May
20
2006

Manny's

Friday Night Pre Show

Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 04:44:43 pm (Friday, May 19, 2006 - 11:44:43 pm MST)
(Posted Under: Travel)
We walked dow to the street, to hail a taxi, to go to Manny's. Not that we need to hail one - over the weekend, rather than hailing, you needed to decline when you didn't need one. Each time you walked out onto the street, and a driver would call out, looking for business. I can say this for Mexico in general - people are always trying to sell you something or a service, but they're gracious when you say no - unlike in the US or Australia, if you tell someone you're not interested, they leave you alone, rather than trying to convince you to make a sale. Another thing that is nice is having to exhert little energy to get a taxi.

We all piled into the back seat (as at this point I did not know whether it was kosher to sit in the front) and told the driver to head to Manny's. Of the whole weekend, this was the craziest taxi ride, and even this one, in my books was pretty tame. The taxi itself had a cracked winshield, and the driver, who was quite socialble drove somewhat eratically, but - I was hoping for something a bit more crazy. Not too crazy, but point being, with even that ride I wasn't concerned at all. I also didn't bother with seat belts - probably the place we're you need to wear a seatbelt the most, but it just didn't feel right to do. [wink]

Taxis in Mexico are great - where ever you want to go, it's $2 per person. Awesome! During this taxi ride we got to experience more of the dusty roads and abandonment of road rules and speed limits. I loved this - the Pincate condos were quite cosy and resorty. While that rocked, I was ready for some real Mexico experiences! [smile] One getting to Manny's, our driver told us where we had to go and told us to have a good time and get fucked up - he was a cool guy.

We jumped out of the taxi, and headed down to Manny's, which, well like everywhere we went, was right on the beach. This side of town was much much more Mexican. We did a lap of the bar (which was a bar, and a huge pergola type thing), and didn't see many people we knew. The place was packed, but it seemed like the majority of people were kids on spring break. We did spot a couple of Peacemakers shirts and familar faces though.

After walking around, we lined up for drinks, which was....quite an affair. Manny's definately needs to hire 7 more bar tenders - or even just 7 bar tendners. After a really long wait in the heat of a crowd we got drinks and headed to one end of the bar where there was some breathing space. We more or less secured this spot all night. This also happened to be next to the ladies bathrooms, which were closed, and hence I found myself answering the question "are these open?" a lot during the night! Those bathrooms were also became my one Mexico regret - a Mexican hooker came up to me, I lost my erection, hence I have to lie in the letters to the boys back home. No. But come on, I had to use that lyric somewhere!!! [smile] Okay, so my actual Mexico regret. Manny's is a drinking establishment for homosapiens, and pets are not allowed. So, the woman's rest rooms said "Ladies Restroom" and then beside it "No Dogs Allowed". My regret is that the batteries in my camera were flat. The most fucking hilarious photo, one I was going to be so proud of, but it never came to fruitation. But in anycase, I had a good laugh at that, and can relay the story. Even if I don't have my brillant photo!

On one of the drink runs (which we'd decided after the first one that not everyone needed to partake in every time), a couple camme up to me (yes, actually to ask what the deal with the restroom was! [smile] ), and introduced themselves, saying that'd seen us at the Last Exit pre-party in Tempe on Thursday night, and asked where the two girls I was with were. It was cool having someone there to talk to. We talked about the Peacemakers and Tramps and Theives, and seemed impressed we'd come all the way from Australia for the show.

The rest of the Manny's experience wasn't too eventful - Catherine drank more, and tried to get Katie to drink more - which thankfully she didn't. By 11, Manny's was pretty crowded, still with no-one we knew, so we decided to make a move. Though apparently the band showed up there later on. We stopped at the store outside Manny's and Catherine and Katie brought some stuff, before we headed down the street. We were headed somewhere, I think, but I don't neccesarily recall where. It was cool walking around the dusty dirty streets of Mexico slightly buzzed (so much more fun that walking around in Melbourne half cocked wanting to go home), though of course I had to keep a watchful eye on both of the girls as well. But - just really fucking cool! We walked past Around Da Corner, where Jack vs. Jose (The Peacemakers) was playing on the jukebox, hence it wasn't too hard of a decision to step inside. Actually, just after leaving Manny's we walked past a titty bar, but neither of the girls would let me go in! Hmmph. Narks! [smile] So anyways, we wandered into Around Da Corner. Aside from being an actual building, a very nice difference to Manny's was someone immediately asking if we wanted a drink, rather than having to wait in line! sweet! [smile] We got our drinks, and sat down at a table. The jukebox (which actually seemed to be a computer with Winamp on it - which was suprising. Most if not all places in Mexico had the older style electronic cash registers, so a computer in a bar was slightly out of place) seemed to be one Peacemakers song for each non Peacemakers song - who can complain with that?!? Not I amigo, not I!

We had a couple of drinks there, and ran into our friends from Manny's, before deciding to make a move. Katie and I were thinking of making a move to Pincate, while Catherine was quite obviously thinking of the next bar. [wink] Standing around outside of Around Da Corner suddenly the power went out across the whole town. Which again, sounds like it'd be more alarming that it was. I think this was probably being surronded by so many gringos, things like that didn't seem that threatening. Maybe it was the buzz to. Despite that, after not too long, Katie and I both agreed that it was time to hail our closest friendly local taxi driver and head back to Pincate. Well that, and convince Catherine that was the best plan too. [wink] We walked up to where we'd been dropped off earlier, past the influx of policia that had arrived with sirens flashing to deal with the town wide blackout, and before long were in a taxi heading back to the condo.

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