andaley andaley ariba !!!!!!!!!

I am currently in ATL waiting for my flight to Raleigh. Will be there for 2 days for programming support for Chris. I just flew in from Cuautla, Mexico like a hour back. I was there with Aaron and Alexis from Spain. Alexis is my good buddy now and also I can stay with him if I am in Barcelona ever. :)

I hate to go to Mexico because things there are so unstructured. Things always go wrong and I am constantly under a lot of pressure to get my act together. This trip was mixed though. I had to work for a couple of days till 1.30 am but the rest of the days we went out drinking till 2 am. :)

It was great to have Alexis around because he could be our translator and we could enjoy things we wanted to. I was put up in Hotel Hacienda in Cocoyoc which was like an expensive resort with 3 huge swimming pools and the works. I wish this was a vacation so that I could really enjoy this place. Cuautla was an ugly city like any other mexican city but the outskirts were great. The huge mountains with tropical trees.. My spanish has improved a bit too :) We were chauffered to and fro from the hotel to the plant by Ramone everyday. He drove a 10 year old beaten up nissan like a madman. Excessive speeding and constantly cutting others and I dont think the damn seat belts worked either so everyday we had 2 death defying experiences. His windshield had a lot of cracks, one right in front of the passenger seat. On Monday I asked him if someone threw a stone which resulted in the crack, he said no it was a passengers head which caused it when he braked abruptly once... Maan that car was a death trap... I noticed on Tuesday that there was a new crack in front of the drivers seat on the windshield and also Ramone was driving below speed limit that day. When I inquired why he explained that yesterday it was his head which hit the shield :)


I will be in Puerto Rico this christmas weekend, just before I leave for India :) Juan has asked me to stay in the beach front 4 star hotel while I am there. That is going to be fun.

Ohhh 'andaley, andaley ariba ' means 'come on, come on hurry up'. The mexicans always hurry you up.... and working in Mexico you hear this often.

Gracias