One tequila, two tequila, three tequila . . . . .

I thought I should give you a little run down on our first day & evening in Mexico. Emrick seems to have skipped right by our "checking into the country process" & our first night here. What a riot. We decided to complete our checking-in process by ourselves (after we found out the cost for assistance had gone from $50.00 to $85.00). We were given directions & started out to the CIS building where all the paperwork is completed. Mind you, E & I had been sailing all night so our minds were not as quick as we would have liked them to be. The directions did not turn out to be that accurate but we found the building & began the process. There were four windowed sections that housed immigration, the port captain, customs & visa office. We proceeded to bounce from one side of the room to the other, handing the people behind the glass our pile of papers & watch as they pulled out what they needed from our pile, created new forms, had us complete new forms, pay them money for the transaction & then point us across the room to go see someone else. It was pretty comical because you use sign language & try very hard to understand what they wanted from you. During this two hour process we met Dean & Gary from the s/v Unda who were there to check-in as well. We had originally met them in Santa Barbara & it was nice to be able to talk with someone who spoke English & was in the same boat we were, so to speak. Needless to say when all was said & done we were exhausted but set a date to meet up with Dean & Gary later to go out for dinner. By the time we got back to the boat we had managed to walk around the town of Ensenada a little, get our bearings & check out some of the shops & restaurants. When we headed out for dinner that night E & I had no idea of what to expect but Dean & Gary had been to Mexico before so they were able to tell us what we could & should not eat, etc. So we ended up in an open air cafe where the people were very happy to have customers. We ordered fajitas. The food was good but different. Portions are smaller, the rice is white, the beans are a very dark brown, the tortillas are smaller but freshly made & the meat is not cooked with peppers, just onions. The waiter was very attentive & the minute the food plates were removed the tequila started. We did not order it, the waiter just set down little (1/2 shot) glasses & poured us each a full glass, gave us salt & limes & we drank the shot (the waiter had a shot with us). After a few minutes the waiter reappeared & again set down the little glasses, pouring us all another shot. By the 3rd round we decided we better get out of there while we could still walk. What a great evening. I LOVE this place!