Mexico adapted by a Latvian for Latvians

YES:

• This is definitely telenovela and drama country. with everything and everyone. they are not only being watched but also lived through. From not so good things: rumors, convenience calculations and showing off, judging by social status, but also many good sides: family ties, traditions, religion, fighting for girls love and being treated like a princess - yes, it's all here.
• It is very hot in spring and summer. But not all year round. See the NO section.
  
• Gas is cheap, like 0.28 Ls for liter, so don't be surprised by big cars and driving by them everywhere and every time.
• Many highways are paid ones (cuota), that automatically gives insurance and assure better roads. not always but should be. so when you go farther than city borders, the costs for the way are double: gas + casetas checkpoints
• Many families have maids (mājkalpotājas), maybe without the uniform, but still. Not everyone knows how to turn on washing machine. It's not good or bad, just as it is.
  

NO:

• even if the country resembles of a paradise, it's not easy to start a life here. unless you are having brilliant business ideas, good contacts, great deal of luck and own capital to start something. average salary is much lower than in Latvia and even with cheaper living expenses it would be quite hard to survive.
• for guys: it's not so easy just to come here, get a sexy Mexican and marry her right away. check in wikipedia what Catholicism means.
  
• tequila is not made out of cactus, but agave, looks like aloe vera but BIG and tequila comes from the down part, not the leaves. I'm not very sure about the myth that the añejo and reposado ones are being colored brown, at least originally and by all laws of tequila quality (as champaign can be made only in Champagne, tequila comes only for certain regions of Mexico, mainly Jalisco state) I doubt that good tequila could be made like that. though the one we have in Latvia - all is possible. Sierra (the one with little red hat on the bottle neck) - that's the worst one here. Do not believe the price and don't buy it.

Tequila

• no one drinks tequila shots like you imagine. if it is served in a shot, you're supposed to enjoy every sip slowly not the whole "ritual" with salt and lemon. or at least get the green lime not yellow lemon.
• Corona is not the only beer. In Latvia you can also get Sol which seems even more popular in Mexico. And if you put lemon inside it, add salt as well. Or make my favorite - michelada.
• people do not become automatically tanned when they are in Mexico. unless you live near the beach and go sunbathing every day, then yes. usually people everywhere and every time go by car (in big cities walking is impossible), also sun is not shining every day all year long.temperatures differ by year. Mexico is BIG, only Guadalajara alone has population three times bigger than whole Latvia together. also the climate is different and some states by winter experience even 0 and minus degrees. though no one uses the word combinations "plus degrees" or "minus degrees", they are simply degrees.
• there is winter in Mexico during the same months as we have. if you didn't know the country is located in the same hemisphere as Latvia, just next to United States. I've also learned a lot from geography while being here.
• weather - it is not the top topic to chit chat. yes, it is so nicely sunny, so what? it will be sunny tomorrow. even if it's terribly cold (this winter) or terribly hot (usually spring and summer) - you just grab a jacket or hide in a room with AC and problem is solved.
• no, people do not get oranges from the sidewalks. I really doubt about the quality of fruits that are in between so many cars around, sometimes don't even look orange, to my mind good description is green-ange
• here are no lemons. the yellow ones that we know. limón is what we call lime, the small green one and being used everywhere - drinks, fruits, food. on the other hand - lima is looking as a mix of orange and the yellow lemon but has sweet flavor.
• fruit is not desert. it can be but not necessarily needs to be. mix of fruits + salt + chili + lemon - very normal snack. even strawberries, watermelons and melons which for Latvians are purely sweet and quite exclusive thing in summer season.

The main conclusion - actually the country is sooo big and the population is even bigger, that it's quite impossible to make any generalizations. I'm also working with myself to get over many things that are not as I'm used to, even if it's 3rd time when I'm here.
Cultural sensitivity to say :)