Aldea del Bazar Tehuacan Puebla

... On a Sunday. While people were worshipping.

But my host brother said it was common. So, I took some pictures.

And then he took me to see the body of Saint Francisco.

Yup, his actual body. I didn't take a picture of that. But wow! What an experience, huh?

We visited a few more markets (I bought a beautiful scarf for about $6 USD) and then went to pick up the rest of the family. Edgardo and his family (his wife and 3 children) took Ronja and I to ...

... story books, stuffed animals, and positive words on the walls; a perfect place to teach!

Our first group was brought in at 10:30 a.m. and we started right away with the activity. We asked 6 questions, asked them to "take a stand" and then talked about each question.

Apparently we had gone about this the wrong way. I'm not sure anyone in our first group said a word. They looked very scared and when I tried to give one little boy a high five, he ...

Hello from Puebla, Mexico!

What a beautiful city. I absolutely love it here and am having a fabulous time. I am so excited to tell you all about it!

I must first apologize, however. I love writing in my blog and sharing my adventures with you. However I also having an absolutely wonderful time getting to know my host families, spending time with them and sharing in their culture. Thus, at times, writing in my blog falls a few spaces on my priority list.

But you get ...

... symptoms. I decided to push on to see if things got better (yeah, right). After another hour or so of climbing up the glacier, we stopped for a break. I had a terrible headache and stomachache, and I was having momentary blackouts during climbing. Time to go down. I made it to about 17,000 feet, but this mountain defeated me. It would have been much easier if I had done two things: (a) climbed the smaller Izta first ...

... are a little cramped, but are still good value for money.

Another good budget to midrange option is Hotel Centro Historico, 4 Poniente No. 506, Tel: 01 (222) 246 8942. The refurbished modern rooms are kept in pristine condition but are a tad on the small side. Their rates were 250 peso for 1 or 2 persons.

Hotel Provincia Express, Avenida Reforma No.141, Tel: 01 (222) 246 3537. This pleasant midrange hotel is as ...

... I was not sure what to do...this was a very nice offer but considering my language and directional skills i was worried to set off on my own. He told me it could be whenever, just to let him know where i wanted to go and when. I had caught up he and with other computer things the day before so staying home to do that was out of the question. I pulled out my travel books to make an attempt to look for something because i knew everyone (myself and Lili's whole family) would be ...

... per trip each, it is much more affordable than taxis. We managed to make our way to the Zocalo in the Centro Historico to see the old cathedral and historical buildings. After walking around and exploring the main sites, we decided to take the Turibus (hop on hop off bus) to get a glimpse of other sites in Mexico City. We got seats at the top of the open air double decker bus - which was fantastic for sight seeing and photo opportunities but ...

... at Acayucan: $140; -toll at Cosamalocipan: $150; -toll at Cordoba: $83 -toll at Puebla, #1: $22; -toll at Puebla, #2: $97; -toll at Puebla, #3: $47. In fact, cash became something of an emergency, as we were down to $20 before we finally found ...

We departed Puebla one day later than our original plan. We found a place
which I found disappointing for breakfast. Mom and Janet liked it because
the atmosphere was friendly and the price is low. But I didn't get what I
wanted... I really wanted to eat Mole Poblano before I left Puebla.
Because they didn't open on New Year's day, they did not have mole or rice.
I lost my appetite after ...

... look at everyone`s documents and ID by immigration police. The second half of the ride was freezing and filled with the ever-calming sounds of snoring. Oh well, I`m here now and super excited to spend some time in Mexico City. I leave for a walking tour of the historic center in a couple hours, hopefully after some serious amounts of coffee. It was hard to leave Puerto Escondido last night. The last few days, I spent a lot of time with a great group of people: one of my spanish ...