Hotel Horizon Morelia

... By the end of the night we could barely move amidst the crowd and witnessed fights breaking out among groups of drunk Mexicans. As we were leaving at around 2am a younger generation began to arrive for a rave that was taking place on the island. It seemed that here - somewhat like Independence Day - the Day of the Dead was just another excuse to party and get drunk. We had been hoping for a more authentic, traditional experience but I guess you have to travel to lesser known ...

... local drink the Mexicans had brought in huge barrels, while others danced on the roof of the bus and partied in the street. We must have stayed there for a good hour and half before leaving and its fair to say it was a very messy end to the night.<br><br>The next morning the bus took us to a picturesque lake in the mountains, surrounded by pine forests. Although we could not swim in the lake there was a swimming pool filled with hot springwater coming straight from the mountains. It ...

... so I´ll be able to join in! (By the way, it was free - as is everything here!)<br><br>Tonight I´m going to hear the state orchestra of Michoacán playing Sibelius and Wagner - also free! We in the US and UK could do with taking a leaf out of Mexico´s book on the availability of the arts to the public! <br><br>Tomorrow, off to a volcano - Paricutin. Hope to have more pictures later - I´ve borrowed a camera from my family.<br><br>Love to all. Waiting for lots of replies!

Hello, all! Sorry for the long silence - been extremely busy!<br><br>I celebrated July 4 by taking a tour with other students in my school to 4 really pretty towns - Tiripitéo, Tupátaro, Tzintzuntzán and Pátzcuaro. The names are all from the P'urhépecha Empire, hence the difficulty in pronuciation. Here´s a quick resume of each:<br><br>Tiripitéo - We visited the first university in the Americas, founded by Augustinians in 1537. The monastery/college ...

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... of the church. Today my task: cut out felt people to use for the childrens class on Friday night. Then later tonight I will be joining the womens bible studý group. Tomorrow I get to go to the orphanage in town to hold the babies, which Im so excited for and then in the afternoon I will start teaching English to the kids in the neighborhood. That should be quite the experience. Well thanks for checking in and I will keep you posted. :)

... set around a plant filled garden and patio. <br><br>Hotel Posada San Alejandro, Serrato No.5, Tel: 01 (434) 3426133, Web: www.posadasanejandro.com . This Hotel had the friendliest and most welcoming staff that you could ever wish for. The spotless tiled rooms have cable TV and are set back from the street, so you are insured a quiet night&#8217;s sleep. They offered an excellent single rate of 250 Peso, which was a lot lower than the advertised rate.

... every night that we only have water. It stinks like crazy here. Monika and Paulina (the people who we are staying with) had to go to the dentist. So we just walked around town. We went to a place where we could print pictures. There were some funny ones of Monique. We also went into this huge store that had everything in it. There were clothes and I found a pair of pants that ...

... request), leading anthropologists to believe that the pre-Columbian people were aware of the butterflies, but their civilization was so completely destroyed during the Spanish conquests that the knowledge was lost until scientists "rediscovered" those sites in the 1970's. Luis had a curious habit of shouting out "Amigos! Parenthesis!" He might had an afterthought afterwards, but rarely would he close the parenthesis. Another Luisism was very academic ...

... we checked out the little bits and bobs for a half hour or so. There was beautiful fresh fruit and veg on sale and we´d have made a delicious dinner (well I´d have probably cut the onions or something!) if we´d been staying in Patzcauro instead of returning to Morelia. Gorgeous jewellery there aswell but I just have too much in my rucksack as it is so I won´t be purchasing anything for a long time! I´ve been really good actually. Haven´t even ...