Bricks, Bricks, and more Bricks

In between Zamora and Patzcuaro we started to notice that most of the buildings were made of red bricks and mortor. We were also seeing trucks of all sizes and descriptions loaded down with these bricks. Somewhere in the pine forest we passed through a small town with dozens of clay brickworks beside the highway. The clay is at the site or sometimes is trucked in from elsewhere. The clay soil is mixed with water and molded with small wooden forms and then stacked for drying. Finally the bricks are stacked in a simple brick-built kiln and fired from the offcuts of the local logging and sawmill industry. We never know quite what to expect as we drive down the highway.