Sleeping Policemen
Ah yes de regreso a Mexico, land of the sleeping policemen. Dad in Britain would call speed bumps as such when we encountered them on our travels. Here the crime rate would suggest that there is a plethora of the pesky items, which there is. What makes me laugh though is their names on signs. They are referred to variously as topes, tumulos, reductores de velocidad, vibradores etc. So here we go with a blog, web log of all the trivia not worth printing. Triviata I call it, as engaging as an opera. But life is made up of little things such as the folowing;
So I leave home on the coldest day of the season so far, minus 22 at 10 am. Arrive in Mexico, just take away the minus. Net 44 degree gain, more at midday in the sun. Really don´t know why I come here. The lady trickster on the bus from Barrie to Toronto played up her cough every time someone approached the vacant seat beside her. She did not cough once in the following hour long trip. I watched and was tempted to call her on it but relented. I was already on my holidays. The Pakistani taxi driver taking me to the airport said he paid $230,000 for his car and cab licence. Maybe he wanted a larger tip from me to help with the payments.
Chilaquiles every morning now. First serving was with "the family" in Puerto Vallarta, same place I have been in previous years. Tacos at night and ring the changes with huevos rancheros for in between times. I was so looking forward to my first beer, Sol, only I mistakenly got a ZERO with no alcohol, had to ditch it. Puerto Vallarta was made famous by Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, although Liz was a hanger on only, not in the cast. I visited the cafe where John Huston is commemorated. Got to rent Night of the Iguana just to see. My first day on the promenade offered up vistas with floating prisons in the bay (cruise ships) and pelicans and frigging birds. I saw one of the latter balancing on a pole in the breeze and was surprised when an American in the know called it by its frigging name. Some might call it a frigate bird, good name for a fish but for something that flys? It produces a lot of guana.
So a big election in the nearby state of Guerrero on the week-end. Hope it does not cut into the futbol. GOL.....LLLLLLLLLLL! Next message I will summarise the curious oddities of this election. It is quite something. If you have any political bone in your body, stay tuned! Canada, are we in an election yet?
So I leave home on the coldest day of the season so far, minus 22 at 10 am. Arrive in Mexico, just take away the minus. Net 44 degree gain, more at midday in the sun. Really don´t know why I come here. The lady trickster on the bus from Barrie to Toronto played up her cough every time someone approached the vacant seat beside her. She did not cough once in the following hour long trip. I watched and was tempted to call her on it but relented. I was already on my holidays. The Pakistani taxi driver taking me to the airport said he paid $230,000 for his car and cab licence. Maybe he wanted a larger tip from me to help with the payments.
Chilaquiles every morning now. First serving was with "the family" in Puerto Vallarta, same place I have been in previous years. Tacos at night and ring the changes with huevos rancheros for in between times. I was so looking forward to my first beer, Sol, only I mistakenly got a ZERO with no alcohol, had to ditch it. Puerto Vallarta was made famous by Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, although Liz was a hanger on only, not in the cast. I visited the cafe where John Huston is commemorated. Got to rent Night of the Iguana just to see. My first day on the promenade offered up vistas with floating prisons in the bay (cruise ships) and pelicans and frigging birds. I saw one of the latter balancing on a pole in the breeze and was surprised when an American in the know called it by its frigging name. Some might call it a frigate bird, good name for a fish but for something that flys? It produces a lot of guana.
So a big election in the nearby state of Guerrero on the week-end. Hope it does not cut into the futbol. GOL.....LLLLLLLLLLL! Next message I will summarise the curious oddities of this election. It is quite something. If you have any political bone in your body, stay tuned! Canada, are we in an election yet?
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