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RE: Unique Experiences in Mexico: Stoplight Performers, Hot Sauce Bottles, and Driving with a Dog (VIDEO)
Love the hot sauce anecdote - one of the most amusing things when we travel is finding things that would never exist in the US because of law suits. In Europe, there are all kind of cliffs you can walk along with no railing and tons of people all over the place...There are these wild playground in France that look like giant 20' tall spider webs and all I can think of is how many bones a kid would break on the way down if they fell. But personal responsibility is more of a thing in many other countries. People are expected to use a minimum of common sense ;-) It's actually kind of refreshing...
be careful out there!
Everything you said is SO true. I don't mean this to be a sweeping overgeneralization, but the idiocracy in the US is astonishing sometimes. I understand some instances where laws/regulations help keep people safer but cheese and rice...do we really need to tell people to take the plastic off of a pizza before putting it in the oven?? Lol
Upon climbing up to El Faro (the lighthouse in Mazatlan) there were a few precarious parts with steep steps and no railings as well. Perhaps when you don't "baby" people they take more responsibility for safety and implement that oh-so-rare common sense trait. ;)
AGREED. Thanks so much for your comment!