Archive for August, 2010

Oaxaca is a haven of many rights …. beautiful valleys, good food, interesting tours, Zapotec ruins, colorful traditions and friendly people … but after youâ? ‘Ll have to go to the toilet!

Some years ago I was sitting in the ADO bus station in Oaxaca on the way to Mexico City Airport, where I take a flight to Miami to visit my father. (Fly to Mexico City instead of flying from Oaxaca is a good idea if youâ?’re On a budget and want to save money.) Anyway … I was in trouble chewing on a Twix bar, if I saw one sitting tall, slim, blonde woman rushed me to the hair by the bathrooms?? obviously in a hurry to get there. Totally blew the woman sitting behind a desk in front of the bathroom, she ran into the women? The chamber. Puzzled, the woman is running, chubby, dark-skinned behind the desk stood up and shouted at the strangers,? Wed Orita ±! Wed ± Orita! SEA? OOORRRIIITTTAAA! Â ????

half-frightened than hurt, the woman with blond hair have a look at the main front of the bathroom door, but before she could say nothing, the officer says firmly, a?? 5 pesos por favor! â ????. Stepping now completely out of the bathroom, the strange woman approached the desk where sat the officer, then himself and made a sign on the right shoulder that says, in English, â?? You have to pay 5 pesos USE THESE facilitiese? ?. A sign saying that obviously is not seen because of the urgency of the situation, the foreign woman was angry, she said something not very flattering for the staff bathroom and returned to his seat in the terminal. , I watched as she threw herself into her chair and began to murmur, narrow lips, a man next to her had his brother, because he looked like the male version from it. I sat there and watched the show because I bring a book or buy a magazine and was terribly bored forgot. After about 20 minutes grueling, where I watched the foreign ladi? S get increasingly red face, she rose reluctantly, and went to the toilet. Upon arrival at the attendantâ? S office, where the officer, apparently aware of the situation of foreign women cracked a half smile was triumphant, as she beat the 5 pesos on the table and stormed into the bathroom, without even receiving the toilet paper hands to the door attendant.>

When you are finished with the necessities and wash your hands go …. oooopppssss …. Password ……. no water! It is the mission?? S, when the â? Get? Jicaraâ ????, (plastic dish), and return to the water, where you can flush the toilet. Fill your jicara and return to the sink and wash your hands with the old. Now

na? You do not want to scare you. If you come to Oaxaca to tourist for a week or two, you Wona? T met too many. But if you have more than a month, or live, like me, you will probably deal with this at one time or another. After a while, believe it or not, it is quite natural. Therefore natural that when I’m in the States, IA? Return? Am sure I `ll sit on porcelain, with five pesos at the bathroom door, fill a bowl to wash their hands with water and write my bucket in the shower:)

Toilets