notes from Rus

Rus asked me to post this for him:
Rus here again - Day three in Mazatlan, we like it still. There's a lot to like: the climate (25 is the average high, 15 the average low for Jan. to March and April is only a few degrees warmer, and 4 days max with rain average for any of those months), the public transportation is good, things are cheaper, the kids love the beach and can spend hours on end there - without fighting!, Danish and Canadian consulates (just in case), a market close to where we live and a playground, we were so lucky to find our room - I suspect divine intervention. It is a tourist town, but when you consider that 38% of all tourists to Mexico go to Cancun it's not that bad, we barely speak any english when we are out and about. It's really nice to actually have something to write about as well! All things coinsidered, it's simply better than Chihuahua. The climate there is too cold for the houses, I had a really hard time justifying a roaring fire inside when it was nice outside. It was dusty as heck, too. But, if we hadn't gone there we never would have come here. The only things that still really irritate me are some things that are particular to Mexico (not Mazatlan): the pay per pee (or poo) washrooms. They're not expensive, 20 - 50 cents, and we had to pay for bathrooms in Europe, too. It's still an irritant, and bathrooms can be hard to find at all sometimes. And the traffic is crazy, the way stop lights run is a little wack. You can only cross to the middle of a street on a light. Pray for us! Also, We just discovered a drink here that we all really like - Jamaica - an herbal tea made with hibiscus flowers.