Monday, Dec. 15, 2003 - 10:52 a.m.
** "There are no laws in Mexico City" Marko when he told me that there were laws for driving in Mexico City but no one follows them and the cops don't care (unless it can get them a bribe)
** While surfing the TV I came across a Madonna documentary. She called Warren Beatty an "a**hole". The subtitle said; "Idiota!" Then on another channel (the Warner Brother Channel) a girl who just got squirted with a squirt gun yelled at the boy, "JERK!" Subtitle; "Idiota!"
*I've seen two Blackhawks home games in Mexico. None in Chicago....
* "C" and "F" are on the faucets; they stand for Caliente (hot) and Frio (Cold) respectively. With the exception of Mexico City (and possibly Cancun), most travelers would do well to realize that C= cool (the temperature of the ocean approximately) and F = freezing (the temperature of the underground wells)
*I found that the bigger hotels do have their own water treatment plants. If it says potable, it is. (I had no problems with the water) It is very heavily treated and you can taste the softeners.
*Turn signals can mean a variety of things in the Yucatan, from, "I forgot to turn this off" to, "You can pass me" to "I want to pass." In Mexico City they are used almost like in the US though they seem to leave them on longer after a lane change.
*Speak slowly in English an Spanish. I was misunderstood a few times by both English and Mexican peoples because I spoke too quickly. I actually had English people think I spoke a foreign language when I spoke English to them and Mexicans not understand English or Spanish. I asked a waitress why she didn't understand me. She said that when I repeated what I said in Spanish more slowly, it was correct, but just too fast to pick up... I impressed myself;-)
