While travelling in Mexico, I discovered an amusing pastime of watching roadsigns and taking pictures of them. From what I gather it seems that in the past they’ve had trouble with someone abducting the signs; what do you think?
“No Destruya las Seรฑales,” that is, “Don’t Destroy the Signs.”
“Obedezca las Seรฑales,” which means “Obey the Signs.”
Yes, you have to wear your seatbelt, even in Mexico! (In fact I would recommend it, seeing how some people drive down there.)
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While in Mexico this past week, there were several things I did for the first time. Besides it being my first visit to the state of San Luis Potosรญ, below are four “firsts” from this trip. It was definitely a learning experience!
Since I was the only one of our number who could speak Spanish, a translator went with us while we were in Mexico, who would translate anytime they wanted to talk to people. Since most people down there know Spanish, we usually had no problem.
I myself had never tried translating for someone, but when we were in Huichihuayรกn (pronounced wee-chee-wah-YAHN) at the preachers’ training school, I found myself talking to some of the students there while our translator was busy elsewhere. Then when a couple of the men of our group came up to join the conversation, of necessity I told them in English what was being discussed. Thus it came about that I would tell the one side in English what was said, and then tell the Mexican brethren what the others were saying, and so on, back and forth. It was great practice, and I think I did fairly well, though certainly not as well as our Mexican translator. There were times that I didn’t understand what someone said, and there were times when I didn’t know the word for something, but overall I was able to get the point across. Read More