Hotel Alifer Tlaxcala

... and peanut butter. I have a jar of peanut butter in my suitcase.

Today was our host family day (which meant sleeping in!) and when Ronja and I went downstairs for breakfast (totally content on having cereal and/or toast) we had a huge buffet waiting for us! We had gelatina (gelatine) with a huge strawberry in the middle, champola caliente (hot chocolate with milk and cinnamon), churros (a cinnamon pastry) and two types of tacos. So delicious!

After ...

Hello friends and Happy Sunday!

So I have gotten into the habit of starting entires and not finishing them :( I start an entry, have every intention of posting the entry on the blog, and then fall asleep... sometimes with the laptop on my lap in the morning! I wrote this blog on Friday after the show.

The title of this blog is a song in our show. I know I've mentioned it in earlier blogs. That title seems appropriate as I reflect on my community ...

... an actually moat!

After our great tour, we went to the chiclet factory in Puebla! Cadbury owns the rights to chicklet gum and other gum such as Trident and Dentyne Ice. In fact the Trident and Dentyne Ice in your purse was made in Puebla as all Cadbury gum is made in Puebla. We saw how the gum is produced and were given great give-aways - bags full of Cadbury gum and candy including bubble gum suckers covered with chile! I assure you, it's delicious!

Dear Camden and ...

Well, it was my bright idea to visit Tlaxcala, capital city of the state of the same name, smallest in Mexico. Despite it not having any particular attractions, supposed to be pleasantly set pleasant colonial town. Tired before I'd started as the near vertical walk up slippery cobbled streets to the bus station killed me! The plan was 4.5 hours by bus to Puebla then an hour from there to Tlaxcala ...

... Lonely Planet describes, but it's a shame there prices are 100 peso out. The current rates are 350 + 450 peso for 1 or 2 persons and not the 260 + 350 that Lonely Planet states. A room with 2 beds you're looking at 570 peso for 2 persons. At the end of the day, the rooms are simple and well overpriced especially when you see what else is around.

At the top end Puebla offers some fine boutique accommodation.

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Hi here are more pictures from a trip I took yesterday with a professor of mine from Argentina....Its about 5 minutes outside of Tlaxcala in a town called Atlihuetzalan....The cathedral was extre special too see and the graveyard that was in the back overlooking the mountains.....I decided yesterday this is going to be my new place to study no more cafes....I am going to take my coffee "para llevar"....It was so relaxing here.... Thursday I head to an international conference for ...

... rode into a nearby town...not to far relatively from Tlaxcale...Almaxac....We got closer and closer to the volcano it was just beautiful to ride and look around....I soon remembered initially what incited my passion for development when I first visited Mexico in 2003.... It is perplexing the stratification of income geographically.....As I got further and further away from the city the difference was right there in front of my eyes....people collecting rainwater to wash ...

... I mess up with my speaking. It has been nice talking with the girl who is 4 because she reminds me of my nieces. She has a baby "bebe" that she carries around and I have to help her take care of it, "very priceless". The woman who owns the house is very fun to spend time with she sells cosmetics and is opening her own store. We have been shopping together etc. and are taking a class at the gym together. I think its nice for both of us to have each other to talk to ...

... caty-corner) squares and when the light turns green the handler let them go and they begin to fight. Both have like razor blades, i think, on thier legs. Most of the time if you were not paying attention you could not really tell what was happening, but a few times there was a small amount of blood and some feather loss. I only felt really bad once because both were in bad shape and didn't have much left in them but they had to define a winner so they kept ...

... I think it was destroyed via earthquakes and flooding eventually. It was such a hot day that we scampered around a bit! Just before heading home we had a look at the local market. James purchased a hilarious wrestling mask for a friend back home whilst we I picked up Shrek 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3 on DVD for a grand total of 25 pence! We have no idea whether they work or whether they are in English but for that amount of money you can't really go wrong! That evening we ...