- I love the sudden burst of loud music drifting out of homes
as I walk by or from car windows as they pass me
- I Love sudden bursts of smells as I walk by places, the
market, the coffee factory, the fish factory, taco stands, fruit stands, fish
market, the malecon, the bakery, that places where the horses stand, that lady
in her backyard doing laundry, you name it, the whole country smells of Mexico.
- I love how you think you have your day planned and you end
up doing something totally different....and it's ok.
- I love how the Mexicans love their food, I really really
love how they love their food.
- I love how the big burly fisherman is so secure with his
machoism that he can pack his lunch in a pink Hello Kitty backpack and a purple
little mermaid thermos and go to work.
- I love how I can buy fresh cheese in front of my house
from a guy on a motorbike.
- I love how I can close my eyes and never forget that I am
in Mexico because I can smell and hear pure Mexico, even when she tries to be
quiet. Plus you can feel Mexico in your bones.
- I love how the music is always romantic (except when it's not) .
- I love how I can go barefoot everywhere on this Island.
- I love how the Mexican know how to relax in a hammock
after work.....truly relax.
- I love how Mazatlan glows so sweetly and softly at night,
you can almost feel the glow in your bones, it's softens you. (I realize that this sounds crazy)
- The cake, oh how I love the cake, most of all I love how I
have to go to the mainland for cake.
- I love the Spanish book store, I love how they still read
"literature" as opposed to trash novels, and I can't wait until I can
read Spanish literature, I can't wait.....I dream of this day (well I daydream
about it anyway)
- I love how food is so easy and accessible, on almost every
street corner you can pick up a quick snack or a full meal.
- I love how the little kids call their fathers
"Papi".
- I Love how they love to dance.
- I love how you can ride around on the back of a pickup
truck, on mattresses or on chairs, on top of palms, or top of a pile of
zucchini, with dogs and kids and grandmas.
- I love how my banana leaves look in the moonlight and how
the moon shines through my mango tree.
- I Love the soft sound of the surf from my bed.
- I Love how I can hear my roommates motorbike from across
the Island. I also love how excited he is when he hears me using Spanish that
he taught me.
- I Love how my curtains bellow out from the breeze (I've
talked about this before).
- I love how at least once a day I have to chase a bee out
of my house.
- I love how the receptionist at the x-ray lab still uses a
typewriter, and not an electric one.
- I Love how my doctor doesn't keep a file on me, that is my
responsibility.
- I Love that carrying a step ladder on a motorbike is no
big deal.
- I love that they love romance so much
- I love how I smell when I have been in the sea all day.
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| My neighbor dries fish on the power line above his house ....and I love that. |
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| when something is in your way you just cement around it.....love that |
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| fresh cheese |
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| carrot cake, here in Mexico you can have your cake and eat it too.....the whole thing. It's cake for single people. |
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| The Mexican cutting board.....love it |
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| A whole bunch of different plants have married and become one |
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| The glow |
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| cotton clouds |
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| What's not to love |
