Ixtapa

My own brother departed Mexico a week ago swearing he would never return -- not to Mexico neccesarily -- but to an all-inclusive "5-star" hotel in Ixtapa, where he had stayed. The unceasingly loud music blasted around the pool deck dictated his decision.
Is this an example of managerial professionalism in the hotel industry in these parts? Seems so.
From personal experience, we know that putting a 20-something in charge of the public music system, anywhere, will result in max-volume music played that pleasures the disc.jockey first, before others.

Carlos Fuentes, a recognized literary and cultural critic of his native land, pondered why Mexico, at times, seemed locked in "perpetual adolescence."