耐性有限

今天起床以後滿心歡喜地打開冰箱，結果錯愕地發現昨天預留給自己的早餐整盒不見了！ 然後短暫的錯愕馬上變成憤怒，很想知道到底是哪個無恥的混帳吃了我的早餐，壞了我的省錢大作戰？  我甚至在公共用地的垃圾桶尋找保麗龍餐盒的屍體，還跑去櫃台問Daniel有沒看到誰吃掉一盒enchiladas…不過兇嫌至今依然下落不明。

After getting up, I happily opened the fridge but unexpectedly found that my leftover was gone! And then my shockedness was soon replaced by anger. I really wanted to find out which shameless bastard stole my food and ruined my money-saving plan. I even checked trash cans in common area and looked for the styrofoam box's corpse and asked Daniel at the front desk if he had seen anyone eating a box of enchiladas... However, the truth remains undisclosed until today.

然後無比惆悵地晃到街上去買了一杯咖啡，再晃回來一面看Nation一面喝咖啡一面吃昨天從Mango餐廳挾帶回來的麵包跟奶油，一面氣憤地想著要怎麼詛咒偷吃我食物的賤貨…那傢伙最好連續三天食物中毒，外加車禍，後來想想車禍有點太誇張了，還是連續三天食物中毒就好。

Filled with a spasm of sadness, I went to buy a cup of coffee and came back to try to enjoy the coffee while reading Nation and eating the bread and butter I took from Mango restaurant last night, as I angrily pondered on how to curse the bitch that stole my food... That bitch'd better have food poisoning for 3 consecutive days, and plus car accident. But then I thought car accident might be a bit too much, so 3-day food poisoning would do.

Dustin昨天買了麵包、蛋、乳酪和蕃茄、酪梨，打算剩下的日子自己做早餐吃。想讓我嚐嚐他的美味健康早餐，不過我完全被自己的怒氣喂飽了…

Dustin bought bread, eggs, queso Oaxacano, tomatos, and avocados to make his breakfast. He wanted me to try his delicious and healthy breakfast, but I was totally fed by my anger...

有個賣吊床的走進hostal來推銷，我問了價錢以後就被他糾纏不清，Dustin由於不懂所以沒表達意見，幸好Daniel正好在我們房間附近就跟我說質料不好而且價錢太高，所以我決定不買。不過賣吊床的中年男子可沒那麼容易放棄，不斷降價再展纏功，我只好隨便捏造個理由說我要把錢留著買衣服，請他禮拜三再來看我剩下的錢夠不夠買他的吊床。

A middle-aged guy went into the hostal to sell hammocks. I asked for the prices and then he never gave up! Dustin didn't know about hammocks so didn't say anything. Luckily Daniel was around us, telling me that the materials were not good and they were too expensive. So I decided not to buy any. But that dude didn't give up easily and kept lowering his prices, trying to convince me into buying it. I didn't know what to do, so I told him that I had to save money for a dress that I liked and asked him to come Wednesday and see if I had enough money left for his hammocks by then.

吃完以後出去晃了晃，又在路邊攤買了兩條手鍊/腳鍊，順便隨口問了可當桌布或室內裝飾品的織物價錢，結果兩個老闆娘不斷自己減價希望能讓我動心。好喜歡rasta（綠黑紅黃，也是雷鬼常用的顏色）那條。

After breakfast, I went out and bought two more bracelets/ anklelets. I randomly asked the prices of cloth that could be used as a table cloth or decoration, and the two women kept lowering the prices in the hope of persuading me to buy some (but I didn't). I really like the rasta one.

在路上又碰到賣吊床的傢伙，他又用三寸不爛之舌想說服我，我還是婉拒說禮拜三再決定。

I ran into that hammock guy, and he tried really hard to convince me, but I rejected him politely and told him that I would see how things were on Wednesday.

又逛了一間手工藝品店，有一條讓我動心的手鍊，不過太貴了就不考慮，老闆娘倒是給了我好幾張隔壁餐廳的free shot兌換券，說晚上有party叫我帶朋友去。回去以後把兌換券給了Daniel跟整天待在hostal裡喝酒玩牌的Ben和Mark，Ben當天就問了我好幾次那我去不去。默默覺得這傢伙一定沒有女性朋友，連怎麼追女生都不太行。是個不壞的人，對我不壞，不過對Dustin不怎麼搭理。

Then I went to check out another handmade craft store. I saw one bracelet I really liked, but it was too expensive. The owner gave me some free shot coupons and asked me to invite my friends to the party thrown by the restaurant next door tonight. I gave the coupons to Daniel, and Ben and Mark, who stayed in the hostal all day to drink and play cards. Ben asked me many times if I would go to the party many times. This dude probably has no female friends, 'cuz he really needs to work on getting chicks. He's not a bad person and was in fact pretty nice to me (well of course), but he wasn't so friendly to Dustin.

之後我跟Dustin決定趁著時間還早去探索另一邊的海灘，果然非常熱鬧，到處都擠滿了人。

Then Dustin and I decided to explore the other beach when it was still early. It was very crowded, lots of things going on.

我們沿著海灘走，一面觀察遊客們都在吃什麼，我對shrimp cocktail非常有興趣，oyster也不錯，但也害怕攤販們推著推車在太陽下走了那麼久，吃了不新鮮的海鮮恐怕食物中毒，所以遲遲下不定決心。

We strolled along the beach and observed what tourists were eating. I was very interested in shrimp cocktails and oysters, but was also afraid that if the seafood wasn't fresh (vendors all seemed to have walked for a long time in the sun), I might get myself sick, so couldn't bring myself to try any.

竟然走沒幾步又碰到那個賣吊床的，還裝熟跟我打招呼… 不知道週三他發現我們早就人去樓空會是什麼表情XD

Who'd know that we'd run into that hammock dude again. And he greeted me as if we were friends for a long time... I wonder what his face was like when he found out that we already left before Wednesday. XD

最底端有一個坐在海龜身上背著海灘的美人魚像。

At the end of the beach, there was a mermaid sitting on a sea turtle gazing at the ocean.

這裡的海邊有很多漁船跟水上遊樂設施，許多魚販正在宰魚除內臟，引來一大堆海鳥跟鵜鶘。Dustin為了喜歡鵜鶘的Shaggy拍的照片，本來還想下水跟牠們合照，不過他一走進那些鵜鶘就不領情地飛走了…

There were lots of fishing boats and entertainment facilities. Many fishermen were killing their catch and removing the entrails, attracting lots of greedy seagulls and pelicans. Dustin took a picture of pelicans for Shaggy. He was going to take a picture with them, but they flew away when he went close...

海灘過於擁擠，所以時常走著腳非得被浪浸濕。我們走著走著，一個突然站不住腳的小女孩以為Dustin是她父親，就伸手牽了Dustin的手，我跟她的家人在後面看了大笑，小女孩過陣子才發現然後不好意思地放開了。那一幕真是太可愛了。

It was so crowded on the beach that oftentimes we had to get our feet wet. A little girl who almost fell thought Dustin was her dad, so she held Dustin's hand before she actually fell. Looking at this, her family and I burst out laughing. After a while, the little girl realized it and put down Dustin's hand. That episode was really cute.

回程路上我又買了一條腳鍊，就是後來常常出現在照片裡的寬版彩色那條。

On the way back I bought another anklelet, a wide one with colors that later was often shown in my pictures.

回去前我們終於買了點心，Dustin買了tamal，我買了三個15 pesos的pescados，也就是魚tacos，醬辣辣的很好吃，還有好多queso。

Before we headed back, we finally bought some snacks. Dustin bought tamal, and I bought 3 pescados (fish tacos) for 15 pesos. The hot sauce was delicious! And there was lots of queso.

回到hostal吃掉我們的點心，然後Dustin去午睡，我繼續看Nation，對於沒什麼變化的日子已經開始感到無聊，今天是Saint Week的開始，各旅館價格都飆漲，我們住的地方從原本的180 pesos（Daniel給Dustin優惠價160 pesos）漲到600 pesos一晚，不過Dustin很酷Daniel又給了我們優惠價500 pesos，但怎麼說也還是原價的三倍多，實在很貴。我們討論要不要去其他小鎮，我是早就想去了，不過前幾天Dustin宿醉太嚴重所以根本不想出遠門作罷。今天我們討論以後覺得是時候重新踏上旅途了，不過Daniel跟Dustin說Zipolite的旅店價格會更高，但我覺得就算要多花點錢也是值得的，我開始對Zicatela產生厭倦了。

After finishing our snacks back at the hostal, Dustin went to have a nap, and I went to read Nation again, starting to feel bored by the days without much difference or excitement. Today was the first day of Semana Santa, so the rates of hotels/hostels were all spiking. Our place went from 180 pesos (Dustin got a discounted price at 160 pesos from Daniel) to 600 pesos per night (luckily Dustin was awesome and got a discounted price at 500 pesos from Daniel again). But still, 500 pesos was more than three times of 160 pesos, comparatively extremely expensive. We started to discuss whether we should leave for other places. I had wanted to leave, but Dustin's hangover was too sever to go somewhere far. Today we thought it was about time to leave. Daniel told Dustin that hotel rates in Zipolite were even higher than Puerto Escondido, but I thought even if we had to pay more, it would still be worth it. I was really getting tired of Zicatela.

今天hostal出現了一個可疑人物，從薩爾瓦多來的少年，舉止鬼祟而且沒什麼禮貌又有臭味（大概很久沒洗澡了），看到人家拿著香煙就跟人家要，看到人家喝酒也跟人家要，雖然我完全不想理他他還是一直想跟我講話。後來我乾脆走人。

Someone sketchy showed up at the hostal today, a young man from El Salvador. He acted weird and seemed to have no manners but had some smell (I guessed he hadn't showered for a while). He'd ask for cigarettes and alcohol whenever he saw others have either one. Even though I didn't hide my reluctance to talk to him, he still tried to have small talks with me. So I just left.

下午在hostal跟Mark、Ben、Chris、BJ聊天，嚐了一點Mark的自製guacamole，相當不賴。Dustin竟然自己一個人去看夕陽，想沉浸在孤獨的悲傷裡。

I hung out with Mark, Ben, Chris, and BJ at the hostal that afternoon and had a little homemade guacamole that Mark made, pretty good. Dustin went to see the sunset alone and didn't bother to ask me because he wanted to soak in his lonely sadness.

晚上我們去逛了逛，我毅然決然買了那件要價280 pesos的衣裳（反正我完全沒用網路也沒買酒已經比Dustin省了好多錢了）。Dustin因為誤會結果在Mango餐廳點了我昨天晚上的enchiladas特餐，我因為下午吃了pescados加上還在因為食物被別人偷吃生氣所以沒胃口就沒吃東西了。不過跑去路邊攤買了Tlayudas當隔天早餐（這回我可不會放冰箱了），由於婦人跟大女兒都不會講英文所以一開始有點難溝通，後來會一點英文的小女兒出現加上我們努力比手畫腳才終於搞定XD。Dustin為了讓我開心便買了一枝好貴的冰棒給我。

In the evening we went out again, and I bought that black and white overall with 280 pesos (anyway I saved a lot already since I never went to use the Internet or bought any alcohol). Due to some misunderstanding, Dustin ordered the same special deal of enchiladas at Mango restaurant, while I had no appetite since I already had had pescados in the afternoon and was still angry about my food being stolen. But I went to buy tlayudas for tomorrow's breakfast (yeah this time I wouldn't leave it in the fridge). At first it was difficult to communicate since the woman and her older daughter didn't know English. Later when the younger daughter showed up, we used fragmented English and body language and finally got what I wanted. Afterwards, Dustin bought me expensive ice cream to cheer me up.

接著Dustin又跑去用網路（戀愛的人真是盲目），我回hostal，新認識的朋友們正在玩牌，Chris叫我過去跟他們一塊玩，輸的人得灌shot。我們一連玩了好多遊戲，包括pollo listo、viking、跳舞卡農等等…Mark玩viking的時候一直搞不清楚遊戲規則輸了好幾回合，一直到最後才了解到底是怎麼一回事以及自己為何一直輸…Dustin回來看到我們玩得很開心也想加入，不過等他洗個澡再去買啤酒回來，大家都散了，跑去隔壁參加請來賓喝free shots的派對了。

Then Dustin went to use the Internet again (people in love are so incurably blind), and I went back to the hostal. The people I just met last night were playing cards, and Chris asked me to play with them; losers had to take a shot of course. We played lots of games, including pollo listo, viking, dancing copycat, etc... Mark never understood the rule of viking until having lost so many rounds... Dustin came back and saw us having so much fun so wanted to join us, but when he was done with his shower and back with two beers, people were off the the 1 free shot per guest party already.

我們在街上跟海灘上晃了晃，本來想去看看每人一free shot派對，不過實在太擁擠了，隊伍都排到路上來，而且一走近空氣就變得很悶，所以作罷，轉去看Bazaar Babylon的surf music。

So we roamed on the street and the beach. We wanted to check out the free shot party, but it was way too crowded, with queue lining outside the pub. And as soon as we got close, the air became stifling and stuffy, so we gave up and went to see the surf music show at Bazaar Babylon.

在Bazaar Babylon的院子裡碰到一個跟我年紀差不多的墨西哥男子，英文不錯，職業是報社記者，我們跟他（主要是Dustin跟他）聊了墨西哥的政治問題，也順便問他Zipolite如何，結果他說很建議我們去看看，而且那邊旅店的錢肯定比這邊便宜（所以說Daniel騙我們，真是無商不奸…），他自己過兩天也要跟朋友一起去。

In the outdoor yard of Bazaar Babylon, we ran into a Mexican guy who was about my age and who was also on vacation. He spoke pretty good English; he's a newspaper journalist. We talked about Mexican politics with him (well, mainly Dustin talked with him) and asked him about Zipolite. He recommended we check out Zipolite and said that the rates would definitely be cheaper than here (so Daniel lied to us... truly all businessmen are shrewd...), and he himself would go to Zipolite with some friends in two days.

我一面有禮貌地在旁邊聽他說話，一面有點不耐煩，因為非常想進去看表演、跳舞，後來聽到很有生命力的類似非洲鼓團時就忍不住直接打聲招呼跑進去看了，那個鼓團真是太酷了，所有人都圍成一團瘋狂跳舞。

I politely listened to their conversation but was a little impatient because I really wanted to see the show and dance with the music. Later when I heard vigorous drums like African music, I couldn't help but run inside to see. That drum band was so cool! Many people were dancing crazily around them.

這天晚上回到hostal，一開始覺得隔壁派對音樂那麼大聲一定很難入睡，而且都是些美國大學生派對的通俗流行音樂，但沒想到Dustin還沒沖完涼我就睡著了。

When we got back to the hostal, we thought it'd be very difficult to fall asleep with the loud music from next door party, and most was the music played at American college parties. But it was quite the opposite: I fell asleep before Dustin finished his shower.