Chiclcts, the chowing gum of Moxico is peddlcd by small pre-school children throughout bars and rostaurants, It is difficult to resist buying from these persuasivo wee vendors calling 'checklots!' 'cheecklcts!,

Pepsi Cola and othcr soda pops are greatcr sellers there than in Canada, students drinking at least one and | sometimes two with their mcals instcad of milk or coffce and the refreshment stands spotting tho highways and strocts thrive on the ‘tropical elimate ena tic Scareiuy of cood drinking water,

The Mexican woaring apparcl follows closely the stylos of America. The Mexicans clear their throats, yawn and gaze lazily about the buses reading the ads. Everywhere you scc counteorparts of your Canadians, it becomes casy to forgot you are in Moxica,

Only in the villages does life retain much of the flavor of old. Moxico. There, refrigerators, gas stoves, in- door plumbing and Bimbo bread (the sliced, packaged bread of Mexico) are acceptod and used by the middle elassos.. but their lives still scem to be guided and controllcd by their tortilla-cating, adobe-sholtered, unambitious village inhabitants.

In the villagos particularly in the cooler regions of the mountains, women still have thcir heads and shoulders draped with multi-coloured shawls; men still throw savy wool blankets about their bodies and women aro raroly Seen in the streets after dark,

Mexico is a land of agure skies and burning suns;

even in the summer rainy season, rain scldom falls for more

than an hour. Moxico offers oxciting panoramas of kalcido-

scopal country; dry, cactied, wasted deserts, gently rolling

hills building up to lush, rich jungles; through the banana }

plantations rising to tho fog blanket of snow-tippod mountains, .

there sweoping down to an isolatcd sea, wrapped and protected |

by miles Of white benches, Tt 1s 8 fend of Simple, honest |

people who find great pleasure in giving and being at your

servicd: | | |

on UML is your dicot, your taste buds thera will find complete satisfaction. Bananas, soft succulent small ones sell as low a8 a half cent coach, Pineapples sell for four cents and cocoanuts for five. The vegetables in contrast | are limited and interior in flavour and colour, Meat tends to bo leathery; but their fish, including shrimps and crabs, are inexpensive and delicious,