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Started by ghost, March 08, 2015, 09:46:27 PM

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Renee

#75
March 11, 2015, 10:16:16 AM
Quote from: "ghost"
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The Walmart is terrible and overpriced. Here, the shops to go to are Sorieno's and Mega.



Walmart charges $26 for a bottle of suntan lotion.

Oh my ghost, I wonder why so expensive?

 ac_umm

If I ever get the opportunity to visit you I will buy more groceries at the places you mentioned.

 ac_smile


Because it's only the pale foreigners that need it.



Suntan lotion, bug spray and beach towels. All crazy overpriced.


That's for sure. I bought bug repellent while on a trip to Chichen Itza once and I don't remember exactly what it cost but it was really, really expensive.



On the up side, the stuff really worked. I think it was something similar to the pure DEET the US government used to issue to the soldiers in Vietnam.  ac_toofunny
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.

Renee

#76
March 11, 2015, 10:22:43 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "ghost"
Quote from: "Fashionista"I would be at home in Playa Del Carmen because it has a Walmart.


The Walmart is terrible and overpriced. Here, the shops to go to are Sorieno's and Mega.



Walmart charges $26 for a bottle of suntan lotion.

Yikes, carry an umbrella if that's the kind of gouging that goes on down there.


Just bring your own. Buy a bunch of the sample size put them in a ziplock bag and throw them in your luggage.
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.

keeper

#77
March 11, 2015, 11:09:55 AM
Ghost, Are you looking for a pool boy by chance? I recently have some free time and looking for a life style change. ac_dance  ac_angel

Anonymous

#78
March 11, 2015, 12:09:55 PM
Quote from: "Keeper"Ghost, Are you looking for a pool boy by chance? I recently have some free time and looking for a life style change. ac_dance  ac_angel

Ah Keeps, I was wondering how long it would take for you to make that generous offer to ghost. ac_toofunny

ghost

#79
March 12, 2015, 08:09:35 AM
Quote from: "Keeper"Ghost, Are you looking for a pool boy by chance? I recently have some free time and looking for a life style change. ac_dance  ac_angel


I don't need a pool boy, but there's a particularly annoying rooster I'd like to see have an accident in the dead of night.

Anonymous

#80
March 12, 2015, 08:56:40 AM
Quote from: "ghost"
Quote from: "Keeper"Ghost, Are you looking for a pool boy by chance? I recently have some free time and looking for a life style change. ac_dance  ac_angel


I don't need a pool boy, but there's a particularly annoying rooster I'd like to see have an accident in the dead of night.

Some houses keep backyard farm animals ghost?

ghost

#81
March 12, 2015, 09:18:09 AM
Yes. The majority of them keep chickens and roosters. There's a lot of poverty here and having these animals guarantees fresh eggs and meat. It's quite sad. If you take the bus out to the major mall, you go through a district that is nothing but shacks. No plumbing. Dirt floors. Children playing in the rubble. It's very humbling, especially when you think that these people's jobs cater to rich tourists.

Anonymous

#82
March 12, 2015, 09:31:56 AM
Quote from: "ghost"Yes. The majority of them keep chickens and roosters. There's a lot of poverty here and having these animals guarantees fresh eggs and meat. It's quite sad. If you take the bus out to the major mall, you go through a district that is nothing but shacks. No plumbing. Dirt floors. Children playing in the rubble. It's very humbling, especially when you think that these people's jobs cater to rich tourists.

Oh dear. I thought the area where you were had less poverty than other areas of Mexico..



Is there a lot of crime and panhandling ghost?



I don't mind a few backyard hens even in Canada, but roosters are too noisy.

ghost

#83
March 12, 2015, 09:47:47 AM
Playa is probably better off than the rest of Mexico, or perhaps the poverty is just better hidden. The tourists do bring in an income that other towns don't receive.



I haven't heard much about crime, but I know it does exist. And I've seen a few panhandlers so far.

Anonymous

#84
March 12, 2015, 09:52:10 AM
Quote from: "ghost"Playa is probably better off than the rest of Mexico, or perhaps the poverty is just better hidden. The tourists do bring in an income that other towns don't receive.



I haven't heard much about crime, but I know it does exist. And I've seen a few panhandlers so far.

Thanks ghost, I think I have an idea now of how it works in Playa..



I didn't think that there were still people in that area who had dirt floors and no plumbing though.

 ac_unsure

Renee

#85
March 12, 2015, 10:27:05 AM
Quote from: "ghost"Yes. The majority of them keep chickens and roosters. There's a lot of poverty here and having these animals guarantees fresh eggs and meat. It's quite sad. If you take the bus out to the major mall, you go through a district that is nothing but shacks. No plumbing. Dirt floors. Children playing in the rubble. It's very humbling, especially when you think that these people's jobs cater to rich tourists.


That's true in most of Mexico. Years ago on a trip to Puerto Vallarta we wandered into a part of town that was off the beaten path and it was just as you described; shacks, dirt floors, children playing in refuse piles, etc. You wouldn't think those kinds of conditions existed in or near the heavy tourist areas but they do. It's a real culture shock when you see it first hand.  ac_wot
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.

Obvious Li

#86
March 12, 2015, 10:27:37 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "ghost"Playa is probably better off than the rest of Mexico, or perhaps the poverty is just better hidden. The tourists do bring in an income that other towns don't receive.



I haven't heard much about crime, but I know it does exist. And I've seen a few panhandlers so far.

Thanks ghost, I think I have an idea now of how it works in Playa..



I didn't think that there were still people in that area who had dirt floors and no plumbing though.

 ac_unsure




hell.........there are lots of place in the USA that have dirt floors and no plumbing.... :howdy:

Renee

#87
March 12, 2015, 10:32:33 AM
Quote from: "Obvious Li"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "ghost"Playa is probably better off than the rest of Mexico, or perhaps the poverty is just better hidden. The tourists do bring in an income that other towns don't receive.



I haven't heard much about crime, but I know it does exist. And I've seen a few panhandlers so far.

Thanks ghost, I think I have an idea now of how it works in Playa..



I didn't think that there were still people in that area who had dirt floors and no plumbing though.

 ac_unsure




hell.........there are lots of place in the USA that have dirt floors and no plumbing.... :howdy:


Appalachia for one.
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.

Anonymous

#88
March 12, 2015, 10:40:47 AM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Obvious Li"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Thanks ghost, I think I have an idea now of how it works in Playa..



I didn't think that there were still people in that area who had dirt floors and no plumbing though.

 ac_unsure




hell.........there are lots of place in the USA that have dirt floors and no plumbing.... :howdy:


Appalachia for one.

What, dirt floors in their trailers?? ac_huh

Anonymous

#89
March 12, 2015, 10:42:01 AM
Quote from: "ghost"Yes. The majority of them keep chickens and roosters. There's a lot of poverty here and having these animals guarantees fresh eggs and meat. It's quite sad. If you take the bus out to the major mall, you go through a district that is nothing but shacks. No plumbing. Dirt floors. Children playing in the rubble. It's very humbling, especially when you think that these people's jobs cater to rich tourists.

Jeezuz ghostie, you sure didn't get drunk, board the wrong plane and end up in Bangladesh? ac_razz
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