Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Mexico trip to Guadalajara

Sorry for the late update on this... I have been very busy and then lazy to do this in the last few weeks. As mentioned in my last posting, I went to Guadalajara (GDL), Mexico for my spring break. It was partially for my International Management class. We had such a great time. I think I drank more than I had all school year combined.
Here are my quick run-down of events:
Friday, March 11: left Tucson for Phoenix airport with Leslie and John. The flight was overbooked, so we volunteered to stay the extra night for free tickets.
Saturday, March 12: left Phoenix around noon and arrive in GDL at night. Spend the evening looking for food and had a great time chillin at an outdoor bar drinking Michelada. We didn't know it at the time, but that place had the best Michelada we found. When we got back to the hotel, the jacuzzi area was closed. So we climbed an open window down to the jacuzzi area. It was all for nothing though... because the water wasCOLD.

Sunday, March 13: found some bakery in the morning and had bakery items for breakfast. Went to Tlaquepaque (a suburb of GDL where people can shop for artistic items) in the afternoon on a bus for $0.04US. Very beautiful town, but was a bit empty. We found and befriended the owner of Mata Tinda, a chic restaurant. Went back to try his new mix drinks and had a great time. Leslie got a beautiful designer necklace.

Tuesday, March 15: Class starts in the afternoon so spent the day reading.
Wednesday, March 16: Plant tour starts. Visited Technicolor (DVD printing), Bimbo (Mexican bread company), Jabil (electronics), and Vitro (glass bottling plant). Yeah, it was a long day. So we drank to pass the time in our room... it turned out that John and I had the largest room out of everyone because Leslie was with us the first 2 days. Our room became the designated party room.


Saturday, March 19: What can I say... we slept in. It was almost noon by the time we got ready to go out. Took it easy all day. Say goodbye to the city and the country we have come to love.