Fiesta Inn Saltillo

... The size and scale of the place is super impressive you really begin to appreciate just how sophisticated the pre-Colombian civilazations of Mexico were. Dominated by two HUGE pyramids - the Piramide de la Luna (the Pyramid of the Moon) at the north end of the main concourse ( the Avenida de los Muertos -- the Avenue of the ...

... translation of the word enchilada. In reality it was just shrimp coated in a chile sauce... but they were mmm-mmm good. I donīt mean to mislead, as the more commonly known enchiladas exist too--Iīve eaten my fair share. Least favorite... probably flan, the famous Mexican dessert. It has the consistency of Jello, another dessert I canīt stand. 4. Biggest bargain: street vendors... cheap delicious food. Biggest rip ...

... then, up pops anna like a fecking human contraceptive right in the middle of them with her stupid brolley! we then discovered jo had dropped the rest of her cash so we headed back leaving 'threes a crowd' to carry on. cash found we headed back to the hotel. jo kept skidding on her flip flops in the rain and had to be caught by an unusually large mexican when she went over at the doors of the hotel! reunited with the others (frustrated laura, unaware rob, idiot ...

... more of a mound, hehe but i did pot a huge turtle and it went up for air which is pretty darn rare since they only go up every 10 hours or something!!!!. The second dive was cool b-c it was very chilll and slow and you could take your time and inspect all the reef and fish.. there was one coral that was like a tree and tons of fish were inside it, like birds on a tree that was cool... there was sand all around the stip of coral we swam tho, so i think i{ll wait a while for the ...

... more and went to bed. Day 3 - The Mexican Tour Begins We woke up early to partake in a tour of the ruins just outside Mexico City. This was organised with an independent company through the hotel. We were greeted by our tour leader (Name forgotten) and his sidekick driver and three danish boys, one whose name was Thomas, one who looked like Dougie Houser MD and the other we can't remember his name. We made our way to some ruins within the main ...

... to memory the 1000 different species, our blog will be much more informative! Actually, we were at the "Museuo de Aves" on Thanskgiving Day, so we spend a moment of silence at the wild turkey exhibit. Car Day - The plan was to do simple valve adjustments and timing checks. All was well until we got to the #3 & #4 cylinders (We were doing this ourselves). At some point along the way, a spring on the rocker arm assembly broke. As some of you know, we have many spare parts & tools ...

... so coming to a city of over 20 million people was a little bit different!!! It was also especially crowded as we managed to hit the city in time for another fiesta...but this time a bit more of a morbid fiesta...the day of the dead!! This was basically an excuse for everyone to dress up in halloween outfits and have a massive party (i'm sure there are more philosophical reasons behind it but thats what we interpretted it as!!). Whilst in Mexico city we too managed to ...

... and harrowing descents. Bathroom trips became a dance of acrobatics as the bus lurched from the right and to the left. I felt as though I were dangling from monkey bars as I tried to aim for the toilet in the shoebox size bathroom. Day turned into night as we hungrily munched on tortas from Ocosingo. Three movies and five and a half hours, we finally arrived into the Palenque bus station and into a drizzling rain. With no hostel or hotel reservations, Huitzilopochtli and I ...

... been so friendsly and helpful. all the travellers at this hostel are saying the same thing. Well I got to see the pyramids! we had to catch the metro (2pesos man, thats like 25cents for as far as u need to go.... and ive been paying 3pounds or $8 for one way in london.....geez) and then a bus out to Teotihuacan, and there were ancient ruins and pyramids and stuff out there, its about 45mins out of the city. its pretty cool, tonnes and tonnes of stairs up the ...

... I have never braided under and have never attempted cornrows but it worked out well. I am going to keep doing his hair in different styles over the summer to get better. At this point I started to fill a little sick like a cold but I figured it was allergies. A bunch of the Mexican students went of beer runs (we were told we couldn't bring any) so evening activities disintegrated into typical college evenings. The stars were so clear, which I enjoyed staring at for a ...