Mesonsacristia De La Compania Puebla

Today, we did something not very Mexican… we went to the African Safari Park south of Puebla. And it was GREAT! It's a drive-thru park and we took lots of photos. At one point, we had monkeys on our van (Keara’s window was open!) but the camera was too zoomed to get a good photo of them. We had lunch in the restaurant during a fast a...

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It´s December 29 today and I am writing from an internet cafe in Puebla, population 1.9 million. We arrived by bus from Mexico City yesterday afternoon, and checked into Hotel Victoria, situated in the city centre within walking distance to the zocalo, or city square. Our hotel room reminds me of one in Nice, France. It has a quai...

We departed Mexico City for the colonial town of Puebla, some 2.5 hrs away by bus. While stowing our luggage under the buys, I smash my head on a metal beam and it's not much fun. I find out later that I actually split my head open and blood came out. I actually swore less when smashing my head open than spending 5 minutes in Sydney traffic. May...

Hello friends and Happy Sunday!

So I have gotten into the habit of starting entires and not finishing them :( I start an entry, have every intention of posting the entry on the blog, and then fall asleep... sometimes with the laptop on my lap in the morning! I wrote this blog on Friday after the show.

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5th April We were woken by lots of noise on the street. It was palm Sunday and there was a large procession coming down the street making its way to church. We had packed our stuff up the night before as we had an early bus (11am is early!) and had to fight our way through the procession to the bus terminal. I was glad to get on the bus, as I wa...

Puebla is one of Mexico´s most ´Hispanic´cities, with many beautiful colonial buildings still standing (the city centre is UNESCO heritage protected), with a lovely cathedral and zocalo. We spent nearly a week here, taking the tourist bus around town and visiting a few museums and churches. One of the most interesting was the Museo Bello which h...

Today we visited a place i have been looking forward to going to Cholula. Here there is a large pyramid totally underground, covered by a hill of dirt with a church sittting on top of it. I had read about it in my book and the internet and wanted to go and then a week or so a go i saw it when we were walking around and got even more excited abou...

.. Hola friends and family, It's been a busy final stretch for all of us, and our apologies for not getting out this dispatch sooner. In this dispatch we are hoping to share final thoughts and conclusions about our projects, as well as announce the winner of the Luchador contest. As always thanks so much for tuning in and supporting us, and we l...

Mexico is a country proud of its history and heritage but ruled by religion. Even loyal catholics from Europe must be overwhelmed by the number of churches, chapels and images there are of the Virgin Mary. I had my first taster of Mexico 6 years ago when I made an unscheduled stop in Mexico City. Because I wasn't planning on visiting I only stay...