Holiday Inn Express Monterrey Centro-Av. Colon

... Cavazos' home. Jaime's faithful old widowed mother, Sra Maria, is in her mid-eighties. Her husband and faithful elder, don Isaías Cavazos, died a few years ago. Nice to be with them for supper all together with several relates. Wonderful feeling and fellowship with them. That evening Jon and I walk two blocks away to Benjamin & Rita Lopez' (Jaime's sister) for the night, after some music---they also have a piano.

... he was finally murdered by a Catalan assassin on August 20 1940 by having a pick axe rammed into his skull. For someone not that much into the history of the Soviet Union and Communism, it was a wonderfully sobering and interesting experience. Thursday 5th July 2007 - Xochimilco About 20km South of Mexico City, Xochimilco was important to the Aztecs due the inhabitants' excellent farming skills. This resulted in a transformation of the ...

... the closest thing to Wallgreens you will find. They have a drug store where I was able to refresh my supply of Lyrica, a medicine I take for pain as a result of an accident several years ago. Since I am living out of state, my normal doctor won't prescribe for me until I get back and see him again. This is one of those drugs which requires a perscription in writting, so I would have needed to ...

Subject: Dispatches #3: Lucha Libre and Contest #1 Lucha Libre... Think WWF, only with a meaningful historical and cultural relevance. We´ve been to two fight nights, both in the Arena Puebla. The Arena sounds grandiose, but the construction is crude, adding to the ambience and mysticism of the lucha. There are three tiers of seats, the first starting mere feet away from the ring ...

... for food we get stared at a lot walking about as we're pretty much the only white people about everywhere we go. i get a lot of strange looks as im a good half a foot taller than the tallest mexican man and im blond - i imagine to them i look like a female honey monster! george is 6'4" so they really dont know wot to make of him, we're thinking of standing him in the zocolo and charging mexicans to have their photo taken with the giant we've sort of named ...

... and headed to Progresso. We should mention that on this day we had a choice of doing one of four things. Going to watch a bull fight, walking around Merida, going to the cenotes (underground water hole) or going to the beach. For the whole bus ride to Progresso it was pouring rain and then when we finally arrived to the little shanty town in appeared that everyone was trying to leave Progresso and that maybe we should stay on ...

... and the room was freakin freeeeezin! We had 3 wool blankets on the bed, I was sleeping with long pants and my fleece! the pillow was almost nothing (and I always sleep with 2 pillows)... I couldn{t wait for monring to come! Morning came and so did mexican eggs.... scrambled eggs with salsa, but it tasted different then when I make it... that was served outdoors on the top of the hostel. We then left our stuff at the hostel and proceeded to walk around for 5.5 hours ...

... funny. Many other boats going by, some boats of Mexican bands. The bus trip home was painful, we were suppose to be going out, but in the end I just went home. Came home and played mario kart way into the morning, a few more beers and I was drunk again. Its hard to articulate being drunk for hours, but damn it was a good day.........and there are many more to follow!!!!!!! adios Esteban

... above the zocalo in the Centro Colonia where the old presidential palace and the main church are. There pictures of communist leaders hang over the marching protesters. The buildings there are very grand, especially the Catedral Metropolitana, which is the largest cathedral in Latin America. Earlier today we took a bus to the ancient city of Teotihuacan (http://en ...

... buffet. So here I am, the end of day one and all I've done is put sheets on my bed. Hopefully tomorrow will yield a more productive day... And for those who were wondering, no, my apartment does not have central airconditioning, but I do have a box fan and a ceiling fan in my room. The rest of the apartment is a sauna... one little window and no ac. Welcome to my life... :) Adios!