Buenos Noches!!! It is Miercoles…not a busy Wednesday, but here is our update.
Bex started her day with a latte…duh…and some yoga in the condo. When she started to work on the Wacom, she moved her headband and there was a lil’gecko just taking a snooze after a night of eating bugs. She woke him up and he decided to spend the rest of the day under her desk somewhere.
Me? I ate a bowl of no name brand Raisin Bran (cannot wait to finish the box and move on to something better) and then off to the gym. Great work out and then spent some time chatting with Rosa.
She said something to me in Spanish but I did not understand it. She then proudly brought out her notebook where she showed me her Ingles translation. It was rough, but it had to do with her amiga, Paty, who had just left the gym.
Paty needs a man, someone who looks like me, is solo (single) and knowing I had a girlfriend (la novia…nob-ya), did I have any friends in the USA. We had a good laugh and then proceeded to correct the USA part and talked about requirements. Trabajo (work), hair and some money (mucho peso no nessecito she said) and we laughed again.
I asked her about the requirements in calling someone a senorita vs senora and her first answer was hijo. If you have kids you are a senora. Then she went on to say that someone from 20-28’ish is a senorita. I asked about Bex…31 and no kids and she is a senorita because she is still young…phew. As well, a mujer (mohair…woman) who is grande (this can be “large” as in size, but in this circumstance, it is meant as “older” then you) is also a senora.
Calling someone a senorita if they are not a senora is ok, can be a compliment. Calling someone a senora when they are a senorita…you guess if that is a good thing or not!! Lol
Came home and we headed out for errands. But before that, it was all about CNN to see how many Chilean miners had been rescued. What a story!!
Any way, there was a taxi blockade of Blvd Chahue…protesting concessions and/or taxes. We took the back route and went to Telmex. Christina was not working so we looked around and another lady (at the caja…cashier) said “how may I help you?”. Who knew? Anyway, we explain our situation, she punches in some codes and then tells us we don’t even have a phone line into our condo. Yikes. Well, she punches in some other codes then goes to see another lady. She returned and said she thinks we might have a technician coming next week. No mention of the “problem” in Merida and when we ask, she seems to feel there is no longer a problem. LOL Well, we will see next week.
Off to Santa Cruz to pick up the new PIN at the banco, but there was a line up for both Vanessa (the banker I deal with) and the ATM, so we bailed.
On to Super Che and we picked up some more food…another $230 pesos…less then $20. Pollo for tonite’s pasta dinner and some 600ml Coca Light and agua con gas…going to wean myself off the DC!!
Home and then pool. Needed some veggies so I went across the street and for $35 pesos ($3 Cdn), we picked up 1/4th of a watermelon, 3 bananas, a tomato and a green pepper.
Not an eventful day.
Here is a picture of La Cruceita, as I try to better explain where we live. You should be able to click on the picture and then zoom in.
The state we live in is Oaxaca. The region is Bahia de Huatulco (Bays of Huatulco) also known as Santa Maria de Huatulco. There is actually no city called Huatulco even though the International airport’s name is Huatulco.
As you come into town, the main area is La Cruceita and it is divided into sectors. We live in Sector H. To the north west of the map, is the industrial section as well as the local’s gym. To the south would be Santa Cruz (population 100), which has the cruise ship piers as well as Emigracion and mi banco. And in the opposite direction of Santa Cruz (turn left at the end of Blvd Chahue vs right), you would be heading towards the resorts, La Bocana (surfing) and beyond to our playa.
On the map, the plaza is where the town square is, and where the families gather on the weekend nights. We live at Carrizal and Macuil and the movie theatre/mall (lol) is at Carrizal and Guamuchil…right by the taxi colectivo. Those 5 blocks are a 5 minute walk and the whole map is a 25 minute walk.
Los Portales is at Bugambilias and Guamuchil.
We hope that this gives you a better idea of where we live and how quaint our town is.
Off to cook la cena.
Until manana,
Saludos
Just got to the Blue cafe...free wi fi and I buy a cerveza for $20 pesos. On the way here, I saw two guys unload (from a pick up) what looked like 1/2 a steer, onto one of the guys backs and head into the butcher shop. We are not yet into buying our carne there....
Just got to the Blue cafe...free wi fi and I buy a cerveza for $20 pesos. On the way here, I saw two guys unload (from a pick up) what looked like 1/2 a steer, onto one of the guys backs and head into the butcher shop. We are not yet into buying our carne there....
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