Hacienda Del Marques Guanajuato

... book so I could show him where I wanted to go (and negotiate the price). He flounced around to the back of his car and slammed the lid of the boot/trunk. How fiery of him! I called him back, showed him the address, and asked how much. He told me 40 pesos. I told him that mi amigo dice 30 pesos. He stuck to his guns at 40. I caved. <br><br>At the end of a ten minute taxi ride through cobbled, really NARROW roads, I turned up at the brown door in the red wall of ...

... trip. In attendance: Holly, Martin, Ana, Kirsten, Che, Yazmine, Chantal (CEPE friends), Andy (my new flatmate), a surprise visit from Cameron the Kiwi (who was first discovered langouring in a hostel in Puerta Vallarta, and later visited us in GDL), and of course Kisiev, who was kind enough to let me crash at his uncle`s place. Gracias, cabron!<br> <br> It was a non-stop weekend. Lots of music ...

... history of the first sedentary Mexican people (the Olmecs) and another detailing the story of the Jesuit monks from their beginnings to their eventual expulsion from Mexico by the king of Spain.<br>When I confessed to the young woman selling tickets that I couldn't speak Spanish and so probably wouldn't understand much, she replied that she spoke English, so not to worry because if I liked, she would accompany me with explanations ...

... and Tuesday I have culture class. I love it. The teacher knew I was new and didn't know much, so he was very animated. He knows some English. He was asking the class how to say these two words in English so I would understand (because he thought i didn't). Out of everyone (who were all on a higher lever) I knew both words. He was shocked. It was awesome. I pick up on the most random things.

... I love you" to the one you are married to. <br><br>- Mexican's love to sing. You will hear people just singing as they are walking. It is awesome. <br><br>- Street signs are on the wall, not on a post sticking out.<br><br>- Taco Man: If you go to a taco stand and there are alot of people, you jsut go up and say hi. Then go sit down. The taco man remembers what order the people are in and calls you up when it is your turn. So glad I had my ...

... Mexico tripled its military presence this week in Ciudad Juarez, where even the police chief and the mayor's family have left town. "Armed clashes between security forces and drug groups are commonplace in certain areas and could occur at any time without warning," the travel report reads. Travelers could get caught in the crossfire." Last year, 20 per cent more Canadians travelled to Mexico than the year before, rising to 1.4 million people ...

... before I got here. They change the paint color everytime they go through the process... and I am excited to take pictures of this church without scaffolding. Almost there. We have not received any new students in the house for about 3 weeks now. As little time as I may spend there, it is getting quite quiet... It would be nice to listen to someone other than ¨Magoo¨talk at the dinner table. He just likes to hear the sound of his voice....I think anyone in the house will attest at ...

Destination 271 km144'733 Liebe Besucher (for Englisch read further below after XXXX Mark) Eine Weltreise auf einem Motorrad ist nicht nur fuer den Fahrer eine anstrengende Sache, sondern auch fuer Maschine und Ausruestung. Die Dauer die eine solch grosse Reise in Anspruch nimmt, wiederspiegelt sich leider letztendlich in der Vergaenglichkeit, in welcher Maschine und Ausruestung immer mehr abgenutzt und irgendwann einmal entweder repariert, ersetzt oder ...

Guanajuato has to be one of the prettiest towns you will ever see. Set in a valley in the middle of some mountains, it's full of narrow winding streets that go up and down hills and has a network of tunnels running under it. Apart from being a university town it happened to be the beginning of the annual international Cervantino festival after Cervantes the famous Spanish writer (who wrote Don Quiote) so it was the start of a big party. This meant lots of free concerts in the main square ...

... may shrivel up and rot away after you die, your pubic hair will live on forever. A comforting thought. So, other than wandering around town all day, we spent a lot of time drinking in large groups on the terrace at the hostel. And, of course, whenever a large number of different countries is represented at a gathering, more often than not the conversation turns to differences in culture and language. Either that, or the universal conversation piece - movies. Anyway, two of the ...