Juju Chang
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And here we are, Mexico, a piece of cake.
They didn't check any passports, no ID, nothing.
We didn't need anything to get into Mexico.
He walked across the border, caught a bus, 27 hours down the west coast, right up to Colima.
Then he took the road north to Guadalajara.
In Guadalajara, somebody asked me, oh, and what's your name?
So I left because of that.
Now we're heading to PΓ‘tzcuaro, which is about four hours away from Mexico City.
This is where we get a good sense of what his life was like, a different kind of life that he had in America.
PΓ‘tzcuaro is a very traditional, old-style colonial city.
People live a family-oriented continuity of values and engagement that goes on generation after generation.
Otzcuaro is famous for its celebrations of the Day of the Dead holiday.
And it's a place that seems nearly the opposite of the life that Peter Chadwick had lived in California.
But it was also the perfect place for him to hide in plain sight.
If I went to a chain hotel,
They would photocopy the ID at the cheaper places.
This is right in the middle of Ponce Cuadron.