Vaqueros

¿Hola mis amigos del vaquero cómo es usted? (Hello my cowboy friends how are you?) This week is the "Fiesta Virgen del Rosario" The patron saint of Salobreña is "Virgen del Rosario" (the Virgin of the Rosary) The whole place is one big romeria, parades, music, food. I like it along the beach, loads of really cool cats to hang out with.

Factoid: The Spanish invented what we now consider the cowboy tradition, beginning in medieval Spain. During the 16th century, they brought the tradition and their horses, the ancestors of the "wild" mustangs, with them to the New World through New Spain (later Mexico). The mustangs are called wild but in reality these are feral animals as they are descended from domestic horses. Though popularly considered as an American icon, cowboys are a New Hispanic tradition.