Hotel Real de Naturales Cholollan Puebla

... due to its age.

As we walked through the market, we went by a park that had a bunch of those battery-operated cars that little kids can drive. They were just sitting there.... waiting to be used.

Camden and Hallie would have been in heaven!

After the market, we visited some absolutely beautiful churches in Puebla. Wow. They were so beautiful. One of the churches that we visited was of Saint Francisco. I felt a little obtrusive taking pictures of the ...

... activity this week. I became part of a village on Thursday, helping to raise not one child but more than 20 children. Thursday brought so many blessings :)

My community impact activity was to work at a kindergarten/elementary school. Myself, along with Sarah (CO), Yunjie (China), and Wei (China) took a bus to a nearby kindergarten/elementary school to teach small groups of children for 20 minutes per group. There were 6 groups total. Our curriculum ...

... a great recap! 3 days worth!

It's a great trade-off. Really, it is.

We arrived in Puebla, Mexico on Monday and we were welcomed with open arms by Nao, the fabulous advance team intern from Japan. She was so excited to see us - she started to cry! I knew exactly how she felt because it's how I felt when I saw the cast arrive last week in Veracruz.

We were also welcomed by the rest of the advance team, our sponsors, and some popular children's characters. We also ...

... I have had in my entire life. It was good to get some proper Mexican food, and step away from the street vendor type food for awhile. Once we got home, I did something that wasnt too bright at the time considering a catholic mum was sleeping next door, but im only one man. Later in the night I woke up for a huge western ****. Some of the toliets here in Mexico cant cope with the sizable downloads we have been having. I eventually got the toilet to flush and thought ...

... are a little cramped, but are still good value for money.

Another good budget to midrange option is Hotel Centro Historico, 4 Poniente No. 506, Tel: 01 (222) 246 8942. The refurbished modern rooms are kept in pristine condition but are a tad on the small side. Their rates were 250 peso for 1 or 2 persons.

Hotel Provincia Express, Avenida Reforma No.141, Tel: 01 (222) 246 3537. This pleasant midrange hotel is as ...

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Le centre de la ville est inscrit au patrimoine de l'UNESCO pour sa très belle architecture coloniale, dont la magnifique cathédrale.

Gastronomiquement, Puebla est réputée pour être la ville d'origine du mole y les chiles en nogada.

... it was a Monday so all the churches and museums were closed, so window shopping it was. Each corner was another famous building, bell tower or small square to rest in, it was a charming place, we even saw a graduation going on. What also struck us too was the lack of western tourists here, we hardly spotted a soul, bit like Mexico City really, and the main tourists here are Mexicans themselves! After wandering some more I unfortunately ...

Today is Thanksgiving and I have many things to be thankful for!! I am not celebrating in the traditional way this year since i am in Mexico, but everyone is in my thoughts and prayers. I am missing a few things spacifically: *Special time and game playing with wonderful family. *Sweet potatoes at grandma & grandpa Sheltons. *Green beans at grandma & grandpa Schroers. *Being the Ice cube girl. But as i said i do have many things to be thankful for ...

... both and said alright we lets go. As his girlfriend was picking out some candy he asked me if I wanted run over to McDonalds (across the parking lot) before heading home. I was not hungary but the thought of familliar food made me very excited, and appearantly i did not do a good job of hiding that because it was very obvious. Maybe i had a rough-ish day and picking & watching the movies and eating the McDonalds really hit the spot!

... I did without my trouble (a calm hotel with a clutch of nice rooms). After an interesting meal of Tamal de Carne (a bit like a pastilla from north africa - a corn based pastry surrounding chicken and beef with a somewhat sweet taste and cooked in a banana leaf - got that sounds gross - but it was actually quite nice) - I went back to the hostile, sorry hostel for a rather fitful sleep with all my clothes on - not wanting to make much contact with the sheets.