Aurorawind
08-12-2007, 08:31 PM
Cancun means “Snake Nest” in Mayan, you don’t find out about this until you get here for some odd reason
Traffic lane markings are found only on the highways, even then they're only a mild suggestion
Chaos theory isn't a theory, it's driving down Mexican streets
In the right hands it is possible to take a tour bus down roads I wouldn't attempt with a bicycle
Street signs are not meant to actually tell you the name of the street, just what's in that general direction
There are enough reminder/mental conditioning signs (Drive safe, obey the law, obey the police, etc) every few meters and on the side of the highways to make the government from "1984" weep with inadequacy Turn signals on vehicles mean either "I'm turning in this direction" or "I know I'm slow, pass me on this side." Good luck guessing which one the guy in front of you means as he's going slow Mexican time = local time+x (where x = a random number between 0 and 360 minutes)
There really are places, in this life, where a wide variety of alcohol flows 24/7 and for free
It is not a good idea to go on a trip like this 3 weeks after you've changed your diet and portion sizes at meals
When your room's mini-fridge is stocked with as much free bottled water as free alcohol...start asking why
You don't appreciate the civil works at home until you're someplace, that despite being built solely for tourists, you can not even brush your teeth safely without bottled water
You don't appreciate the freedom back home until you decide you don't want to pay high calling rates or fuel rates, but there isn't anyone else other than the government owned monopolies in nearly all basic services
When the security guard at the gate of the hotel stops you from going into the street with your alcohol, he really just wants to make sure you don't run off with their glass and will gladly provide a Styrofoam cup
Despite the fact that Mayan men average 5ft high, and the women a bit less, part of the Government's program for assimilating native people includes building at least 1 basketball court in each village
The Maya people were OMGWTFHAX with their mathematics, calendars, architectural engineering, and astronomical sciences...yet they still didn't make use of the wheel?
Iguana really does taste like chicken
There's weirder crap out there in the jungles than in many animes
Yes, the jungle the guy just chopped down for tourists really did grow back that fast
Poison trees? WTF? Did somebody feel the need to one-up our bushes and vines
There is a tree called the "tourist tree" because it's red and its barkskin peels OMG that is a huge freaking wasp!
I don't need to do drugs, I have seen a Mexican dance troupe lip-synching every musical number from "Grease" The Mexican Michael Jackson impersonator is more believable, and a better dancer, than the real thing
Little is funnier in this world than watching Simpsons, Futureama, and South Park dubbed (badly) in Spanish
Coppertone spray-on sunblock is the bomb (in a non-Baron Geddon way)
Spray-on aloe with lidocane works REALLY well on mosquito bites
Traffic lane markings are found only on the highways, even then they're only a mild suggestion
Chaos theory isn't a theory, it's driving down Mexican streets
In the right hands it is possible to take a tour bus down roads I wouldn't attempt with a bicycle
Street signs are not meant to actually tell you the name of the street, just what's in that general direction
There are enough reminder/mental conditioning signs (Drive safe, obey the law, obey the police, etc) every few meters and on the side of the highways to make the government from "1984" weep with inadequacy Turn signals on vehicles mean either "I'm turning in this direction" or "I know I'm slow, pass me on this side." Good luck guessing which one the guy in front of you means as he's going slow Mexican time = local time+x (where x = a random number between 0 and 360 minutes)
There really are places, in this life, where a wide variety of alcohol flows 24/7 and for free
It is not a good idea to go on a trip like this 3 weeks after you've changed your diet and portion sizes at meals
When your room's mini-fridge is stocked with as much free bottled water as free alcohol...start asking why
You don't appreciate the civil works at home until you're someplace, that despite being built solely for tourists, you can not even brush your teeth safely without bottled water
You don't appreciate the freedom back home until you decide you don't want to pay high calling rates or fuel rates, but there isn't anyone else other than the government owned monopolies in nearly all basic services
When the security guard at the gate of the hotel stops you from going into the street with your alcohol, he really just wants to make sure you don't run off with their glass and will gladly provide a Styrofoam cup
Despite the fact that Mayan men average 5ft high, and the women a bit less, part of the Government's program for assimilating native people includes building at least 1 basketball court in each village
The Maya people were OMGWTFHAX with their mathematics, calendars, architectural engineering, and astronomical sciences...yet they still didn't make use of the wheel?
Iguana really does taste like chicken
There's weirder crap out there in the jungles than in many animes
Yes, the jungle the guy just chopped down for tourists really did grow back that fast
Poison trees? WTF? Did somebody feel the need to one-up our bushes and vines
There is a tree called the "tourist tree" because it's red and its barkskin peels OMG that is a huge freaking wasp!
I don't need to do drugs, I have seen a Mexican dance troupe lip-synching every musical number from "Grease" The Mexican Michael Jackson impersonator is more believable, and a better dancer, than the real thing
Little is funnier in this world than watching Simpsons, Futureama, and South Park dubbed (badly) in Spanish
Coppertone spray-on sunblock is the bomb (in a non-Baron Geddon way)
Spray-on aloe with lidocane works REALLY well on mosquito bites