Thursday, Jan. 14th

I'm sitting in the garden in el centro again. The picture shows the view from my spot. I got a root canal this morning. Despite various words of caution from friends in the US. It was a very good experience. My local dentist here took impression for the crown yesterday, and sent me to this guy in Queretaro (~ 40 mins away) for the root canal. The guys is a specialist, does only root canals. Same x-ray equipment my dentist in the US has. Plus some other high-tech gadgets I've never seen before. The whole thing cost me $180. My dentist in the US would have charged $1,000, a specialist he said would charge about $1,400. The whole thing was almost painless. He gave me a folder with a sheet showing before and after x-rays for the local dentist who will make my crown. Seems legit enough for me.
I met up with my friends Adriana (local) and Greg (her American husband) yesterday. Went to Happy Hour with them. They wanted to set me up with a girl that was sitting next to me at the bar. I backed out. Not on my agenda right now. This afternoon we'll have Mexican bbq. First real test for the root canal. ;-)