Many of these shabby-exteriors hide lovely courtyards within the walls. This is the Hotel Enva, a popular hotel for prostitutes to use with their clients.
Pat has lived in the Zona for almost 20 years, however, she speaks almost no Spanish. I had met her on a previous trip down and on this day, I offered to buy her a few tacos. It was quite funny with us both trying to figure out how to say that she wanted onions on her asada taco! Update: in the summer of 2017, I received word that Pat has passed away in the local hospital. I know she had epilepsy. It was widely rumored that she also had HIV but I do not believe that is true. I have not spoken with her husband since she passed.
Teodoro and Angel from my regular parking lot often will drive me around Zona Norte in the golfcart for people who park in the lot. I shot this video one evening. I got to go down "the secret alley for the girls" during our trip as one of the dancers from Hong Kong needed to change outfits. We picked her up and dropped her at the apartments that the dancers live in and then took her back to the club. The alley itself is very dangerous and if I had not been with one of the club employees (my golfcart driver), I would NOT have ventured down there alone. A few days after I shot this video, a person was murdered in the same alley.
