Travel-Trivia: Real de Catorce

Drinking Water Task
Filling the water bottles is definitely a task for two. We have noticed that from a certain size of bottles upwards the prize stays nearly the same (around 16 pesos); the bigger the better. And with Simeon and his water intake it becomes a task. The 20l bottle needs to be placed on a chair, one pouring and the other one catching the drops into our carry-around-bottles. At least the water puddle dries up very quickly - we are after all in the desert.

Mopping Men
Did I think Mexico could be a rather grungy place? Oh no; not where we have been so far. You can eat of the floors, which seem to be the center of the cleanliness. Hours are spent on re-cleaning the floor. It helps that the men here know how to use a mop properly themselves – all duties so far seem to be shared; except for cleaning the car: every day I see at least one man cleaning a car, not only Sundays (preferred car wash day in Germany).

Where To Keep Your Dog
Where do you keep your dog? On the roof of course! It is a bit haunting to me, hearing a dog bark just on top of my head – even if I might be at a safer distance to the dog than otherwise. There are not that many dogs just hanging around in the streets and I would say that the few are in general very well behaved; like the one that just sat patiently; waiting for the leftover chicken skin.

Yesterday we got drunk – if you don’t eat it works even better or faster or more.