Feeding stations in Mahahual. Trying everything is more of a financial than a health risk. Mexico's cuisine is usually of good quality. Cooked or grilled meat or always fresh fish and seafood by the sea. Also worth trying: cactus. I want to dedicate this chapter to the culture and why I fell in love with this country in a short time. Starting with the Mexican people, if one can then speak so broadly about one people despite the regional cultural differences. Tequila is not, as often thought, the national drink, but Mezcal, similar to Tequila. Or for those who prefer it strange... Michelada... the Mexican Bloody Mary with beer. They say it helps with hangovers. Wrong!!! How to describe the Mexican. A small excursion into my own conducted and therefore not very representative cultural anthropology: The average Mexican is accordingly of small stature, rather round-shaped (statistically, Mexicans are the fattest people in the world), speaks somewhat fast Spanish, which is difficult for me as a not very fast Swiss to understand. Typical Mexican street food (Palapas) is cheap and tastes good but a strong stomach is a 'nice to have'. Tacos, Tortas (sandwich with rich meat filling), elotes (corn on the cob), or pollo al carbon (a whole grilled chicken with rice and spaghetti in small sweet plastic bags, sauce and tortillas for about 5 dollars) and much more Mexicans and sports are about the same as the Swiss and the refugee issue. It's exhausting and time-consuming and that's why they don't like it. Consequently, most Mexicans do not die in the media-inflated drug war, but rather unremarkably from diabetes or high blood pressure. Dying in Mexico is also possible in traffic. Even the short trip to the supermarket is more dangerous than buying beer in the darkest corner of Mexico City. The discussion in Switzerland about more bicycle paths seems almost ridiculous in view of the fact that Mexico has no pedestrian crossings and traffic lights are more the exception than the rule. Even on short trips, snacks are offered. Either the vendors come directly into the bus or there are small kiosks inside. For example, on the ferry to Isla Mujeres. (Not the expensive tourist ferry, but the car ferry in Punto Sam) Taking a bus in Mexico is about as dangerous as going on a whitewater ride without a life vest. Mexicans do not take a driving test but buy their driver's license. Speaking of dangerous. Here's some statistics for those who believe that the drug war in the north is dangerous. One lives dangerously if one falls in love in Mexico. Because out of 10 murders in this area, 9 are acts of passion, meaning that the perpetrator and victim already knew each other before the act. The most common motive: love and jealousy. And now we come to the typical Mexican characteristics. Mexicans love love. Being married for 2 years, which the Swiss man can easily forget, is reason enough for the Mexican man to loudly inform a whole restaurant. A romantic dinner with Swiss people is characterized by good conversations with cautious little loving touches. Mexicans kiss like teenagers in the wild days and disappear into dark corners after 5 minutes. Mexican songs usually have two themes: party and heartbreak. By the way, for the past 2 years, as a Mexican told me, the Mexican government has been offering free sterilization for men and women in order to counter the high birth rate in low-income families. There is no welfare as we know it in Mexico. The only assistance comes either directly through government decrees or through the help of volunteers and, last but not least, the strong family bond. Who needs Mariachi bands when the Mexican waiter is also an entertainer. Mexicans love everything that's a show. The louder, crazier, and usually more intoxicated, the better.
