As an Arizona native I have traveled south of the border many times. Most recently I spent two weeks south of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula. During this trip I could not help but notice the many differences between Mexicans and Americans, especially when it came to accomplishing tasks. I was baffled when a seemingly simple task such as buying gas revealed that my rental car had a hole in the gas tank.
The relaxed, carefree attitudes of the employees were even more frustrating when I tried to secure a safer mode of transportation. They could not understand why I would not take the car and only fill the tank half way. This experience, along with countless others just like it, inspired my blog title, Lost in Translation. I plan to identify cultural differences between Mexicans and Americans and explore how they interact with each other in Arizona. The topics I cover will vary, noting anything interesting that represents contrasting viewpoints as a result of culture.
