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2012-08-18, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Luckily, in Cuernavaca, we have so many american tourists... wait, let me rephrase that. We have so many tourists, that it's not frequent for me to see such stereotypes.
Though, admittedly, I've seen a few who wonder why I'm a white-skinned boy with long-ish hair, glasses, and jeans, instead of their original idea that I was a dark-skinned boy with short hair, moustache, a poncho and sombrero, and sleeping under a cactus or something.Last edited by Crimmy : Tomorrow at 26:72 DM.
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2012-08-18, 03:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Yeah, my brother was asked once whether he was being serious about us using cars and buses to get to school, instead of donkeys. <.<
The thing is, Hollywood is awful to other countries. They always make them look so stereotypical, that people start to believe they're true.
Blonde, blue-eyed here. No one ever believes me when I say I'm from Mexico. ._.
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2012-08-18, 04:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
I don't think I was surprised to see fancy resorts in Belize, but I was astounded to learn none of the natives have ever heard of snow. I live in Washington state, so that little fact just blew my mind.
"Who hasn't heard of snow? The people who live in a country with 90 degrees Fahrenheit constant!"
Anyways, Belize did have dirt roads, and one major highway. They get so many hurricanes every year that they just build temporary homes and roads, let the hurricanes make their annual run, and rebuild. It's kind of depressing, but they're so used to it that they don't care. Very rarely will their homes actually be destroyed beyond repair, so at least there's that.
Oh, and they're the friendliest people I've ever met. Five minutes with one, and they're practically a sibling. I'm serious.Steam username is Triscuitable.
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2012-08-18, 04:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-18, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Carnivale. That's all.
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2012-08-19, 04:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
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2012-08-19, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
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2012-08-20, 02:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-20, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Just noticed this topic.
Anyway, saludos desde Mexico....or greetings or whatever.
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2012-08-20, 03:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Hola Luka, DaOldeWolf. Nice to see more faces here.
@Thiago: Japanese for the Carnaval? Nice. I can't think of any kind of festivity here that attracts tourists from such a distance.Last edited by Crimmy : Tomorrow at 26:72 DM.
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2012-08-21, 07:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
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2012-08-21, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Yeah, I'm from Rio.
We do get people from all over the world from carnaval, but I tend to meet many japanese because both me and my fiancee studied Japanese at college for a while. Since the university is very near to my home, plenty japanese people tend to hang around.
And DaOldeWolf... welcome!
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2012-08-21, 07:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Hola DaOldeWolf. Nice to see more faces here.
And DaOldeWolf... welcome!
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2012-08-21, 09:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
@crimmy: .... I just spent about 10 minutes wondering if we had a big celebration that brought tourist; but I can't think of anything.
@DaOldeWolf: Welcome to the thread!! It is always nice to see new people.
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2012-08-21, 09:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
I mean, we bring all kinds of americans (meaning America the continent) to our beaches. But... one big event that brings people from all over the world? I don't think there's one.
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2012-08-21, 10:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-21, 10:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-21, 11:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Nope, Dia de los Muertos does not attract as many people, to be honest. Don't worry about your spanish, I recently worked with a brazillian artist... I think her name is Barbara Tercia, and she had an interesting "My Spanish sucks" spanish.
Also, we definitely need a convention of sorts... What can we do? Beer Run?Last edited by Crimmy : Tomorrow at 26:72 DM.
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2012-08-22, 07:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-22, 07:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
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2012-08-22, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Frankly, for Dia de los Muertos, I only have seen schools really "celebrate" it. I think World of Warcraft makes a bigger deal out of it than we do here. But it's an interesting tradition.
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2012-08-22, 08:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Rural communities celebrate it as even more important than Christmas. In cities like ours, however, it's less prevalent, and you only ever see it in elementary schools.
I haven't even had the day off from school since Freshman year of High School.
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2012-08-22, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-22, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Well my old highschool does makes a great deal of it, every group must make an "ofrenda" to someone, even of he/she wasn't mexican. It was pretty awesome on 2010 I managed to convince my group to do one for Gary Gixax .
And there is the UNAM megaofrenda... so while not big in the attract buge amounts of tourists it is still kind of big.
And really Haruki? Still up to last year I had the day off for Día de Muertos... Haven't checked out my new school calendar year; but I assuming I ll have them.
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2012-08-22, 08:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Some schools still do it, especially the religious ones. Non-religious schools usually don't give them... but I might be wrong. I haven't had it for a really long time, though.
Of course, I moved to the US last year, so I'll likely never have that day off from school again. I traded it in for Thanksgiving.
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2012-08-22, 09:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
The only thing I care about Dia de Muertos is the candy.
Buy enough and you can get kids into the back of your van.I just love the chocolate offered that day.
Still, it just seems to have lost its magic thanks to the power of commercialization.
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2012-08-22, 09:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Once more, that depends on the zone. Cuernavaca still has a lot of cool things. And don't get me started on Ocotepec. Man, that's one hell of a Dia de Muertos celebration. You get to meet americans of all kinds. People from Phoenix, from Salvador, et cetera.
It's too awesome to describe.Last edited by Crimmy : Tomorrow at 26:72 DM.
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2012-08-22, 11:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Well in Costa Rica we have no "big" celebration, but still it's greatly visited because of the beaches and we have no army so... Costa Rica es lo mejor
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2012-08-23, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Southern Americas in the Playground (from Mexico all the way down!)
Indeed.
I whence from the southern part of crazy Brazil and have been around here for... quite a bit, but I don't post too much anymore.LGBT in the playground - banner by Doihaveaname?.
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2012-08-23, 11:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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