[Debconf-announce] MX Survival Guide.
Please, flush your toilets.
This is a message sent to debconf-announce, pretending to be a small
introduction of how you are to behave in MX, to avoid problems interacting
with other people.
The hacklab closes at 9:00 during debcamp and at 00:00 during debconf
(although it might change now that food is served in the restaurant close to
the hacklab). After that the only places that can be occupied are the pool
area during the week and the backyard of the hotel buildings, where the backet
fields are.
Swimming after 6 is absolutelly forbidden, so dont even try to do it naked
(you face being expelled from the whole debconf by the hotel).
This place being a vacacional centre is occupied by families during the
weekends (mostly) so we have to interact with non-geeks and non-grownups.
Avoiding the just-learnt swear word in Spanish while having lunch has a bonus
glass of water for breakfast.
Talking about breakfast... Is not included in the food, so everybody has to
find its way out. The same restaurant offers a set of 4 combinations which
include juice, cafe, fried mashed beans and a selection of 4 differenf dishes
on each (scrambled eggs mexican style; fried tortilla chips with tomato sauce,
cream and chicken; ...
The restaurant also permits ordering a la carte things. Please, ask a Spanish
speaking person to help you if in trouble.
For the more adventurous, there is a small market outside the Oaxtepec complex
where you can have an incredible breakfast with local food and delicacies for
some 40/50 pesos (3euro). Keep in mind that they use local ingredients and
ways to prepare the food, which includes the use of tap water to wash the
dishes, and frying the tortillas and gorditas in the same "plancha" (heated
metal plate) where they cook the beef and other animal meat. Avoid getting
into arguments about those details with the locals, since it cannot be
changed.
After few bad experiences we have been informed by the hotel staff that the
toilet paper has to be dispossed in the plastic bins you will find beside the
toilet bowls. Otherwise they will get stuck and you dont want 6 people on a
room not to have a toilet to use, do you?
It is hot and sunny, so do NOT forget sun protection creams. We have few cases
of skin burns.
Finally, remember that waiters expect and live of tips, so dont forget to
leave a 10% of the total cost on the table when you leave.
--
Jesus Climent info:www.pumuki.org dj:triplestereo.com
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