Did any of you find it suspicious that mi madre burns the fish burgers (in Victoria BC), and right after that our internet in Huatulco does not work? hmm.
Well it is a new day and the internet is back.
Feliz Cumpleaños to Crista!!
Our day started with email catchup and blog posting from ayer. And then Roman stopped by.
I laid another $1000 pesos on him as we have added to the B10 quote and he is a 50% down business man. He then went on to tell us that there have been some huge waves at Mojon. Supposedly the swell went all the way up to the road? That would mean the wave travelled completely through our property. Yikes. We are headed there tomorrow…stay tuned for an update.
Bexico spent her day working and working out. She is cleaning up the roughs before she sends them to Ottawa. Fingers crossed.
Have you all see her website?
My day was all about the gym, fotos and then Elektra. As for pool time? We had no alberca time today as our day ran long and the sun decided to stay away. But we did fit in the Che…lomo cerdo para la cena!! Must remember to bring some gravy packets with us when we return…and no, not the Swiss Chalet ones!! Yikes…what is that stuff?
Good day at the gym, lots of peeps coming as I was going so that worked out well. The fridge is fixed…the ellipticals are not up and running yet. As for mi amiga Rosa…she is one of the easiest going peeps here, and today she was stressed.
¿Por que? it seems that the maestros are taking more days off from teaching school then they normally due. The teachers in the state of Oaxaca have a history of striking and protesting for more wages. The government has a history of ignoring them, so they take extra days off from teaching…”professional” days. I think Rosa’s hijo, Juan Manuel, had 2 extra days off last week and one so far this week. Our níno? Escuela privada!!
Rosa’s other stress seems to be her tight walleted, ill tempered jefe, Galdino. Not sure what he has done this time, but it has set her off!! The only issue is that she has great hours and flexibility at this job, so she does not want to lose that. Rock and a hard place.
Despues de gimnasio it was a quick walk through town…no Sergio yet. Madre de Daniel, Vicky, tells me that Sergio is home and resting…no work yet. Tough way to celebrate a birthday.
Feliz Cumpleaños Sergio!!
Grabbed some plátanos and then came home to pick up my gal. Off to Elektra and we did not find Irving, but did see the salesman who I had talked to a few trips ago.
Victor does not speak very much ingles, but the three of us managed fine. That was until we tried to order the washer/dryer. Ja ja ja
We had clarified that we wanted new and in package appliances and Victor said that was no issue. Then we went to check on the colchones and find out what one was the firmest. A few new words…suave for soft and duro for hard.
So we had no problem picking out one king size!!
Then we had to go order the appliances and enter the mattress into a order sheet and the computer said the w/d was not available. Now the two hombres tell us it is a computer issue…I think they are sold out.
Either way, we paid for the mattress ($300 pesos off!!) and the fridge and they told us they would try to order the w/d either tonite or mañana. We told them we were going to pick everything up at the same time and they think the w/d will be here a week this viernes.
So after you plug it into the computer, they print you off a slip of paper and you take that to the caja to pay. Here is a foto.
So I am #20 in line and by the time we get to the front, there are 40 people behind us!! Why the line ups? All the big stores are soooo cash conscious and everything is high security. The other reasons for the line ups are the fact that most peeps are on the crazy weekly payment plans and they have to come in and make their payments. Why do they not pay online? Because they do not have the internet…nor computers!!
Well, we got to the front and after having them call Amex to confirm my cc, we were off to Che.
Che was Che…the fruitas roja yogurt is back in stock!! Phew. Lol
Home by 530pm and then it was ensalada time and Bexico went back to work. Dinner is about 30 minutes away…a late one today.
Fotos for the day.
The animal fotos.
These insects have been hanging outside our door at night.
The foto is almost actual size…HUGE.
And the geckos have been busy too.
Found this iguana outside Che…la cena para some Mexicanos!!
From my walk…
Una pequeña y determined niña!!
She walked from a tienda on Carrizal to her casa which was only a few doors down.
Day two of painting the new signage.
All painted by free hand.
This is Daniel from Fonatur talking to a taxi driver about something.
Some of the wood hombres have large operations, some do not.
Talking about carpinteros, I went to B10 today and talked with the hombre doing the work there. He has installed the mailbox and the folding doors in the loft and was working on the bed extension (queen to reyes). I asked him about making a cuna, crib, and he said sí…about $1500 pesos. We might end up using this fellow if we like his B10 work.
And if we need some replacement NFL players come the Fall, check out these two hombres.
He has soft hands!!
And after they were done unloading, it was time to sell those sandias!!
And si (if) el negocio es bueno, here is how they can celebrate.
How about a VERY COLD Corona for 65 cents CDN or a 1.2 litro Victoria for $1.93 CDN?
Right after I took that foto, a hombre came up to me and started talking to me. We ended up chatting in español for 10 minutes. He just wanted to know more about a Canadian who would move to Huatulco.
Bexico is currently having a Skype with her padres and is telling her dad that she enjoys having chats with patient Mexicans…and the hombre I talked with was just like that.
After 10 minutes, I wrapped it up with a “tarde para mi novia” and a “mucho gusto” (late for my girlfriend and nice to meet you) and headed on my way.
And two BONICE fotos…two different work attitudes.
Here are some other Elektra fotos.
Bexico talking to Victor (seated) and otra hombre (very long name…good luck).
And just because I know you are dying to see them, here are links to our colchone and refrigerador.
And I checked on line and at a competitor, this fridge is on sale for $800 pesos more then what we paid!! Score!!
And since the website does not have the washer/dryer…here is a foto.
This is a price tag for the exact same TV we bought on sábado.
We paid $6600 pesos (on sale at Che), and at Elektra the chaz chaz price is $9999!! Score again!!
915pm…dinner is done…hot to cook, but the cerdo was sooo good. And in treinta minutos? Cherry pies…kinda look like McD knock offs!!
Miercoles? Mañana? El gimnasio, pit stop at Elektra to give Victor our phone number (like we don’t know it off by heart…ja ja ja) and then Mojon to see what it looks like. And then home for a bite to eat and Senor Pucks for the 7pm face off!!!
Have a great Wednesday everyone.
And from EA Sports website…
Go Canucks Go!!
