Mexico

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I'll be stuck at the airport here for 5 hours

 

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Things to discuss- whether you have or have not been to Mexico and what you did or did not do there

Peices of media you like from there


Euro perception of mexico/Latin America vs. American perception

 

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I was in Mexico city. Was a fun time, probably second only to new york in terms of north american cities and it could be close

 

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I've never left the country properly before, so this could just be an everywhere but america observation, but it was fun too see remnants of culture persist after thousands of years

 

[Clinamenic]

I went there as a child and got water poisoning.

 

[Clinamenic]

I also allegedly slapped the belly of an iguana named Maria. Presumably this occurred before the water poisoning.

 

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I've never left the country properly before, so this could just be an everywhere but america observation, but it was fun too see remnants of culture persist after thousands of years

E.g. I went to a tattoo shop where the artists are definitively 'mexican' without being cheap with the imagery

 

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I went there as a child and got water poisoning.

Yes I was told not to drink the tap water

 

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They also do potatoes differently down here. Distinct taste from American potatoes

 

[WashYourHands]

an ex from way back moved to the country to teach and eventually stayed

she ended up doing a ritual with a dose of mushrooms and a healer for an issue best left out and states ever since the memories rarely surface

this is the moment where Tea chimes in with “memories of you?” like Neil from The Young Ones on too much caffeine

 

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Also lived like a king there on American dollars. Is there a euro country all the brits travel to to get everything half off?

 

[WashYourHands]

Newcastle

 

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Weatherspoons

 

[WashYourHands]

newcastle wetherspoons - Google Search

 

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Margarita is one of the all time great drinks

 

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Real answers only please

 

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The food when done proper is hard to fucc with

 

[WashYourHands]

and this important documentary

¡Three Amigos! (1986) - IMDb

¡Three Amigos!: Directed by John Landis. With Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau. Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.

www.imdb.com

 

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The food when done proper is hard to fucc with

Is there Mexican food in the uk?

 

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I was talking to Luka about birria and the only place he could find it there looked like the in house micro brewery at the Google office