November 17, 2008

Hola autra vez amigos,
Okay....so I lied when I said you may not hear from us for a few days as we'd be in transit. We do have plane tickets but in true Mexican fashion - ahora turned into manana and then into dos mananas....so we fly out of Zihuatinejo on Thursday afternoon. We'll spend Weds night in Zihuat to check out the night life and to ensure that we don't have to break with what has quickly become a tradition of NO ALARM CLOCK :)

Purchasing the plane tickets was a new experience. Lynda began the process with the best of intentions but the best price she could find was more than $200 US each for a one way ticket! Mitch on the other hand was able to secure (all in Spanish) 2 one way tickets for a total of approximately $85. CDN. Yep, you read it right....each of us are flying to Tuluca for under $50 each taxes included. Wahoo!!! Tuluca is about an hour (or less) bus ride to Mexico City, the highest city in Mexico and is an active volcano - how cool is that!!! But....as Lynda just identified....that might be why the tickets are soooo cheap - our fingers and toes are all crossed....please cross yours too. I know it will make you walk funny but I think we'll need all the help we can get! So....we may or may not stay in Tuluca and we hope to make it to Mexico City but if we freeze to death in our beachwear in the coldest city in Mexico or if we get our feet stuck in the lava that is spewing out (well, maybe its not spewing) while running for the bus - we'll be somewhere sometime maybe.

Speaking of walking funny....we had a loooonnnnggg walk home tonight as the road kept turning or moving or something but we made it. Perhaps it had to do with the double margaritas we had at Robertos while learning to play Conquian. Great card game if you can remember there are no 8's or 9's and if you know the suits are coins, swords, zucchinis (well they sort of look like zucchinis), and cups. For those of you who play this game (John) you'll be happy to know that I kicked butt or in Spanish yo estoy mucho suerte (I am lucky). Honestly though....Roberto is soooo sweet...... he didn't have any of the cards in the restaurant or his house so without our knowledge and with guests in the restaurant he sent his only waiter to the store to try to find a deck to buy so he could show us the game. All this because we just asked if he'd ever heard of the game. Only in Mexico. The people are too wonderful and sincere. I can't express enough how impressed I am with their generous spirit and warm smiles.

So to repeat myself somewhat....you may not hear from me for a few days....but then who knows...maybe I'll be on here again tomorrow :)
Adios - buenos noches,
L & L