two need a 2nd
floor for the view but all have sunsets. There is plenty of
southern light. Back filled retaining walls and support
pillars are constructed onto which the "ground" floor and
additional stories are built.
Porko and his wife have been raving about how I stayed for
"all" the music and that my Liquid Light show was just what
the weekend needed. I trained a local teenage girl who took
one look at the plates and I saw this look in her eyes and
fifteen minutes later, she had it down! A perfect thing to do
especially in that this is a festival to highlight the
talents of locals. Puerko wants a video projector for next
year cause I showed him some of what could be done w/ Arkaos
and live feeds.
Estaban very clearly told me last night that that land is
"so" valuable (Porko wouldnÕt sell to him or others at that
price!) that heÕd be happy to put up money for a piece and
the way he said it was like, "Dude, you can get your money
back by selling two parcels and keeping one for yourself and
you wouldnÕt even have to put up your own cash!"
Dig!
Capitalism can be so appealing.
So, IÕve begun dreaming about what kind of home I could have
in around 1200 Š 1500 sq ft w/ an outdoor tiled cooking area,
two bedrooms (with rental downstairs) brick vaulted ceiling
living room where all rooms would have ocean views. (8 kÕs up
the road is a town w/ nothing but hotels along the beach, but
this town, ZERO hotels on beach!).
E says weÕve a slew of Humboldt friends who want a piece of
this action, and about time he says, as the Mexican
government has finally gotten a real good sense of how this
coast looks to War Babies and Baby Boomers who are retiring
in record numbers w/ lots of cash infused into local
economies and everyone is happy.
This town is special cause while the dichotomy between
"townies" and "vacationers" or retirees is real, the "actual"
income gap is less so cause of the fish and land wealth of
the town. I have never been in a Mexican beach town where the
locals were so appreciative and supportive of gringos and
everyone gets along so swell! Isla Mujeres and Tolum for
example on the Carib coast Š the locals hate tourists, itÕs
just about the cash exchange. That vibe is not present here!
Hopefully, IÕll be uploading several pages of Journal entries
and graphics through PorkoÕs connection this morning after
the RV goes to a mechanic ($8 an hour) for front-end wheel
bearings. ($65 - $85 an hour at home and their ainÕt nothing
wrong w/ Mexican mechanics cause as I well know, thatÕs who
kept my vehicles operational in Middletown and SF for years!)
So, I slept in this morn, till 6, and IÕve done Yoga, cleaned
the kitchen and the space around my front yard and picked up
some garbage from the beach and scored ten liters of water to
do a laundry. MC the Real Dog has been fed. The sun is poking
through coast haze and the ten-dollar bag (dime bags are here
are most alive!) of local "indoe" is worth it and not a
dollar more!
Some folks, with whom IÕve shared my art feel itÕs good
enough to be printed, framed and hung for a show here. Too
bad there isnÕt a gallery in this town. Yet. Perhaps it can
be in a couple of rooms of the "museum" that Porko wants to
build with the $65K heÕd take while financing the remaining
$95K.
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