Monday, November 1, 2010

taos, nm

taos nm:

corny pseudo "hippy/new age" artists mixed with genuine native artists...also seemed like a mix of rich, white people buying navajo art from people that seemed to just want to make a quick buck....and backpacker hippy people that weren't native yet maybe wished or thought they were...this all may sound ignorant but it's just the impression that i got from my encounters....

also everything was prettty expensive...each white/hippy owned lodge/retreat,in most cases just a dressed-up motel with more "authentic and arty" items, was at least a third higher and sometimes double the price of the place i stayed...can't remember the name off hand but it was in the "non-desirable" area (even to me) of the asthetically unpleasing area where you'll find a strip mall/wal-mart/etc (actual places where most natives shop and work)...you get the point...it was native owned with b&w photos of the land before the aforementioned strip malls....nice owners who seemed to be interested in my trip rather than competitive about their travels and how they would do it...the size, cleanliness, etc. was comparable to rooms that cost $80-$140 but only cost $48 plus tax...

a few blocks away i ate a huge mexican feast and had 2 shots of patron with 2 negra modelos even before i checked into the room...first time i had a shot of booze that wasn't measured since seattle...the waitress walked so slowly to the table as not to spill a drop of the filled-to-the-rim shot glass....super rad

went to sleep and left early the next day...also i left my bike mostly packed that night...i did bring in my big black camera case, but nothing else...i wanted to see if i could sleep without being paranoid about losing anything after the camera got stolen in oklahoma city....
no problems...

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