Comments on: It Will Rock You… http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392 Musings from and about living in Mexico Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:01:04 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Calypso http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-931598 John Calypso Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:27:21 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-931598 Dave - I read your introduction and first installment - I will go back. Happy to exchange links - Saludos, John Dave – I read your introduction and first installment – I will go back.

Happy to exchange links -
Saludos,
John

]]> By: Dave Gardner http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-931597 Dave Gardner Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:53:42 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-931597 Just came across you blog today and I'm enjoying it very much! I will be checking back regularly to read your comments and enjoy your photos. It's interesting and instructive to read other people's perspectives on life in Mexico. You are clearly at home there! I spent 1956-60, my teen years, growing up in Mexico (Guad), and I still love the country and the culture. I've been back many times, but even after 50 years, some things remain the same: pandulce, neighborhood vendors who announce their arrival with some distinctive sound, loud (but great!) music, adventurous bus rides, and, of course, the friendliness and courtesy of the people. I'd like to link to your blog from mine, which I just started (www.dbl-exposure.blogspot.com). It chronicles those years I spent in Mexico as a kid. Please let me know if it's OK to link. Thanx! Just came across you blog today and I’m enjoying it very much! I will be checking back regularly to read your comments and enjoy your photos. It’s interesting and instructive to read other people’s perspectives on life in Mexico. You are clearly at home there! I spent 1956-60, my teen years, growing up in Mexico (Guad), and I still love the country and the culture. I’ve been back many times, but even after 50 years, some things remain the same: pandulce, neighborhood vendors who announce their arrival with some distinctive sound, loud (but great!) music, adventurous bus rides, and, of course, the friendliness and courtesy of the people. I’d like to link to your blog from mine, which I just started (www.dbl-exposure.blogspot.com). It chronicles those years I spent in Mexico as a kid. Please let me know if it’s OK to link. Thanx!

]]> By: islagringo http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-927179 islagringo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:02:20 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-927179 My Mexican friends are amazed when I tell them that I love Bandamex, the Mexican folk music channel. Imagine telenovellas set to music. Sort of like American country music. Unfortunately, I think I am the only Gringo on this rock who likes it. My Mexican friends are amazed when I tell them that I love Bandamex, the Mexican folk music channel. Imagine telenovellas set to music. Sort of like American country music. Unfortunately, I think I am the only Gringo on this rock who likes it.

]]> By: Babs http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-926527 Babs Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:27:09 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-926527 I thought about you when they were having a "program" in the primary school today. The "magician" performing for the students had the volume on the sound system turned up full force. It is extremely unusual for me to hear noise here unless it is the chldren playing and that, to me, isn't noise! I thought about you when they were having a “program” in the primary school today. The “magician” performing for the students had the volume on the sound system turned up full force. It is extremely unusual for me to hear noise here unless it is the chldren playing and that, to me, isn’t noise!

]]> By: Steve Cotton http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-926524 Steve Cotton Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:08:51 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-926524 I suspect I am the Chief Volume Offender in my neighborhood of northlanders. But I will soon be moving to a neighborhood where I will have plenty of competition for the title. I suspect I am the Chief Volume Offender in my neighborhood of northlanders. But I will soon be moving to a neighborhood where I will have plenty of competition for the title.

]]> By: Mexican Trailrunner http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-926502 Mexican Trailrunner Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-926502 Bravo for Mariachi Vargas! I think they are still based in Guad. Bravo also for Malcom Lowry's quote, which I first read on the back cover of Neill James' book Dust On My Heart about her travels and early life here in Ajijic. Good reading. Bravo for Mariachi Vargas! I think they are still based in Guad.
Bravo also for Malcom Lowry’s quote, which I first read on the back cover of Neill James’ book Dust On My Heart about her travels and early life here in Ajijic. Good reading.

]]> By: Leah Flinn http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392&cpage=1#comment-926501 Leah Flinn Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:02 +0000 http://www.vivaveracruz.com/blog/?p=1392#comment-926501 I do this as well. I blare my music to drown out the reggaeton that people in the barrio love to blast. To sleep, I turn on something that creates white noise - usually the a/c unit or a fan. That usually is enough to drown out the street noise at night. Of course when there is a party going on nearby until 6am, I unpack the earplugs. I do this as well. I blare my music to drown out the reggaeton that people in the barrio love to blast. To sleep, I turn on something that creates white noise – usually the a/c unit or a fan. That usually is enough to drown out the street noise at night. Of course when there is a party going on nearby until 6am, I unpack the earplugs.

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