Random Observations

Public washrooms in Mexico are strange.  Most of them are BYOTS (Bring Your Own Toilet Seat) because they don't have any!  If you want toilet paper you have to get it before you go into the stall (not something a foreigner with food poisoning wants to learn the hard way).  You also have to pay to use most of them (which makes one wonder why they aren't better).

The best part about Mexico is the great picture taking opportunities of bizarre scenes.  How often do you get to see this:

Rural Mexico is super poor and there are a lot of shacks, but what I don't understand is the new trucks parked in front of many of them.  The nicer buildings sport a lot of barbed wire and broken glass used to keep out unwanted guests.

And if you don't see people riding around in the backs of pickup trucks then you aren't in Mexico.

There are candy shops everywhere and someone trying to sell you candy or knick knacks no matter where you go.  They even follow you onto the metro hollering out their sales pitches to sell trivial items like chewing gum or suckers.  One of my favourite shops (not candy related) is this one: