I am here in Guanajuanto, a beautiful Spanish colonial city in Mexico. It is located in the state that shares the same name, and it has been declared one of those important cities that must preserve its character for everyone in the world to see. I think their tagline is something like "La Patrimonia de la Humanidad" or something extremely pompus to that effect. But the city is extremely beautiful and extremely inviting. You can guess how many tourists are here, but they are here for a good reason.

I am chilling at an internet cafe, listening to old mp3s I have recorded in the past, and thinking about what the hell I am going to do next. Traveling by yourself in a different country is a strange thing. I am not sure a lot of people do it because it is a little disconcerting. If you aren't doing anything, you have nobody to talk to, and so you wind up running around doing things. I am afraid that I have hit nearly everything that the Lonely Planet guidebook had talked about. Almost. I am saving some things for tomorrow as well because I am not leaving until 5 pm.

The people here are pretty friendly and very used to dumb tourists wandering helplessly through their city. So they don't mind so much when I stutter broken Spanish and looked completely lost. I suppose that Guanajuanto is a better place to visit by yourself than some other place like Mexico City or perhaps somewhere in Sinaloa.