Hotel Condado Plaza Puebla

... of Coca-Cola nearby, just in case.<br><br>Carman, Coca-Cola is everywhere here! It's a city meant for you! :)<br><br>Then I had mole con arroz. Mole is a typical Mexican sauce (somewhat like gravy). It's like a sweetened gravy and, according to my host mom, has chocolate and bananas in it too! I had mole with Spanish rice rolled into a tortilla.<br><br>And another bottle of Coca-Cola.<br><br>And for dessert, strawberry meringue! Wonderful :)<br><br>We headed back to ...

... not eat lunch with UWP that day.<br><br>It was such a blessing to meet these different families, converse with them, meet their children, and of course, savor some of their delicious cooking!<br><br>I felt like Wei, Yunjie, Sarah and I had a small role in those children's lives. It may have been the first time either of those children had met someone from a different country (at least from China!). Nevertheless, I really felt like the 3 of us made an impact on ...

... I'm about to become the best aunt ever because this bag will be coming home to you both! Just promise me that you'll save a few pieces for me to keep as souvenirs from Mexico!<br><br>When we returned to our facility (the high school) we had a great lunch and then were given reflection time. I found out that when I was working in Veracruz, the cast organized a meeting and asked to have more time during the day to reflect upon the experiences that UWP brings to us. It was great to ...

... on a 120 ft cliff face 200 ft above a lake. It was incredibly beautiful and incredibly fun. I had never been climbing or repelling on anything but a rock wall before, so that was truly an amazing experience. I'm so grateful to all the people who gave up their afternoon, lending us their skills, time, and equipment. The guy in charge of the team from Cedarville came down from a camp in southern ...

... was Puebla de Antano Hotel, 3 Oriente No. 206, Tel: 01 (222) 246-2403, 01 (800) 0128219. This small hotel is housed in a fine period building and is hard to imagine that up until recently was lived in by a family of five. The hotel has only been open for 3 weeks and benefits from a superb location just off the Zocalo. The few spacious rooms that they offer are each different in shape and size and come with lovely period ...

... church, there are many decorations that can be linked to the gods and religion of los Indios. The most obvious was the figure of Quetzalcoatl, the god who created man. Quetzalcoatl is depicted as a feathered serpent with feathers from a Quetzal. I enjoyed that first week in Mexico visiting several neat places, but none of it compares with life here in Oaxaca, more to come on this wonderful place!

... out of white bread and were currently baking more...insert 4th sorry here, again totally not his fault. I picked another bread and it was just fine. I ate the whole thing and chips and about 10 minutes after i finished felt like i could throw up from being so full (the bread was very think, and i have been eating very little bread, mostly we use tortillas...so maybe i forgot howit tends to swell in your stomach when liquid is added). Again paco said sorry (that would be 5, i am ...

... Unfortun*tely we switched guides (*nd c*rs) *fter this p*rt of the trip in typic*l Mexic*n f*shion (i.e. with no re*l r*tion*le) *nd the rest w*s much more commerci*l visiting * series of cr*ft "workshops" - whose re*l role w*s to m*ke us buy some g*udy loc*l cr*ft or wh*tever. The brief visit to the m*rket (which w*s the re*l re*son for the trip) w*s the highlight, *nd Jorge *nd I gorged ourselves on the fruit there in order to *void the buffet rest*ur*nt stop ...

... with two coyotes and many icecream stores close by. There <br>was a market and we walked around there. We found that the stuff is <br>expensive as that area is a more high-end living district. Dogg bought us <br>some little pancake like food and we were indeed hungry! Since there <br>weren't very much, we walked toward the bus. I was saying that I wanted to <br>go to the mall but we ended up taking a ...

Some observations on Mexico City (or DF, districto ferderale as the Mexicans call it): Its much more of a European city than a New World one - ie it would fit far better into Europe than it would North America. It has wonderful old buildings with HUGE doors as the entrance to the courtyards surronding the houses. These doors are of wood and are about 3 metres tall - sometimes more! Some buildings are like those in Lisbon, Portugal, with tiles covering ...