January 23, 2008
When we fueled up we learned some Spanish. The model of our Country Coach is a Magna and the name is painted right beside the fuel tank.. This is a Spanish word for a grade of gasoline, so the filling station attendants were very hesitant to put diesel in our rig when it clearly states Magna. We figured it out and fueled up with our desired diesel. We put in 173.10 liters and it cost 1030 Pesos. We?re not sure yet about the conversions but we think this was 45.7 gallons. We exchanged dollars yesterday for pesos at a rate of 10.80 and have 27,000 Pesos to start the trip. It all looks like monopoly money but I?m told if we just subtract a 0 from the peso amount it will be roughly the equivalent of the American dollar. I need to be armed with this information for my shopping ventures.