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Eddie called to his friend, who brought him a plastic Fresca bottle, which had the top cut
off. Eddie cut three sun-star flowers, put them in the Fresca vase and offered them to me.
“Para la señora (For your wife),” he said.
I thanked Eddie, but on the way back to town, I told the taxi driver, “I'm single, here's for
your wife.”
The driver laughed. “My wife left me fifteen years ago.”
“Well, here's good luck for a new girlfriend,” I said. We laughed. We were two old guys
with ammunition and no target.
I skipped lunch and caught the next bus to Tamasopo, a place renowned for its waterfalls
and cascades. I wasn't disappointed. The falls were a gushing torrent. Rivers and cascades
joined to create another vacation paradise. Adam and Eve must have bathed here, and the
Tree of Knowledge had to be nearby.
Families and children were enjoying the beach, the sand, wading and swimming. Young
men, with no fear of heights, climbed the cliffs and dove into the river as if racing the wa-
terfall to see who would splash first. What a beautiful area!
It was late afternoon. I had taken the bus to the Tamasopo turnoff, but you had to take a
taxi from the highway to the falls, about six miles. I negotiated $5 an hour so I could see
a variety of cascades. But after a hike to see Puente de Díos (God's Bridge), my stomach
was growling. I invited my driver to lunch. "You choose the place," I said. Fernando, my
driver, chose a small, modest, family restaurant.
Expenses: Buses $21, taxis: $38, meals: $12, Hotel Arcos: $27. Total: $98.
