We arrived on Saturday afternoon. Getting the books was a little slow. As every year, the Customs agent with whom we communicated was not at the airport - off on Saturday. The one in charge never heard of us and didn't know ehere to find the paperwork. Sigh... Mike Leonard brought along all of tyhe original invoices from Ingram books, each of whic was headed "International Shipment." He thought it might look like official paperwork to them. They took those papers, searched all nine crates and eventually let us through.
The Hertz didn't have our SUV. They offered a mid-sized car, but there was no way to haul the books and all of us. The solution? They gave us one of the Hertz shuttle vans! What fun. We had it for the first day. We could have hauled 15 people around. Parking it was a struggle, but we found a spot. Got the correct vehicle on Sunday.
I love Revolution Day in Puerto Vallarta. Villages from 20 miles around empty out to come into gtown for the parade. All the schools come to march, every school in thewir uniforms and most with some sort of marching talent to display - drums, music, acrobatics. One school did socccer demonstrations, the kids in pairs heading the ball back in forth. Lots of schools had cheerleading moves - stacked pyramids and heave ho.
Enough with the relaxation. We're all excited to get on the road today to start the work. We'll go to the provincial capital of Cabo Corrientes called El Tuito. We will meet the director of education for the district and a high school teacher who is trying to find ways to improve the English language education.
More tomorrow.
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