We woke early again, well, at 8am anyway. Another travel day, but not too far. As far as Durango, the capital of Durango state, official name Victoria de Durango, population roughly 460,000. A lot of Hollywood westerns were filmed in Durango back in the day, so it's also known as Tierra del Cinema. Not a bad place, really. We found a cheap place with a hard bed, but it had a private bathroom, and the building was the best so far. A 200 year old mansion, gracefully crumbling at the edges, with a hodgepodge of architectural influences (Arabic, Spanish, Mexican), converted into a hotel in the early part of last century. Disappointingly, the Oxxos in Durango don't sell beer, and we were unable to find a bottle shop, but the search for a grog shop meant
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