BALLET FOLKLORICO
Before dinner our last night in El Fuerte, we are treated to a ballet folklorico. I attempt to take some photos but the light is dim and I have to compete with other flashes. I try never to use flash, but sometimes you have to. There are four women and four men, who perform two different styles of dance. My favorite dancer is Lupita, who starts out in orange and then switches to blue. Near the end of the second dance, each of the female dancers takes the sombrero from their male partner and selects a man from the audience to come dance with them. Araceli, the dancer in red, chooses me. To my knowledge no photos exist of this.It is an early morning to catch the return train, this time ending in Barrancas, just south of Creel. I don't take any photos on the return trip, though I do watch the guards that periodically pass through our car, with either a pistol on their side or an automatic rifle on their back. They sit in the back of the car and occasionally walk up and down the aisle.
We arrive at our destination in the early afternoon. Our hotel, the Posada Barrancas Mirador, is situated on the rim of the canyon and the views are breathtaking. Once we get settled in and have our complimentary margarita, I decide it's time to stretch my legs and go for a hike.
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