The trip in a shell.

Dear Mr. Blog, I would write everyday, but so much is going on that at the end of the day all I wanna do is just flop onto the floor and simply pass out. Wake up to another day of craziness and randomness. My trip could be summed up into those two words. Ever since the moment Nick and myself crossed the border into Mexico, its been complete mayhem in both of our lives. Thank God for Nick accompyining me on this trip otherwise I would be in some foreign land where my best friends would be some tribal people in the middle of nowhere. His limited understanding of the Span:) I am learning too, but slowly and gradually. A little too slow actually for my own good, but oh well! I'm here to enjoy and keep the learning intrinsic factor back in Buffalo. At the border, they didnt' even check our id's or passports or ask us any questions. It was almost offending . All we had to was press a green light and pass through it like we're walking into somebody's kitchen. Nick, a.k.a. cracker befriended the wierdest ppl of all sizes and shapes. At the border , he made friends with this old woman, who was probably and alcoholic. Somehow , somewhere she showed us the way to the central bus station. Everybody's looking at us in the wierdest ways as if we're some foreign speices, which we are actually. I could go on and on about yesterday, but each day is an epic story.
Today began with Santiago and Anna taking us to the Technology campus and then went to work. So, we are on our own for like a good 8-9 hours , dudes! Picture this, two americans in the middle of a mexican district with limited funds and language knowledge. The campus was beautiful but what made it more attractive was the women. I have to be honest with you. I have never seen so many good looking girls in one place. Nick described it as a treaty signed between the U.S.A and Mexico to transfer all the good lookin 'uns to Mexico and get oil in exchange. Its somehting like that, Nick and myself hit on anything that looked remotely friendly. Honestly, the results were very positive, but not so positive as the girls we met elswhere in the city. These girls were ready to give up themselves, but ended up being seriously underage. Nick and me are tweedledum and tweedledee but not that intense. These girls were the cutest little things but they were 16 and 17.They would laugh at anything and everything, even though its the worst joke and it was in Ingles, which they had no idea about. Here we are all sad and dejected walking around the old part of city, when we here the english language. There's this random dude waving to us , beckoning us to go to him. So we do and he speaks good english . He ended up being a owner of a bar, a nice lounge, and he loved foreigners. At the end of it all, almost close to fifteen beers each and Nick got a phone number of this really beautiful girl. We were ridiculously wasted and the bar owner promised us free entree' with no reservation required for private louhge and drinks on the house.! Definitely gotta check this joint out next time I go there.
To stray away from what I was talking about, the weather is so similiar to a summer day in Calcutta. Maybe it has changed, maybe it hasn't. Its not only the weather, but the surroundings. The only thing missing in my book are the rickshaws and the auto-rickshaws. The people are so friendly, and never say no to a question about directions or just random questions by Nick. Monterrey is a huge city and one may think that we are conquering all of Mexico. In reality its not possible in a ten day trip. Each city takes more than just a day and we are taking our time with each district. Tomorrow we are probably going to climb and go for a bit of hiking to the mountain top of mount M. That's what it is called for some reason, the peaks are shaped like a crown with three stubs. Its called Chipinque, and its a very nice enviornment. We just sat in top of the top and took in the air. It was so quiet and the solitude was something I have craved for a very long time without realizing. At the moment , we are in Monterrey and we have travelled to the nearby cities like Savilla, Santa Catarina and many more. Each district is unique is in its own way. I took pictures but they are going to up only after I go back to Buffalo. It seems so distant , all of my life in New York. Everything that I do here is so surreal, I have to keep reminding myself that I am in a part of Mexico and its not a dream. I'm having a great time and forgot what water tastes like. So much beer all the time, and the house we are staying at, Santiago's house, his parents are awesome! They hosted a barbeque the other day, the food was delicious and stuff which I've never tasted. How could I forget to talk about the food. Nick and myself had taken a vow to not eat any generic franchise foods like KFC , Mcdonalds or BK, So far we are doing great and have stuck to our word. A upside to this bond is that we have had nothing but good food which I could not even think about or fathom. Something to do with corn, and I've had a lot of dishes with tortilla. You pretty much throw anything in the tortilla from pasta to meat to beans to spinach and cheese. Each option tastes better than the other which reminds me of Gorditas we had the other day. They were like crack on a plate. Ridiculoulsy tasty and plus their the most amazing munchie food. Sorry, White Castle , I gotta replace you on the number one spot. :(
Aight Im like sleepy n stuff, so gonna go to bed. Tell u more about my trip later :) hasta luego, perhaps manana . Buenos dias senor and senoritas.