Reactions to the Kilt in Mexico
By far the most common is "You Scottish?" or Escotia?. Of course the hucksters in the cities are more active trying to get me to check out their wares, tour, timeshare, whatever so its a natural come on for them.
My favorite - heard it twice is William Wallace!! So they must know the movie Braveheart well around here.
Ran into a guy from Scotland who was intrigued at the polyviscose casual kilt. He said kilts would be great here if they weren't wool like his back home.
Just when I'm getting used to all the comments, a LOT of comments, I'm out for dinner kilted last night when a guy comes up to me, I get ready for the kilt comment, and he says, you're the guy with the full back turtle tattoo right....nary a mention of the fact that I'm kilted. Then a few minutes later another guy hollars out about my Z Coil shoes...and again, nary a mention about the fact that I'm kilted.
So, results of my kilted research so far is that almost everyone seems to enjoy the kilt, most know it is from Escotia, hucksters latch onto it as a come on, at least one Scottish tourist approves, and some folks are more interested in Z Coil shoes and tattoos than kilts.
The weather here is VERY HOT and VERY HUMID...bringing and wearing my USA Kilts Casuals was a sound decision.
Only drawbacks so far are challenging winds on the beach, and the hotel doesn't supply any hangers that work with kilts.
So, if your headed for Quintana Roo, Mexico - kilt up, stay cool, and meet lots of folks.
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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