Hotel Torreblanca Business Cla Morelia

... moon rising over the mountain side and reflecting the orange glow of the sunset opposite it.<br><br>It had been a surreal and unforgetable weekend, despite the disappointing commercialisation of this ancient indigenous festival. It is certainly something worth experiencing once in your life, although I would recommend trying one of the smaller islands in Lake Patzcuaro, which are less likely to be so overrun by tourists and should offer a more authentic version of the Day of the Dead.<br>

... spoke more Spanish that night than ever before in my life. I've definitely felt some improvement in recent weeks, after feeling like I made no progress at all during the first month of travelling.<br><br>On the Sunday we visited a traditional local town before begining the long journey home. We probably spent more time on the bus than off it over the course of the weekend, and I soon learnt to expect at least double the time when a Mexican tells you how long something will take ...

... pretty fluently. Exciting! I've started buying the local newspaper this week too, and can get much of it! <br><br>I seemed to hit a big bump in classes around Tuesday where I couldn´t say anything right, but seem to have gotten over it a bit. Conversation class has started to be really fun - Lupita (see picture several entries ago) really keeps us on our toes and keeps the ball rolling. Also went to Conversation Club a couple of times and both salsa classes this week ...

... picturesque town square. The achitecture is similar to New Mexico because NM was inhabited by people from this area and they took their achitectural style with them.<br><br>Tzintzuntzán - In the days before the conquistadors Tz. was the place where the priests (sacerdotes) of the P'urépecha Empire lived. Outside of the town they built pyramids for use in sacred ceremonies. The P'urépechas were monotheistic unlike the Aztecs. They did perform human ...

... When the first band finished next door to me they asked me<br>if I wanted a cancion and of course I did. In fact I got 2! The music<br>cost me more than twice the meal, but it was worth it. Nothing like<br>being surrounded in close quarters by 2 bass guitars, 3 guitars, 3<br>violins, and 2 trumpets, all of whom sang when they weren´t playing in<br>huge tenor voices. And they were all muy guapo!<br> <br>There´s some kind of ...

... me off at the junction for Patzcuaro, from where I hitched a ride in to the centre of town with a pleasant elderly chap in his battered old vehicle. Patzcuaro has a population of around 45,000 and sits a couple of kilometre's from the shores of Lago de Patzcuaro, which some say is the most beautiful lake in Mexico - I disagree, but it is one of the most picturesque colonial towns that I have visited in Mexico. The narrow cobbled streets are ...

We have all been really sick. First Monique got sick then I got sick and then everyone else got sick. Two nights ago we were all up till midnight throwing up etc. Today is sort of the first time that everyone felt good since we were sick.

... fences. Here a man washing his clothes in a "warm" spring, there a couple washing their car in a cold spring. It made me introspective concerning the conflicting notions of people who say it is a "simpler and freer life without the hassles of money" and the idea that that might be romanticizing poverty. Whatever it is, it looks like a lot of hard work. It feels arrogant to me to say "It is fine that I have washing machines and running water, but for ...

... minded our stuff below as a result of his fear of heights!) It reminded me of Blarney Castle in Cork where you´ve to climb up the steps without railings but it was 50times worse with the narrow steps still seeping wet from the midday rain and the pole as unreliable as me doing homework. Great view though. Have gotten some nice pics but it takes so damn long to upload that I´ll prob won't bother uploading many from now on! In general, things are going ...

... absolutley fabulous") these kind of tools often throw away their expensive clothes from home to buy the cheaply made local garb. Frequently you will hear how America is deystroying the planet and we are baby killers too you know. Ive got to come up with a name for these kind of people whom I see on every trip. Enough ranting. Back to my story. It was really quite a trip eating dinner, I forgot I was in Mexico and thought I was in Europe somewhere. I ...