Hotel Palma Culiacan

... that we were in a city with a high altitude and lots of pollution. Every time we start to ginga or climb stairs, we are wheezing very quickly. My Spanish is poor, but my spirits are high. Yesterday we visited the zocalo, or main plaza and saw a few demonstrations. Impromptu rodas abounded in the zocalo, cathedrals that are all sinking into the ground, on ...

... since we left California. A family consisting of a Mother, Father and their two daughters aging 5 and 7 made friends with us, and helped us alot through many of the bus changes we had to make, to ensure our backpack followed us on the same bus. We've so far found Mexican people to be very lovely. Every where I go in these ...

... 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 ...

... are over here visiting so we all went out for dinner (i ordered the fish with wine, neglecting to read that it also came with mushrooms - it was like a fecking fungus festival!) then hit the beach bar where the bongo band were playing. i bravely soldiered on til 1am but then had to call it a night! a few leetle incidents have happened which may tickle you - * ambling round the isla in a bit of a daze tues, tripped up the stairs to the 7-11 ...

... in an attempt to avoid eating with the plebs. this back fired when the others showed up and the obliging mexican waiters joined tables onto ours. i ended up next to scary mary again (3rd group dinner in a row!) but managed to just ignore her all night. the evening nearly got very nasty when the bill came - basically everybody who isnt one of my mates put in what they said was right and ****ed off leaving us 200pesos short - even tho we'd all put the ...

... options though, so I'm not sure about that yet. Sunday I went to the downtown historic district of Puebla. The buildings were all very pretty and we went through this market called El Parian. Then we stopped at a restaurant and I tried some rice with mole sauce. Delicioso! Sunday night was also the Shakira concert. There were TONS of people lined up at the gates outside of UDLA like 5 hours early. The concert was alright, I didn't know many of the songs, but ...

... where the ´prize´ for the victors was them being sacrificed to the gods. A game that I would happily instantly forfeit. Rough game as whenever an incorrect play was made...someone was sacrificed. Human sacrifice seemed to be quite the theme with the Aztecs. Found out that Mayans intentionally deformed their heads and teeth (bit like the British unintentionally do...). As I said before this museum was excellent and they even went to the ...

... caminamos hasta el Zócalo y el Palacio Nacional desde el monumento del Ángel. En las galerías internas del Palacio se encuentran innumerables fresco pintados por Diego Rivera representando diferentes aspectos de la vida de la gente de México; realmente una maravilla de trabajo!!! También visitamos el museo dónde se encuentra el fresco de Diego Rivera que representa un día en la Alameda (que es el parque central de la ciudad y ocupa unas 16 manzanas) Visitamos la Catedral ...

... denote a similar shift in cultural and spiritual beliefs. However, what we witness is just the opposite. While the villages around San Cristóbal are without a doubt involved in the capitalist market and have shifted slightly in structurally to amend to changing needs, the villages (those that are not evangelical) have maintained cohesion in their non-Western beliefs. And in fact continue to practice their beliefs in the face of external pressures. The same can be said about ...

... down with a bite to eat and the company of some funeral mourners from the undertakers over the road from the hotel to watch the match. The mourners were definitely Italy supporters and we had decided that Italy were to be our team for the day as well. Chris thought she would support the Italians because they were better looking. Paul said that his allegiance to the Italians would go if they started diving and feigning injury but fortunately that didn't happen so we ...