December 2nd continued for the 2nd time....

Just when you thought we'd had all the adventure one could have in a single day....we find some more to add to the blog.....

Finally made it up to our room from the lounge (and a nice room it is too!). Got settled in and decided we'd better have a little bite to eat so made our way back down the elevator and outside the front door. Wouldn't you know it....right next to our hotel is a Casino and of course we had to take a peek inside. It's much like we thought it would be (ie: much like a Canadian casino filled with slot machines and people who seem glued to their machine). The biggest difference was that as we entered the door there was an armed guard with a walk through metal detector. Lynda and I were waved through but the fellow in front of us was making the machine beep like he'd just won the jackpot. We took a quick walk around the place before deciding that we'd do well to move on to Chili's for dinner.

Chili's was a great experience :) Once seated in our booth....we had a constant train of staff coming by to replenish our supply of napkins and/or just take a look. It's pretty obvious that we're a bit of a novelty here. Mochis is a fairly large city but we haven't seen any other gringos since our arrival. Our servers (and I have to say servers as there were so many coming round but I'm pretty sure we had all the cooks, the dishwashers, the servers from other sections of the restaurant and even the manager came by to say "Pro Becho" (not sure about the spelling of that term but it is said by everyone to everyone who is eating a meal)and it is kind of a blessing that you'll have a good meal. People walking by your table in the restaurant say it to you, the staff say it to you, and it is a very nice custom that EVERYONE subscribes to.

That really is it for this day folks.....off to bed for a good night's sleep in our City Express home away from home before heading east in the a.m.

Don't know when we'll have internet again so keep thinking that we should keep up with the blog whenever we have the opportunity (hence the 3 entries today!). Will keep a journal in Word though so won't lose any of the stories along the way.

Hasta luego,
L & L