Saturday, July 17, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Mexico Observations Part 2:
Other observations Part 2.
We are currently on a bus from Guadalajara to Guanajuato. This bus should actually be described as a luxury coach. The bus company is ENT. The coach actually has Wi-Fi on board that works most of the time. That is pretty amazing. Here I am watching the poverty on both sides of the bus, I am enjoying the AC and checking my email and updating my blog.
Other thoughts on Mexico
Every bus in Guadalajara seems to have a Mercedes Benz Tri-Star logo on its front. However, I doubt many are true Mercedes – Benz products. Some of the stars are actually side-ways.
As with many places in countries rife with poverty, each house is really a personal fortress.
When shopping, it is interesting that all the shops of the same type seem to be next to each other. An example is all the electronic stores seem to be located on the same 4 blocks. It is a new experience to walk by 12 bureaus of exchange, each offering the same rate. Who am I to choose?
Water pressure is also an issue. It is these little things that you forget about in in a “first world” country that you get so used to. This trip is helping me gain perspective on my own life.
We are currently on a bus from Guadalajara to Guanajuato. This bus should actually be described as a luxury coach. The bus company is ENT. The coach actually has Wi-Fi on board that works most of the time. That is pretty amazing. Here I am watching the poverty on both sides of the bus, I am enjoying the AC and checking my email and updating my blog.
Other thoughts on Mexico
Every bus in Guadalajara seems to have a Mercedes Benz Tri-Star logo on its front. However, I doubt many are true Mercedes – Benz products. Some of the stars are actually side-ways.
As with many places in countries rife with poverty, each house is really a personal fortress.
When shopping, it is interesting that all the shops of the same type seem to be next to each other. An example is all the electronic stores seem to be located on the same 4 blocks. It is a new experience to walk by 12 bureaus of exchange, each offering the same rate. Who am I to choose?
Water pressure is also an issue. It is these little things that you forget about in in a “first world” country that you get so used to. This trip is helping me gain perspective on my own life.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
23 hours in Mexico
So here are a few things I have learned about Mexico in the 24 hours I have been here:
Bathroom Etiquette- you wipe and then throw the tissue into the trash can next to the toilet.You do not put the tissue in the pot!
I saw three cars today run out of gas.
No one here wears shorts. The temperature does not matter it just does not happen!
It is totally OK to stare at girls and whistle at them (the last part is optional).
People are always sweeping the streets. Yet the streets all seem filthy.
There are tons of street vendors with good looking food, yet the people seem to have no problem with tons of flies on their product. A good way to get "Montezuma's Revenge".
This is the Wild West in terms of cars, you can get anything for a Cadillac Escalade to an Opel Cadett.
It is the only place in the world that I have seen Toyota Tacoma's and Toyota Hi-Lux's on the road together.
Bathroom Etiquette- you wipe and then throw the tissue into the trash can next to the toilet.You do not put the tissue in the pot!
I saw three cars today run out of gas.
No one here wears shorts. The temperature does not matter it just does not happen!
It is totally OK to stare at girls and whistle at them (the last part is optional).
People are always sweeping the streets. Yet the streets all seem filthy.
There are tons of street vendors with good looking food, yet the people seem to have no problem with tons of flies on their product. A good way to get "Montezuma's Revenge".
This is the Wild West in terms of cars, you can get anything for a Cadillac Escalade to an Opel Cadett.
It is the only place in the world that I have seen Toyota Tacoma's and Toyota Hi-Lux's on the road together.
Mexico - I am here!
Hello, I am here in Mexico. I am at the language center here at the University of Guadaljara. The hostel was wonderful last night.It is very pretty and I will have to take some pictures of the inside. Sarah picked me up at the airport with a car and driver from the hostel which was great. We walked around last night in the centro historico and it was fascinating. So many things to see.
Sarah has class right now so I am in the computer lap.
It is very different down here but hard to explain. Guadalajara reminds me alot of Malta. Safety is not a an issue. Everyone is very kind. We had a great bagel for breakfast and I am just going to hang out for the morning. Then we are going to Guanajunato which should be much more beautiful than here. It is a mountain town. Where we are now is just sort of the real mexico.
I am very excited about this trip. This may be one of the few times that I have to sit down and just type. I am typing this on a spanish language computer and it is so funny because the auto spell check is marking every word as incorrect. I am using a Spanish keyboard which is a bit different then the US English.
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