My mom arrives today! I'm so happy and excited to see her. It'll be nice to have her here. This weekend we are off to Zacatecas and when we return to Guad, my mom has a ton of friends she wants to visit. It'll be busy! Plus my new IPOD arrives today and some clothes I left behind in Norwalk.
Anyway it's been a slow morning. Last night we all went to Los Famosos Equipalis in downtown. It was a lot of fun. Daniel was the voice of reason by the end of the night and he pulled me out of the bar by the back of my pants. I'm glad he did because otherwise it would be a lost day! Sarita's academic contact Sergio was in Guadalajara and we hung out with him and his nephew and fiance. Plus, Jose, Fernando and Ana were there and all in fine form. The bar played cumbias and ranchera music. How can you go wrong with tacos, tequila y cumbias?
We'll I take that back. We did pay someone 30 pesos to "feel" electrical current run through our bodies. We didn't catch his name, so for now he is El hombre de los toques electricos. Nothing bad happens or least that is what El hombre de los toques electricos said. So, we said OK.
Of course, the possibility for something to go very wrong is there. But then again, it's Mexico! There are no signs to tell you that something is dangerous or hazardous. There are no warning signs on anything! Stupid is as Stupid Does. We paid our 30 pesos, fastened our seatbelts and enjoyed the short ride (maybe 10 seconds).
The elecrical current is pretty low so it just tingles and, well, sort of feels uncomfortable. Hey it seemed like a good idea after 3 pueblo viejos. We thought, wow what a great deal! 30 pesos for all of us! Yea!
Again, how can you go wrong with tacos, tequila y cumbias?
humm.......
2 comments:
Brilliant. Here´s a clip of my favourite part of the evening (mp3, 8k) "Work Shmerk".
And it was 40 pesos for a solo electricution...
And the hombre de los toques electricos was Jose Luis, from Belize, for the record =P
Post a Comment