Differences...

A few random observations:

1) We've noticed that there are very few obese people in the towns we've visited. Possibly the diet is more healthy than the typical American diet. But I think it is probably because the bathroom stalls in public places are tiny... If you weigh more than about 180 pounds, you won't fit.

2) The plumbing in Mexico is much like the plumbing at my Eugene house -- it can't handle lots of paper. Translation: you aren't supposed to put ANY paper in the toilets. None. All toilets have a little trash can next to them, and your toilet paper goes in the trash can. That's a hard habit to break...A query: if you have to put the paper in the rubbish can anyway, couldn't we please have thicker, softer paper?

3) The water from the taps is not for consumption. This includes rinsing your toothbrush in the tap water. Another hard habit to break, but if you forget and get sick, you are more likely to remember... I forgot and didn't get sick. Jerry didn't and did.

4) The sidewalks are barely wide enough for two, but somehow accommodate four abreast, another reason Mexicans are thin...