Wayne's New Blog
08/06/07 08:43 AM Filed in: Mexico
Down on Isla Mujeres, Wane has started a new blog: Explore Mexico With Me. It's already my favorite.
Wayne has kept a journal of his travels for the last few years. In his new blog, he's posting original entries from that journal. They capture all of the bewilderment, frustration and humor he was experiencing while first moving to Mexico. There's no way to recapture these kinds of memories after the fact. This is a contemporaneous account. That is what makes it so compelling.
In yesterday's entry, he recounts his revulsion at being offered "hot dog pieces floating in what looked like tomato soup" as part of his complementary breakfast at a hotel in Matamoros. So much for salchichas en salsa roja. But what makes this episode stand out is his editorial comment about how he has grown to like Mexican food and today "would load [his] plate with some of everything" from the buffet.
We expatriates have all gone through the learning curve. Today, I'm a little embarrassed at my former chauvinism. Wayne does us all a service by recounting the way it really was, no punches pulled. Makes fascinating reading.
Readers of my blog will enjoy Explore Mexico With Me. And if you haven't checked it out, his other blog, Isla Mujeres: Gringo in Paradise, documents his current adventures in Quintana Roo.
Wayne has kept a journal of his travels for the last few years. In his new blog, he's posting original entries from that journal. They capture all of the bewilderment, frustration and humor he was experiencing while first moving to Mexico. There's no way to recapture these kinds of memories after the fact. This is a contemporaneous account. That is what makes it so compelling.
In yesterday's entry, he recounts his revulsion at being offered "hot dog pieces floating in what looked like tomato soup" as part of his complementary breakfast at a hotel in Matamoros. So much for salchichas en salsa roja. But what makes this episode stand out is his editorial comment about how he has grown to like Mexican food and today "would load [his] plate with some of everything" from the buffet.
We expatriates have all gone through the learning curve. Today, I'm a little embarrassed at my former chauvinism. Wayne does us all a service by recounting the way it really was, no punches pulled. Makes fascinating reading.
Readers of my blog will enjoy Explore Mexico With Me. And if you haven't checked it out, his other blog, Isla Mujeres: Gringo in Paradise, documents his current adventures in Quintana Roo.
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