I have learned many things on our travels to Mexico. It would be impossible to detail them all. For amusement sake, I will summarize a few highlights:
10. Never flush anything down the toilet that did NOT come out of your body, thus the reason for the garbage can(s) strategically placed next to every toilet.
9. The reason that Mexican bathrooms smell like a dirty litter box?–see #10
8. Hand sanitizer, hand sanitizer, hand sanitizer.
7. Bottled water, bottled water, bottled water--if the water didn’t come out of a large water bottle, it should never go into your mouth.
6. Never enter a public bathroom without at least a $5 pesos. That person that is hanging around is expecting you to pay them for keeping the bathroom clean and providing you with toilet paper.
5. Mexicans are very helpful. If you ask them a question, they will always give you an answer. The trick is determining if they actually KNEW the answer, or were just being helpful.
4. If you aren’t sure of the food that your host has put in front of you, pray hard and eat it anyway–oh and that small bowl of finely chopped purple/red vegetable?? It is radishes and they are a little spicy and can mask many a different flavor!
3. If you have a hammock packed, there is room for you to sleep in anyone’s home.
2. If you are a coffee connoisseur (aka coffee snob) you must remember that the preferred coffee of Mexico is instant coffee, if you can’t handle it, decline the offer.
and my number one most important thing that I have learned...
1. There is nothing better than entering someone’s home, being greeted with a hug and a kiss and a ‘my house is your house’ greeting. Nothing better.
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