Today was fairly domestic. I spent most of my time helping Andre with some documents he needed to write for work. It's amazing how easy it is to communicate using the Internet, and its kindof weird to do "office" type work here, in Mexico. But that was kindof the plan. This is an adventure, not just a long vacation. So it works for me.
Between writing sessions I went for a walk downtown. I'm very addicted to walking here. It's so nice to walk along the beach, and theres still lots in the city to discover! My mission was to bring some sandals that I brought with me to a local church for donation to the poor. They are Teva sandals that are too used for me, but can still be used by someone less fortunate. (Yes, I'm a bit of a princess when it comes to my feet. Comfort and good shoes are important to me because of my various structural defects. Did you know I have a mild case of scoliosis, my left hip bone is too thin, one of my legs is a bit short, and so I wear orthotics to recuce wear and tear?) Yeah, I know, whatever!!!
While I was standing watching the sunset over the pacific a man stopped and stood beside me. He's from Minnesota and was nice enough. He even bought me a popsicle! Fortunately it was a good popsicle and a great place to be cause HE chatted for about one hour, almost non-stop. I think I managed four sentences during that whole time. He said it was nice to be able to talk to someone cause no one wants to talk. Hmmm I wonder why?
Again, it was all nice except towards the end when he told me about a tour he went on. It was a "red district" tour. Apparently the tour takes clients to four different strip/and related clubs in the city. He described how there were only men "entertainers" at the first club but that it took a few minutes to know they were men. At the second, the ladies charged "only" $1200 pesos per night (about $110 canadian). it seemed like a bargoon to him, but he was too drunk to really be able to use the services offered. At the third place, patrons were expected to buy the "ladies" a drink for their company. Drinks for clients were about $2 each, but the drinks for the "ladies" cost $10 each. I suppose that's one way to pay for the "ladies" time. He didn't say anything about the 4th place but he did say that it was the second time on the tour for one of the clients...
Happily, he really did seem to only want to chat for a while. And it was all very safe because we were on a busy boardwalk.
I do not have a picture of him or of my sandals. But, this is a picture of the "fare box" on the buses here. It costs $65 pesos per ride, about 50 cents canadian. This is also a picture of the local skate shop. I'd really hate to be the guy who has to keep the ice nice here! Notice the people in the back of the pick-up truck!
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