Andrew ,, when I was in Perto Vallata, it was before the new high way ,, came in via Acapulco , back track from San Diego -- Acapulco Race on a 98footer Serena,, built in 1918 ,,, Williams ,,The night of Iguanas,, Eva Gardner,, oooooooooh,,
I too spent a week in a Mexican jail not for joints but for immigration violation,, you see I had no visa to Mexico , so I jumped the fence in Tijuana at midnight ,, climbed the fence,, and got on the bus going south ,, after 10K ,, border check caught me and sent me back to US ,,as I had US visa ,, I jumped the fence again ,,this time I walked 10K going around the border patrol station ,, and got on the bus again,, rode for a hour,, and boom there was another border patrol ... this time they locked me up ..in a cell with a boy from New Jersey , who looked like Bruce Springsteen ,, may be it was him,, the place had a toilet, with no water 6 x 6' cell , no bed and no blankets and no toilet papers,, a mound of human waste rising high out of the bowl ,,solidified at the bottom with fresh ones on top ... we used pieces of my Van Heussen shirt for toilet paper..
We were fed twice a day ,, a plate of Pinto beans a bread and coffee, which was delivered to us by a village epileptic, who checked in every night and slept in the L shaped hall way ,, as he came down the corridor carrying our food,, in his jerkiness,,stood in front of our cell bar and spit on our food before handing it to us ,, we didnt eat it for 2 days ,,
This went on for a week,, on 6th day ,, we fraked out.. we picked up the toilet bowl ,, with all the contents and threw it against the cell bar .. when this epileptic was about to give us our breakfast of beans and coffee..
Cops emerged on us with drawn pistol..45s ,, five of them ,,pointed to our head,, 1/2 inch away.. It was a day ,, their superior came to inspect and saw us .. looking like Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen in Papillion ..
I bribed them with all my clothing ,, my money ,,even my gold school pendent ,,, and they stopped a poor Mexican guy who was heading north
,, in our stink ,, put us in his car..
After about 5KM ,, I said stop the car and got out, which he was happy to do .. and that morning we walked over the mountain ,, looking at the jail house, like a little match box,, looking down from high Sierras.. where we just spent a memorable week ,, that night we almost froze to death as desert night chill descended on us ,,, we shared one sleeping bag and groped each other for warmth ,,in the morning we had to hide from gauchos on horseback,, heavily armed,,
As we walked on the highway not having eaten for two days.. we found a broken down 40foot truck trailer,, the driver was there waiting for spare part for 4 days ,,living under the trailer,, as he would hunt for Iguans for a meal,, still he shared his meager food he had... as we walked and walked we would find little houses,, Indios,, with very little for them selves,, still gave us warm tortillas ,, and beans ,, ,, I became a man in Mexico ,, throwing away my 17 year old non sense,,,, my first woman was in Mexico ..story goes on and some day when we meet ,,
I consider Mexico ,,my second home ..
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