Word: vagabonder
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...reaching Mexico City, where the sky is always blue and the air as sparkling as a pailletted gown, the Vagabond found little to deter his progress save a herd of lethargic cattle at every turn of the road, and, amidst every cluster of thatched huts, dozens of farrowing pigs that would scuttle under and around his car with uncivilized abandon...
...such a circuitous manner the Vagabond mused as he entered Tamazunchale, unfortunately in no way similar to New York's 52nd Street night club of somewhat the same name. Tamazunchale, meaning in Huastecan no less than "Where the Governess Is," is notable for a large sign, on one side of the most dingy of thirty very dingy huts reading "Dentista" in large letters, but behind these huts grow tangled masses of orchids...
...that droves of burros usually pick the narrowest part of the road they can find steadfastly to ignore any blasts the wayworn traveller may coax from his fatigued horn, huge, dense clouds settle themselves on the road the better to view the scenery of the valley below. Yes, the Vagabond decided, it is better to close one's eyes; one can't see anything anyway, and the little one can see is far better left unseen, if only to avoid a nervous breakdown...
Leaving the territory of the phlegmatic mountain dwellers, the dirty trousered, bare-chested men and the Mother Hubbarded women, the road enters Mexico City through suburbs slightly worse than Harlem, slightly better than Philadelphia's Lombard Street. Toward the center of the city, the Vagabond found himself engulfed in screaming traffic that approached from a million different directions at once. To the Mexican driver, the horn is far more important than the brake, and the velocity and direction of his vehicle depend solely on the whim of the man at the wheel. If Rhode Island motorists are the worst...
...tired Vagabond who hit the hay that evening, but the fever of Mexico was already in him, and he knew the days to come were to be filled with events worthy of an entirely unfamiliar land...