I got to Taxco and it pissed down with rain, very soon and for the next hour I was to discover how difficult it is to get a taxi in Taxco in the rain. NOBODY walks in the rain here, so I stood in the rain for an hour (at least) I stopped checking the time after that, whilst waiting, hoping, preying for a taxi to stop. In the end I had to do as the Romans were doing and fight people off for a taxi. Soaking wet I got to the hotel and boy oh boy what a treat was in store for me. By now I had the beginnings of a stinking cold, which is in fact still with me; I'm at the thick mucus stage whilst writing this. The hotel Melendez had two
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