Comfort Inn Cordoba Veracruz

... for it.

I cannot express how amazing the show was last night. Because Veracruz was my advance team city, I was able to watch! I haven't seen a show since it came to Montevideo in the '90s and all I have to say is WOW. I was blown away. I kept thinking, "I do this? Really!?" I truly believe that anyone who has ever had a doubt in mankind needs to watch a show. Your beliefs will be completely and utterly reversed. I was so incredibly moved and ...

... cast schedules and ideas for our Veracruz video. Each advance teams sends a video to the cast one week before they arrive in the city. The video shows the advance team hard at work (or not hard at work!), views of the city, etc... I can't give away too much information because I know that some of the cast read my blog and I don't want them to see the video beforehand! We also made some funny videos today that portray each of our ...

... on our way to the bus station and got help from a couple who spoke a little English. They were very entertaining, playfully bickering for the eight blocks that they led us to the bus station. Finally, at 4 in the morning we reached the bus station just in time to sit up and wait for our 6 am bus. With little rest we pushed through the next two days in which we had to do ten different sketches. It was incredible how ...

... home. When we got back we were all wrecked but decided on a game of pool with some of the other nationalities, and am proud to say the Irish team beat the Yanks and a team made up of an Aussie and a Mexican...so we were happy. So today, the heads are heavy and we're lashing back the water. We've only one day left in the hostel so we might leave Guadalajara tomorrow and head south east. Will keep updated either way! Slainte for now, James

Passerai-je une journée icitte ? On verra Gare 1ère classe San Andrés Tuxtla ou Catemaco en ADO (3hrs, 10 fois par jour) 92 $MX.... le plus tôt possible pour aller à Santiago Tuxtla et Tres Zapotes... Campeche ...inconnu... Gare 2e classe Catemaco en AU pour 10-15 ...

... and I would bet that you can´t walk down a street in this country without seeing a Mary statue, shrine, bobblehead or sticker. Mexico really has it bad for old Mary, and why not?

We celebrated Mary Day on the beach in Anton Lizardo with a leisurely walk into the local fishing village where we say two fishermen unloading their "catch" for the day...complete with two four-foot sharks. It was a good Mary Day for all.

... and Spanish tutor I have ever had. As some of you may already know, I enjoyed the nightlife, and did my best to "absorb the local culture." But all kidding aside, I had an excellent experience and learned more Spanish than I had expected. I recommend the program to anyone who would like to learn some Spanish and have a great time in Mexico.

... as well. When teaching a song I need to listen to the children's notes more, I tend to listen to just the lyrics. That's especially true with the Spanish barrier. The kids are very good at mimicking movement, its better to show them something and have them copy than it is to try and explain what you want. It was good to have the words "pa-to" (ta ta) and "pa-ti-tos" (ta ti-ti) to give them a mental though to ...

... person in the middle who had to guess who had the "rose" at the end of the song. In order to make it more difficult to guess who had the "rose", and also to enforce the idea of keeping a steady beat, everyone planted their left hand on their knee and the the right hand moved back and forth even if you didn't have the "rose". It worked really well. I used a small spool of thread for the rose and had Dr. Riley playing a drum so the kids could hear the steady ...

... before heading back to the hostel to get our packs and see the Catedral. We found out that the Catedral was only open for viewing at 4:30 pm, so we decided it could wait for another day and headed to the bus station. We got right on a bus heading to Oaxaca, where we were met by two English girls (Helen and Cat) from the Mexico City Hostel. We had a great dinner and it was off to bed.