San Angel Puebla

... and peanut butter. I have a jar of peanut butter in my suitcase.<br><br>Today was our host family day (which meant sleeping in!) and when Ronja and I went downstairs for breakfast (totally content on having cereal and/or toast) we had a huge buffet waiting for us! We had gelatina (gelatine) with a huge strawberry in the middle, champola caliente (hot chocolate with milk and cinnamon), churros (a cinnamon pastry) and two types of tacos. So delicious!<br><br>After ...

... 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 :)<br><br>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 ...

... containers. However there are some days in which we dish out our lunches. On those days, we will use our plates and silverware instead of making waste and then wash the plates and utensils after using them. What a great challenge!<br><br>Annie (Arkansas) brought up the idea that this challenge does not have to stop with just UWP lunches. Many times on travel days we all stop to eat at a fast food restaurant. McDonalds, for example, wraps the burger in paper, puts the fries in ...

Am Morgen verliessen wir das verschlafene Städtchen um wieder zurück ins mexikanische Hochland, bzw. nach Puebla zu gelangen. Die Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Bundesstaates zählt rund zwei Millionen Einwohner und liegt auf 2162m ü.d.M. in einem fruchtbaren ...

... are a little cramped, but are still good value for money. <br><br>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. <br><br>Hotel Provincia Express, Avenida Reforma No.141, Tel: 01 (222) 246 3537. This pleasant midrange hotel is as ...

... modern shopping mall. Built over old factories, parts of the floor are glass and you can look down onto the workshops of the past. Driving to our friend's house gave us some idea of how large this city is and the many modern buildings. After a delicious dinner our kind friends drove us back to the Campground. On our return to Los Americas we drove through others suburbs and saw the area at night.

... on with mine, it was really nice of her) We got to get out of the bus 3 times (and i made it back on time all three...yeah me!!) The first time was for a snack and gift shop area. I found some really cool postcards. The second time was to look at chipanzees and goats...I spent all my time at the chimps...i am framilure enough with goats and i really like monkeys! The chips were really close and there was no glass like at home so it was really cool ...

... we passed a booth on the way that was selling Tamalis on bread...something i had not yet tried and he liked very much, so we got some I had the choice of red or green sausage, molë (something very traditional that puebla specializes in) and somthing else, which i forget right now. So i picked the traditional option, it was surved on bread (a large roll type bun). It looked a little funny but was tasty. we also stoped at a snack place to get sodas. As we were ...

***The information on the landmarks are from Fodor's Mexico, 2004 Ed. ***<br><br>Our first day of tour in Puebla. Puebla is the 4th largest city in Mexico and is 120 km east of Mexico City center. <br><br>I got up at 9ish and had breakfast and took a shower. We set out late&#8230; coz we slept till late. I guess we didn't ...

... hours. Madness. Then I had to metro it back to the hostel, and of course got in well after dark. I booked it to the hostel in a mad dash, as the streets were deserted save for a few sketchy, sketchy people. Fun times! Then some street food for dinner (yuck!) and hopefully off to bed soon. Fun day, but too long! Tomorrow I´m exploring the city some more, then taking an overnight bus to Puerto Escondido for some sun and surfing.