Before I embark upon my journey through South America, I must say adios to Mexico, or perhaps just hasta luego. You never know...
In keeping in line with my farewell to Canada (and a gross lack of time - if you haven't noticed, it's my birthday and I'm not drunk yet!), I have constructed a top and bottom ten of Mexico. So....my take on Mehico...
Bottom Ten:
10. Pushy hawkers – enough said.
9. Hot water that takes (I shit you not) about 3-4 minutes to heat up. Just wasteful.
8. Littering – so many people do it and just don’t care.
7. The touristy areas – just disappointing.
6. Not being able to drink tap water – you have to buy bottled water for drinking and cleaning your teeth. At least it’s cheap…
5. What food does to your digestive system. NOT pretty.
4. The ubiquity of guns – I don’t think I’ll ever get used to security walking around with huge FO automatic weapons slung over their shoulder.
3. How much everybody smokes, and EVERYWHERE – in restaurants, and even most hotels. Just disgusting. Makes me very grateful for our anti-smoking laws.
2. The omnipresent poverty – it’s something else to see dirt-faced toddlers sleeping on the street.
1. The stupid crappy-ass automatic teller machine machine that stole my card. I hate you.
Top Ten:
10. The beautifully warm weather
9. The gorgeous architecture
8. The yummy (albeit potentially harmful) gastronomic delights.
7. Different kinds of coladas, which leads me to my next point…
6. How cheap everything is, in particular cocktails….what? $4 for a cocktail? That’s a bit expensive don’t you think??
5. How completely NOT scary and dangerous it is. Way to go, fear mongering.
4. Their beautiful language
3. My cultural experience with the diablos at the Easter festival in a remote community in Northern Mexico.
2. Ancient ruins, most notably, Palenque. Just stunning.
1. All the beautiful, beautiful colours everywhere.
So there you have it folks...I'll update you on Buenos Aires at some point, I promise...
Hasta luego, Mexico.
