i have personally seen some really frightening wiring in Mexico. stuff like
exposed meter sockets at about shoulder hight one the front of a building by
a sidewalk.

the fancy tourist hotels seemed to be OK. the equipment i brought all
worked fine but i had a battery backup mixer just in case.

I've seen the same things down here. I've seen openly exposed meter
sockets on more than one occasion.

They just don't seem to care too much about safety where anything is
concerned. I've seen some things that were just completely insane.

My first time driving down, while coming through Monterrey during rush
hour, I was driving over an overpass. When I topped the crest there
were about 6 Mexicans spread out all along the bridge sweeping it with
straw brooms like you would use on your kitchen floor. We're talking
about 60 mph traffic, and there was no shoulder, just a yellow line
and about a foot's space over to the guard rail.

I almost soiled my laundry just seeing them there. The crazy thing is,
they weren't even paying attention to the traffic. They had there
heads down and were ferociously involved in their sweeping, while cars
sped past at literally inches away. I can honestly say, that not being
used to seeing anthing like that, it was a shock to my senses.

Taylor