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MEXICO
By HENRY PROVISOR
I Hit st ration by Marion Kyle
Things to know before you go:
You can fly to Mexico City in 9 ho via Aeronovas de Mexico Air Lines $120.00 return, from Tijuana. 1 120 m irom Los Angeles). American lines elm much more.
You can make change like a wizard u Pesos and Centavos because the monm system is quite simple. One Peso=zU and one centavo=l /8th cent. One hund rentavos — 1 peso and that's all there ii it.
You can get anything to eat that ji
heart desires — even hamburgers, mam milk shakes and sundaes. 1 you stay m iirst-class hotels, it is perfectly safe to salads, milk or drinking water. And I can get the best steaks and wonderful cm for a song. In Mexico City try the cm shop of the Hotel Del Prado. or the elm ate hotel dining-room. A malt is 28a soda 24c. and a banana split about I Five-course meal at the Del Prado dim room costs $2.00. A filet mignon downstm at the col tee shop is $1.20, a chopped M dish with the trimmings, only 78c — anit this with sincere service and no sn» Mexicans are the world's friendliest pea — and their courtesy is the first thing I strikes the stranger.
You won't get cheated — but don't British argyle sox because prices are o\ par with American prices. Silver is cki and must bear the government impriiuj be authentic — ask about it. If you havt trouble converting pesos to dollars ask a little card which any shop will proni these help to make a fast evaluation of n| price tags.
You won't suffer hold-ups. beatings] out and out thievery. We walked throl some of the roughest neighborhoods in ii ico City, at night, and were courteously\ nored. There are no bandits, and no thi on the loose. We saw none.
You can get almost anything you bu home in an\ iair sized Mexican town, can phone to the States, or London, or PA irom almost anywhere. Mail is promi and efficiently delivered. In fact you m( find services even better than at home, tourist told us that Mexican mail ser\ was better than in a certain American near the Gulf of Mexico which we dm\ mention.
You don't have to know Spanish to along. Sign language worked wonders most every time, for us. And as far asi know you can photograph anything at time — but it is essential to use tact common sense. If in doubt ask permis. especially when photographing people. Make sure that you bring plenty of