Musings from and about living in Mexico
Surfs Up
Since the Olympics ended you can count the number of times we have turned on the television on two hands and no toes. Television was foisted on us as part of the package with our 10 mb Internet connection.
We know little about television programing here in Mexico and even less about the programing in the U.S.
The impression we have from our very limited viewing is there are more commercials than programing within Mexican television. We are serious here. This is not just an exaggeration spawned from just too many commercials. This is a legitimate observation.
The last time we did view U.S. television it did still seem that the program time was greater than the commercials – albeit not by much. In Mexico it is obvious – way more commercial time than program time.
It is quite simply too hard to remember what you were watching and where it left off between commercial breaks on Mexican television – just not worth the effort.
In one of those very few going-through-the-channels events, Senora Calypso stumbled on an August, 2011 body surfing contest sporting event. The exciting part was it was filmed a few blocks from our casa in Puerto Escondido. Goofy-footed we grabbed the Canon to document the moment with some photos of the television.
We must admit it was kind of a thrill to see the waves that occur in our extended backyard at our home we have not been to for six months. It was a gloomy, rainy day here in Xico. So the sun and the waves and the bikini covered bodies just warmed us up, all of it making us homesick for the beach.
We are winding things down here in Xico, Veracruz. In a few weeks we will be back in Puerto to spend 6 months or more there.
On the Puerto Forum someone providing a link to the ten best giant waves – surfer ridden – in 2012 at Puerto. Have a look. Surfs Up so Stay Tuned!
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