Best Western Real De Puebla

... and peanut butter. I have a jar of peanut butter in my suitcase.<br><br>Today was our host family day (which meant sleeping in!) and when Ronja and I went downstairs for breakfast (totally content on having cereal and/or toast) we had a huge buffet waiting for us! We had gelatina (gelatine) with a huge strawberry in the middle, champola caliente (hot chocolate with milk and cinnamon), churros (a cinnamon pastry) and two types of tacos. So delicious!<br><br>After ...

... activity this week. I became part of a village on Thursday, helping to raise not one child but more than 20 children. Thursday brought so many blessings :)<br><br>My community impact activity was to work at a kindergarten/elementary school. Myself, along with Sarah (CO), Yunjie (China), and Wei (China) took a bus to a nearby kindergarten/elementary school to teach small groups of children for 20 minutes per group. There were 6 groups total. Our curriculum ...

... a great recap! 3 days worth!<br><br>It's a great trade-off. Really, it is.<br><br>We arrived in Puebla, Mexico on Monday and we were welcomed with open arms by Nao, the fabulous advance team intern from Japan. She was so excited to see us - she started to cry! I knew exactly how she felt because it's how I felt when I saw the cast arrive last week in Veracruz.<br><br>We were also welcomed by the rest of the advance team, our sponsors, and some popular children's characters. We also ...

... acclimitization; and/or (b) climbed Orizaba with some snow on it. Lesson learned. The mountain is still there for me. Maybe I'll try again someday. I must say, however, this is one of the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen. Also one of the most dangerous, althoug seasoned climbers would disagree. If you get up on that glacier and slip, you could slide thousands of feet before the rocks break your fall. Look at the pics.

... Lonely Planet describes, but it's a shame there prices are 100 peso out. The current rates are 350 + 450 peso for 1 or 2 persons and not the 260 + 350 that Lonely Planet states. A room with 2 beds you're looking at 570 peso for 2 persons. At the end of the day, the rooms are simple and well overpriced especially when you see what else is around. <br><br>At the top end Puebla offers some fine boutique accommodation. <br><br>My ...

... if i did something rather than sitting at home, but did not think i would find anything considering the concerns above and being a female alone also. However i was wrong, prior to comming as i was looking through my book i post-it noted the Africam Safari, because at that time it sounded very interesting, but after gettinh her and seeing other things i realized if the opportunity posed itself it would be cool, i like animals but if not i could see an african safari when i ...

... so great when it started to rain! In the evening we headed back to Zona Rosa and found a nice restaurant. We had enchilladas and fajitas and dos cervezas. We wandered around the streets and caught a glimpse of the night life we could be enjoying if we weren´t on a budget! On Saturday, we took the metro to the Coyocan area and headed to the Blue House, where Frida Kahlo used to live. It is such a beautiful place filled with art, artifacts ...

... ATM. Second, roadside services cannot be counted on-- no chance to fill the tank or use a bathroom can be passed up lightly! Third, I was amazed to see parrots being sold along the roadside-- the vendors had them sitting on sticks and held them ...

... that. I helped Janet with her chocolate <br>milkshake and didn't really eat anything. After breakfast, we went to the <br>street where the hippie did hair braids. Janet made two hair braids. <br>Pollo and I went to the candy street to buy some Puebla candies. There we <br>met Reindeer. I was happy to meet him, just very briefly though. He <br>had just returned from a fun trip in Europe. I bought a ...

... from Cuba; two Australians, one a bookstore manager who`s been travelling most of the year, the other soon-to-be a political speechwriter spending a few months in Mexico learning spanish before starting work; and a doctor/surfer from South Africa. Needless to say, we had a lot to talk about. Friday night, we had dinner at a Japanese restaurant on the beach, just after sunset and then went to listen to live music pool-side at my hotel. Yesterday, we went to a nearby beach ...