Hound Dog
Nov 14, 2009, 10:55 AM
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Re: [Papirex] How to write your Mexican address…the Mexican way
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Carron, your comment reminded me of something a neighbor told me a few years ago here in Cuernavaca. We used to live in a court with four houses in it. One of our neighbors was a young man that was an executive with a large international hotel chain. Everyone would recognize the name if I mentioned it.
He was stationed in México City, and the corporation he worked for paid for his road tolls and gasoline so he could commute every day and live here in Cuernavaca. A few years ago he was the manager of one of their hotels in southeast México, I believe it might have been in Vera Cruz but I don't really remember now. He told us that he used to spend almost every weekend in Miami at that time. The corporation used to pay for his airfare every week, and he was high enough in management that he could stay in any of their hotels worldwide at no cost. I mention these things to show that he was high enough in the management team to lend credibility to what he told me about “all inclusive” plans.
He told me to never, ever, sign up for an “all inclusive.” I asked him why not? And he told me that is our way to keep you in our hotel to spend your extra money in our bar, our gift shop, etc. He said you are not going to go very far from the hotel to go sightseeing, etc. if you know you are going to have to pay for your meals, etc.
He said that with an all inclusive, all you are likely going to see of the area you are visiting is our hotel.
There might be some exceptions, but I believe it is a good idea to avoid all inclusive plans if you want to go sightseeing and learn about a new area.
Great story Rex but, as you know, Mexicans love the all-inclusive resort just as they love the 3X1 Margarita specials. It´s all bullshit but it seems that Mexicans love family gatherings and, I suppose, the "all-inclusive" plan which is akin to the old "American Plan" makes sense if you are vacationiing with the family including a number of kids. I think the "all-inclusive" plan made more sense when resort areas were somewhat primitive but that was before McDonalds, etc., etc. came along.
Anyway, your story reminds me of another story. As you may or may not know, Puerto Vallarta is quite popular among gay vacationers and residents and many of my colleagues and friends in San Francisco throughout the latter half of the 20th Century were actively and proudly gay. We had a good family friend in his 30s in those days who used to visit us with his "Longtime Companion" at our home in the Northern California woods and they would drive up from their home in the Castro to lounge about the pool and consume alcoholic beverages and one day our friend told us how much fun he had had on his recent first-time trip to Puerto Vallarta. and how much he loved the place and the following coinversation - without imbelleihment - occurred:
DAWG: Well, (Billy Bob) We are considering the idea of retiring to Mexico especially since Tucson and Fort Walton Beach have proven somewhat dear for the purchasing of properties we have been contemplating if you get my drift and, therefore, we are considering the notion of moving to Mexico and in that regard have selected a few favored communities in which to perhaps retire among them being Puerto Vallarta. So, tell us, (Billy Bob), what did you think of Puerto Vallarta as a place to hang your ass while you wind down the Planet Earth experience?
BILLYBOB: Well, to be honest Dawg, I only saw that part of the city between the airport and the hotel and between the time I got there and the time I left I never saw anything except those four walls to my room and a number of studs I still fondly remember but I will tell you that a finer town I have never visited.
It seems that there are many ways to define a fine town one of them being the access to large, conspicuous and willing penises of note.
(This post was edited by Hound Dog on Nov 14, 2009, 11:05 AM)
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