Ways to Know You're Living in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

1. There are three temperatures: hot, hotter, and not quite as hot.
2. You put lime (limon) on everything.
3. If you hear a pouring sign and "Agua" annoucement over a loudspeaker every morning, and I know this is the man selling 20 Liter "garrafons" of water.
4. There are actually an even number of men and women in dance classes.
5. You get stared at, blatantly, on a daily basis, just for being foreign.
6. You wear SPF but somehow are still tan.
7. If someone says one hour, count on two. If they say 10 days, count on three weeks. And so on...
8. You don't get American Idol; you get Latin American Idol.
9. A full meal in a restaurant costs about $4-5 USD, on average, but somehow a plastic organizer shelf stack costs $50 US!!
10. You go to a restaurant and people are staring at the birds outside for sale, but they forgot about the birds when the see a herd of gringos walk in.
And, you can buy freshly made, hot tortillas for about 25 cents a pound.