Isla Mujeres revisited.

Trip Start Mar 31, 2006

Trip End Apr 10, 2006

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Flag of Mexico Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Saturday, April 8, 2006

Met up with the crazy Danes again. They left the bar most of us from the hostel were hanging out at only to get harrassed by the cops and searched for narcotics - which they were under the influence and in the possession of. The discovery of cocaine in the pockets of their cute little capri pants (come on guys - wear pants or shorts. What's with the girly pants?) gave the coppers great cause for happiness, for screwing tourists is a lucrative business in Mexico - especially when you carry a badge. So the Danes get tossed in the back of a police car while the two cops threaten them with the horrors of Mexican prison and laugh at them for thinking they could get away with breaking the law.

One of the Danes - Peter - who occupied the bunk above mine at the hostel and actually spoke Spanish well after 10 months in Argentina and Chile, simply asked the crooked cops how much money they wanted, for the Danes had more partying planned. One of the crooks masquerading as law enforcement said, "Everything." Collectively, the trio had about US$30 and forked it over, which made the two thieves livid. They let fly a string of chingadas, puta madres, pinches gringos and cabrones, but in the end took the money (and the coke) and told the three Danes to get lost. They returned to the hostel to get more money for the rest of the evening, remembering to stash a few hundred pesos for the next corrupt cops they might encounter before heading back...

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