1st weekend indeed...

My 1st day was fun, I was tired since we went to bed after 4am in the morning, yet I was able to wake up at a decent time (about 10, he he he)... the night before daniel had drawn a basic map of the main street over here, or at least the nicest street, and so I decided to walk all the way through it and get to know the place.

I loved walking down that street, it has so many different kinds of stores... like really, from one called "decadence" that has all related to marihuana (I don't think it has the actually weed though), to ethnic stores, gothic stores, comics stores, irish, scottish, and all sort of funky places... Canadians are nice, and some girls are VERY good looking, but I would say it's average... not like what Tomas sais about eastern europe at least.

There are a lot of "freaks" walking down the street, girls with multicolored hair, gothic looking ones, and all sorts of guys too. There was a carwash in a corner that was literally filled with girls in tiny bikinis... and they would wash your car like that!!!... damn... I wish I had a car... I was tempted to ask them to wash me... but then again I am shy like that... he he he.

I walked for about 15 blocks until I decided that I wasn't going to find a place to buy candian dollars going towards that direction, that's when I just turned bank and walked into the 1st bank I saw. The guard was very nice when I asked him if I could exchange - currency in there, he said -oh wait a minute- then came back and said -it'll be just a minute - .... I waited for a little while and then the manager of the bank came and asked me what I wanted and everything, I kind of got weirded out and said "well I just wanted to know if it was ok for me to exchange some dollars here"... and all of a sudden she said, with a huge smile, "of course!, don't worry, there is no problem, we will help you... "... and so they did...

Another messed up thing is that here the pedestrians have the preference, so if you are walking ANYWHERE the cars stop... if a car is like 2 meters away from the corner and you are about to walk by, they completelly stop... at 1st I would look at them in disbelief but once I noticed that there weren't going anywhere unless I crossed the street I started doing it... which means that you can pretty much walk around everywhere without looking!!!!... because they will, for sure, stop... Daniel says that he is very worried, because he's gotten so used to it he's almost sure he will be killed by a car once he comes back to mexico... he he he.

So I walked a lot and went to a comic book store... yay!!!... IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME!!!... comic castle is nothing compared to it... I had to put my self together in order to avoid expending all my money there... so many toys, rare comics, clothing and all!!... I found a "squeak" doll, a lenore doll, a lot of clothers, so many comics... damn, I wish I had all the money to buy those things... It was fun at the store because apparently I did everything that I am not supposed to be doing... I walked in with my backpack on, I went behind the counter and what not... oh well...

Later on the evening I went with sandra to a mall to buy tenis shoes, I got a great deal and bought a sketchers pair for only 37 canadian bucks... which is very cheap!... after that we went to a super and there I met Paco, Juliana and Karla... those were some of the guys that I was going to go camping with... we bought stuff, what not... they were a nice bunch indeed.

At a point I went to Pancho's house where I met like 20 other guys, since that was the gathering point... most of them were latins, some from colombia, peru, and mexico, but there was a girl from quebec (which is like another country), a girl from spain, and a couple of canadians. We jumped into the cars and drove for like an hour till we came a cross a beautifull camping park... IT WAS SO NICE... the weather was warm and sunny, all those trees, walk paths, and it all was by a huge pretty lake... it was like a "dream site"... fiddlers green kind of... and there were camped.

The camp site had showers and bathrooms, running water, etc... so in the 1st world you always get your services even if you are into a "wild" weekend. During that day I had fun with most of those guys, helped build the tents, put on a fire, etc... that night we stayed up till about 5:00 am... singing, drinking, and having a blast... After going to bed were probably some of the worst hours of my life... I WAS FREAKING FREEZING!!!... I really was... you know how it's always colder when the sun is comming out?... damn... I was shivering!!!... still...

The next day we were all up by 10 or so, and after breakfast we went to the lake... the lake is very very larde, I couldn't see the other end in several spots, and there were a lot of trails to follow to get there which are pretty nice. A funny thing was the concept of sunbathing in Canada, and how most people was doing it... just wearing a swimsuit and laying on the "beach" getting some sun... kids playing in messed up cold water... etc... Even I got a tan... it was weird because comming to Canada didn't resemble anything like that in my mind... this was more like "puerto vallarta meets mazamitla"... yet it was a lot of fun.

Of course a lot of great talks happened... tons with Daniel, but I had a couple of good ones with other guys like Gil, Guillermo, Jose Ramon, Frederika, Rebecca, Scott, Greg... etc. It was nice.

That night was colder though, and so most people went to bed no later than 3am... but still it was a great time by the fire while we all were at it... more than 20 guys and girls close together singing stuff and telling jokes by the campfire... drumming with the "garrafon", etc. At the end there were only 5 of us (gil, memo, greg, rebeca, rocio and I) who stayed up till after five... we had a blast telling all sorts of jokes.

The day after we all had to wake up early and put the tents down etc, because we had to be out by 12... (really, like in a hotel)... so we did, and then went over to "the beach" to have one last time in there... at about 4pm we came back.

Daniel, Sandra and I were so freaking tired... but still, we managed to get showered and in the mood to go out for dinner... and so we went to a great thai place they have in town... spicy exotic food!... yay!!... of course, that night we stayed up late talking. Daniel showed me all his pictures from his latest trip to Japan... wow... those pictures were so neat, but even better was the story behind them all... ahhhh... the world is such a huge place, I WANT TO SEE IT ALL!!!...

Argh... so that was a huge "summary" of the weekend... he he he... honest, that's what happened... how I felt?... ahhh... that should be discussed on a post of it's own... let's just say that my mind is working non stop for real...

** cheers and love... take care