De La Soledad Morelia

... group is almost entirely Australian. There is just one other 'Pom' who I can discuss the X Factor with. At dinner I was surrounded by Aussies. We had the old favourite travellers conversations -<br><br>1. What is the most ill you have been on holiday? An Aussie couple beat everyone else with their graphic details. Nice topic for the dinner table.<br>2. How heavy is your backpack? I won - yes!!<br>3. Which anti malarial tablets are you taking and what are the horrific side effects?<br ...

... down my face and neck and lighting bolts erupting around us on three sides, than I have in a long while. We could actually see the bolts hitting within the remains of the ancient city, and the interval between flash and boom was getting steadily shorter. We scrambled down and squished back to the car as fast as we could in the pelting rain, and I have never been so happy that cars come with heaters. <br> <br> The highways were totally flooded, and ...

... orrore.<br>Per il resto del giorno ci limitiamo a camminare lungo i viali del centro, al momento di salire in camera ci accorgiamo della fatica di essere a 2200 mt, l'ostello è subdolo tu credi di dover salire al terzo piano, ma loro hanno due piani non conteggiati (dove c'è la cucina e l'altro con la sala tv) così in realtà devi arrivare al quinto. Dobbiamo organizzarci bene, perchè una volta scesi, se ti accorgi di aver dimenticato qualcosa, sono tutti cavoli tuoi risalire!!

Wow - I spent a whole weekend speaking NO English! How fun! On Saturday Martha's brother and his family arrived from Aguascalientes for the weekend. We all went to a birthday party for Martha´s niece at Martha's sister's house. We ate and chatted and ate...and I even tried some tequila, which was okay. On Sunday I had a lazy morning, and entertained myself in the afternoon by walking around the town center being cultural. I wandered into several of the MANY churches ...

... jener in der Schweiz. Morelia ist eine wunderschöne Universitätsstadt, deren Altstadt von der UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt wurden. Dazu zählen nebst der Kathedrale, die an die Universität angegliederte antike Bibliothek und das sehr schön restaurierte Konservatorium, sowie das frühere Kloster und heutige Casa de la Cultura.

... two hours until the boarding for our connection to Buenos Aires. We napped in the airport until 8 am. Then, the fun began. As we attempted to board our flight, the gate attendant, Raul Suarez (yes, I will remember his name for the rest of my life) told us that we needed an immigration form to board. This was news to us, since we weren't given a form on our first flight. He said that we had to go through customs and get the form, then come ...

... the hostel courtyard later that night when a miracle of sorts occurred. Bored senseless, I emptied out my wallet for the umpteenth time. From amid a bundle of receipts I'd stashed in some secret pocket protruded a key - the key. I'd had the damned thing all along and I'd bloody well known it! In my other hand I held a small wooden cross, a souvenir of Bethlehem, which had tumbled out from another part of the wallet. The cross was broken in two. What was going on? And what ...

... us in appalling Spanish - why would they do that?! To finish off the day we decided to go and have another look at the divers at La Quebrada at the 7.30 show so we could see it in daylight. We were going to stand outside this time, but one of the officials waived us in for free form the top viewing box, much better view from here even if further away. We also got free drinks as some paying customers didn´t ...

... du Michoacan, donc j'ai voulu gouté. Le cacao était pur dans le lait, pas une once de sucre, c'était très fort et je pense qu'ils ajoutent d'autres trucs car ma tête tourne depuis!! Le chocolat est donc bien une drogue... Aujourd'hui nous devions aller dans une ville voisine mais il pleut donc nous irons demain. Je vais visiter la vieille ville à la place, il y a un musée empli d'icônes en papier de maïs et avec "moult crucifix épouvantables" d'après le guide, that's sounds good...