Every country has it's share of strange things.....USA is no exception. I suppose it's relative to your version of normal. Here are a few things we found to be a little different in Mexico.....
Beer advertisement on the air traffic control tower in Cancun.
Political advertisements for the upcoming presidential election were everywhere.....I mean everywhere!
Painted on walls, t-shirts woren by locals, on cars, high school bands. It was wild!
The elections were on July 1st. We were curious as to the outcome. Pena won! The guy above.
More billboards.
And more!
Neat idea.....vending machine for books.
I love these Mexican cargo bikes. So practical.
Cargo bikes everywhere!
Notice the presidential billboard in background!
Functional delivery pizza vehicle in Merida.
Morning bus line in Merida. Some lines were really long!
More presidential ads on back of taxi.
This site was so common and made me cringe.
Moped with 2 adults wearing helmets and child with no helmet.
So many old VW.
"Tope" is our favorite new Spanish word....speed bump.
They were everywhere.
Here is a tope in the middle of a "freeway" where the Mexican Federales would examine the passing cars and pull some over. Mark didn't think it was a good idea if I took their photo.
Our favorite grocery store.....Chedraui.
If you look close, you will see our kids on a golf cart parked in front.
"Bed, bike and breakfast" at this hostel near Tulum.
Creative advertisement!
A local cemetery caretaker in Isla Mujeres told me a pirate was buried here in 1879.
"No jogging" sign on the sidewalk on our mega resort in Playa del Carmen.
Huh!?!? Don't get it!!
Public bathrooms were always an adventure.
I missed this on the wall before I entered the stall.
Thankfully I figured it out before it was too late.
"usually use".......?!? Ha!
Most toilets/sewer systems cannot handle toilet paper so there are baskets next to the toilets to dispose of the toilet paper. This became second nature during our stay.
This type of faucet was common. I didn't quite get the hang of it.
You have to pull/push the lever to get the water to come out.
The sleepy fishing village of Puerto Morelos has two lighthouses.
The leaning one is a result of a 1967 hurricane.
Many things in Mexico are "open-air" including this church.
We attending mass here in Playa del Carmen while a thunderstorm raged outside.
We could feel the strong winds and mist of rain during mass. Wild!
Car with license plate from Ohio in Puerto Morelos.
Long way from home!
A Mexican arcade in a little town.
Takes you back in time.
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