mindless dribbble- mexicooooooooo

so this are just some thoughts on the country about nothing in particular.

transportation- holy hell- i am so glad we did not rent a car. that would have been a huge mistake. now i understand why these people drive so bad in the US- there are not many lines on the road and even when they are no one stays in the lane. they cut off traffic with a beep and go. i saw my life flash before my eyes several times. the seatbelt was an iffy sitiation for me. do i just die in the car rash or do i suffer for hours in a shitty hospital, get a staff infection from and die a slow painful death. the road make SC's look like they were just paved. the cabs are crazy all over and the buses even worse. they are cool to ride and safe but they ride like shit.

hotels- they are all circa 1975 porn palace style- the one we stayed in last night was pretty comical b/c it had a stair stepper in it- they don have AC, maybe a fan if you are lucky. overall not that bad for 70 bucks a night- we chose mainly mexcian style places- they were a pretty nice layout as in they were all kind of compounds. the one in cuernavaca had a lobby/car wash/parking area- we woke up one morning to chumbawumba or something along those lines- it was the employees washing their cars before they started work.

music- so the music here is 1st class- the day we went to the frida museum 2 cars were racing each other- they were 300z's or some shit- the one guy was blasting life in the fast lane- some of the funniest shit i have ever seen in my life. it kind of reminded me of tom cruise on his motorcycle in top gun. they are huge shania twain fans too. we heard that several time, also CCR is coming here, liza minelli and michael bolton. i guess you go from burnout in the US to the star in mexico. in the gay district it was house/trans untzing all night long.(untz is not a verb) it was not that good- they had yo mtv raps on the tv and then the techno on the speakers-

the art- the artwork here is amazing- and to buy the is so cheap. hand painted stuff for 5-20 bucks depending on what it is. the hand carved stuff out of rock is a rip off being it was all in the $200 range @ the stores. i did learn the difference in machine work and hand work though-

i think the one thing that bothered me the most was the condition of the ruins and what not. tagging, trash and whatever else they do really ruin the ruin. i know the country does not have a lot of money for the upkeep of these sort of things which is a shame b/c all of these places could be very nice with a little effort. it is pretty much like taking a big shit right in lincolns chair @ ford's theater or putting a tag on the liberty bell. then imagine walking around mount vernon(va not ga) and being able to buy a flag that was hand sewn right there- when there is a site ran store that makes no money b/c they have people peddling shit on the grounds. just kind of backward, but you def get the stuff cheap.

well this is all i have for now- i will add more later if anything comes to mind- i am glad to be on the way home. it has definitely been an experience i will never forget. i would love to come back with some better spanish and see other parts of the the country like the yukatan and then hit up central america- belize, honduras, ecuador- i also read i can get to easter island pretty cheap- i am thinking it may be better to put machu picchu on hold for a little while and hit up the patagonia/easter island. before i do anything i def have to get some more basic spanish down. with so many countries that speak the lanuage i would rather put an effort into that instead of say, italian which is pretty limited where you can speak it. sucks that there is all this corruption here and in south america

also something that made me laugh was the price of things- so they have these seed necklaces in hawaii and here- i purchased one in hawaii- it was 40 bucks or so b/c it was "made in molokai" and it used these seeds that can on,y be found there. MY ASS- i picked up a bracelet here for a buck with the same seeds- i guess i could come here 1st- make some tags that say "made in hawaii" and mark the shit up 4000%- sell em in hawaii to the tourons to pay for the trips.
i will post a link to all my pictures after i go through them all tomorrow @ work

till next time

adios amigos