So a dogwalker, a devil and a Mexican walk in to a bar....

Actually it was a bunch of Mexicans walking in with us. Eric was the paseador de perros, I was la diabla, and Steph went as a Mexican. We were dressed up for a Halloween party that we had been invited to earlier that day by some locals who were friends with the guy working at the hostel we were staying in, Mezkalito. When we insisted that we did not have costumes, we were told to put something together quickly and that it wasn't a big deal.

We ravaged the markets for anything we could find. I came across some light-up devil horns and paired that with a red dress, Steph had just bought the poncho she had been wanting and added a hat from the hostel, and Eric bought two blowup dogs off the street. We thought our outfits were pretty creative, but when we got to the bar, those already in attendance were not too impressed. Granted, they had gone all out, full face paint, wigs, props and costumes, but we were getting proper dirty looks.

All dressed up with somewhere to go.

However after a bit of Mezcal got flowing, that changed quickly and everyone was super friendly, offering us nonstop drinks and food. It would have gone all night, but around 3:30 we decided to head back to the hostel because some of the guys were feeling the Mezcal a little too much. When we got back to the hostel, I was very confused about the time. As it turned out, Mexico's daylight savings started that night, a week before the rest of North America set the clocks back.

On top of that, Steph woke up with one of Eric's blow-up dogs in bed with her, which had actually been left at the bar. I discovered why when I woke up and was startled to find that the guys from the party the night before were actually staying in the same dorm as us. Later that morning we were able to get more information from them about advice for the rest of our trip, including into Belize since the main guy was actually Belizian, and swapped information so that we could share photos and in case we had any more questions.