Safi Royal Luxury Valle Monterrey

... water fountians of different shapes and sizes along the way. It ended in a large park dedicated to the steel industry. Sounds ugly, but there were more free museums, and it was actually pretty (except for the large furnace stacks). <br><br>Heading back to the bus stop, and thinking we perhaps should have booked an earlier bus out of town, we started poking around looking for a resturant for dinner. Oddly enough, all the ...

The whole stay here has just been strange. The first morning here I preached in a church - in spanish! First time since 2006! Even though I took out my guages and put in clear spacers, they asked me to take them out, as well as my eyebrow ring. They said I need to be "all things to all men" although that is not what it is talking about. The ministry gave us a nice little apartment for 5 days (full of cockroaches) in a ...

... to get here. When we arrived, there was a Mexican woman cleaning the base. I have to admit, when I saw how "Americanized" it was - you know, with air conditioning, electricity, wireless internet access, I was a bit dissappointed. We went to sleep and woke up on Sunday morning feelin fully rested. Rob was nervous about preaching in Spanish and had only a couple of hours to be ready. So we spent our time praying an preparing ...

We spent a great 5 days in Monterrey. A really lovely city, different to what we expected. Its an industrial town so we expected factories etc but they are all in the suburbs. The city is suurounded by a beautiful backdrop of mountains that the locals are very proud of and very much represent their city. However, the best thing about Monterrey was the people we met. Of ...

... d want from the States is here - Chili's, Applebees, Office Max, Office Depot, FedEx, Wal-Mart, HEB, you name it... Also, about half of the TV channels on cable are from the United States. Some are dubbed and some are subtitled. They say that most travelers going abroad for an extended period of time experience culture shock: (1) the honeymoon phase, where you're excited and curious, (2) disintegration, where you experience ...

... the weather was not as i expected and rain was everywhere the car was almost under water, this was the 50 year flood that i ever so carefully time to arrive in, The local river was flooded peoples house were underwater and shops were empting out there stores. Meeting the family was sweet, i still wasnt 100percent with my spainish and here they spoke even faster and was tht much harder to understand, and realised who hard it is venturing into another 'world' alone ...

Hey! I'm back by popular request, to make an update to my travel blog. well it's been a fantastic couple of weeks. I'm looking forwards to tonight because it's Mexican Independence day and tonight will be a fantastic party. my classes were canceled due to the rain and the holiday I'm sure (i got there, and no lights were on!) yesterday we went to Grutas de Garcia. now... I've been cave spelunking on Vancouver island, but never ...

... only get a shot of the mother because the babies were off before we could get close. she was very curious though. the hotel was gorgeous with an amazing view right from our window we had a fireplace that the hotel staff set for us while we were having dinner at the fabulous restaurant. the next day we went for a drive to the markets downtown... the first market i didn ...

... speaks Spanish and a little bit of English. The French guy speaks French and a little bit of Spanish and English. That's a lot of languages. I think by the end of the semester I will probably know a lot more about a lot of different cultures, which is a great thing. In addition to my five academic classes, I am taking a rock climbing class and will be playing intramural basketball. I'm also ...

... and my lack of spanish (even after the lessons) kept me quietish and to one side). However, don´t think I begrudge it at all. Talking to Baudelio, this was an opportunity in his eyes for him to give some love and fun to kids who have no parents, who perhaps have been abused by their parents. When I think about how much of a difference the love of my mum and dad has made - well it was great to see the kids enjoying themselves and relaxing. On Friday, a new i-to-i volunteer arrived ...