In the lands of the coffee, from the book, Searching for treasures
Historical Center of Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala, Mexico
“Things of utmost importance to consider, my neighboring faraway friend, like the lock of the girlfriend’s hair (and it scented ribbon, by the way). The letters where all those love promises have been written down. That way, you can take them out at night and read them again and again. In the still of the night, you retrieve those mementos of heart-felt passion so you can dream of her (all those intimate little things that you keep, carefully hidden in the deepest, secret pouches of the carriel.”
“Without doubt, you also carried the magic charms and amulets to ward off different evils, the ghosts, and the wandering spirits found on the trails, So many essential items to bring with you, essentials for your travels. The needle and threads to mend your clothes and other stuff, nails to fix the mules, horseshoes, and many other things more, for you never know what end when you’ll need something.”
“So that, my boy, is how the Antioquian colonization began. Among total misery and abandonment, the Paisas reemerged and spread out towards the Southlands. That was precisely how your newspaper described that it had happened. You know, the same newspaper you were talking about before.”