Leaving in less than 12 hours for Belize!!! We have to leave GTO around 4 am I think then to D.F. and then a border city-its gunna be close to 30 hours I'm sure. I can't even imagine how I will be feeling then, but its worth it. We will stay in a tree house in the Jungle for two days then on the beach two days and then up to Cancun to meet Casey where we will travel around the Penninsula. We can hike or snorkel or go horseback riding or diving, theres tons to do and its all relatively cheap since Alexs uncle owns the resort...like 50 a day including everything. Its going to be so sweet.
And a break I need. This week has been rediculus! I have STILL been sick and Caseys friends are all here also so I have tried to hang out with them as much as possible. To top it off some random lasy at Valenciana told Casey that we are not signed up for our class and she cant find us in the system. She also thinks we tricked her into signing the papers and that we are illigal. Also, she wasnt in her office when she said that she would be. AWESOME. not. Anyways, buying tickets was rough too, we couldnt use international cards unless it was an American Express so I asked Mari Cruz and she let me use one, thank goodness. Except that you can also only buy 5 tickets on one card and we needed six...had another presentation and it took almost an hour with my partner, but i got a 9.5 on it-which is decent.
Flower festival is tonight and tomorrow, but we are pretty much gunna miss all of tomorrows part. I guess the girls walk around in a circle one way while young men walk around the outside them the opposite way and give roses to the girls they like to start a conversation. Its one of the biggest festivals here and it sounds huge since the whole city stays up. and if thats big then it must be HUGE. I also found out that Guanajuato is the Kissing city because they tried to outlaw kissing in public but everyone protested by making out all over all the time-explains why SO many people are always kissing with not a bit of shame. Yep, but since I need to be getting ready for that, that meaning the festival and pack i will have lots of stories to share when I come back I am sure.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
It's getting harder to write about things as I am hear longer and get used to things more. I seem to appreciate smaller stuff that seems meaningless to write about that I know I will miss when I leave. Like walking everywhere, taking buses, buying 3 smaller mangoes for 5 pesos, the taste of the bread and chimichurri, the weather of course, not studying a lot, staying out all the time, always being around friends, being able to go to Puerto Vallerta for a three day weekend, cucumber water, Fito's restaurant, being rediculous all the time, the pretty city, hiking here, flowers, certain foods, the people, relaxed life style, sleeping in a lot...but then I also think about the things I will appreciate more when I am back like my bed, longer showers, drinkable water, a dryer, no cats making weird noises at all hours of the night, not worrying about scorpians, better internet, seeing friends, salads, not always eating fat, bread, rice, pasta and torillas in the same meal, normal icecream, healthier food and less expensive cell service.
The time is flying by! I cannot believe that I am almost half done already. Puerto Vallerta was AMAZING and it was awesome to be able to tell other college students that were there for spring break, we were there for a three day weekend. It was sunny and my cold went away, pretty cheap comparatively with rooms that had a kitchen, balcony, 2 queen beds good shower and ac, 3 pools, beach, all inclusive. It was a dream. I did not sleep much, but that means I got to experience it more! I didnt even get much tanner just because I used so much sun screen. Then we got back to classes with our dumb presentations and my stupid being sick. I hate them, mostly because I cant wing it and its hard to memorize in a different language so I gotta read off the paper and that is never good. Found another scorpian, it was in my jeans as I was putting them on yesterday and it slid across the floor when I was shaking out the leg to get my foot through. It was just a baby maybe two inches long, but I was told the smaller they are the more poisonous they are. Good thing I killed it. Also was told that if they realize they are going to die they try to commit suicide. Never having my clothes on the floor again.
Apparently there is a flower festival next week that is amazing and that pretty much starts off spring break I think...since we will be leaving for Belize the next morning. CANNOT wait, but we have to figure out small details like how to get there with bus scheduals or if it would be better to rent a car and the what to do after. Those two weeks are going to be AMAZING. As long as we can figure out a way to get Casey there it will be perfect. We are even staying in a tree house in the jungle/rain forrest for two nights. I wont even know how to write down everything that we see or do in those two weeks. We will have to see how that one pans out I guess.
The time is flying by! I cannot believe that I am almost half done already. Puerto Vallerta was AMAZING and it was awesome to be able to tell other college students that were there for spring break, we were there for a three day weekend. It was sunny and my cold went away, pretty cheap comparatively with rooms that had a kitchen, balcony, 2 queen beds good shower and ac, 3 pools, beach, all inclusive. It was a dream. I did not sleep much, but that means I got to experience it more! I didnt even get much tanner just because I used so much sun screen. Then we got back to classes with our dumb presentations and my stupid being sick. I hate them, mostly because I cant wing it and its hard to memorize in a different language so I gotta read off the paper and that is never good. Found another scorpian, it was in my jeans as I was putting them on yesterday and it slid across the floor when I was shaking out the leg to get my foot through. It was just a baby maybe two inches long, but I was told the smaller they are the more poisonous they are. Good thing I killed it. Also was told that if they realize they are going to die they try to commit suicide. Never having my clothes on the floor again.
Apparently there is a flower festival next week that is amazing and that pretty much starts off spring break I think...since we will be leaving for Belize the next morning. CANNOT wait, but we have to figure out small details like how to get there with bus scheduals or if it would be better to rent a car and the what to do after. Those two weeks are going to be AMAZING. As long as we can figure out a way to get Casey there it will be perfect. We are even staying in a tree house in the jungle/rain forrest for two nights. I wont even know how to write down everything that we see or do in those two weeks. We will have to see how that one pans out I guess.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Shenannigans
It has been such a good week-minus the part that Casey was gone all week. And that I am still sick- I have missed her a lot. Monday we went on a feild trip kinda thing and holy cats it was SO dumb. Wasted, worthless, awkward, boring and stupid day. Plus, we got back almost two hours late so I missed my 4 hour history class. Kinda sad, but mostly I just hope that I wont get in trouble for it. Wensday we went to El Bar, the Salsa bar and watched the Mexico vs New Zealand game. It was actually a lot of fun-they project it on one of the walls plus the other tvs. Mexico won, of course. Thursday I was supposed to give a speech in one of my classes, but my teacher was not there as she was in negotiations for teachers wages and such that started a strike later that afternoon, so I only had class for one hour! ha also, no class friday. Friday we had lots of plans to workout and lay out in the sun and such but none of that happened since we got invited to go camping for Aly's birthday. We had planned to go Saturday, but a couple of our friends were already going and had everything ready...
Camping, think of camping...Trees, cold, stars, campfires...chairs, no people around, fire pit? No, this camping was nothing like that. First of all it took us almost 6 hours to get there...only 1 hour and forty five minutes away. Welcome to Mexico pace. So we got to our place at like 11 to set up camp. Mind you there was 4 cars of people full and a truck of stuff, they were way more prepared than we thought they would be, but our 'spot' was on some random guys farm, in the driveway of a cement building with his truck in it right next to a mostly dirt, gravel road. They set up the tents really fast and it was impressive. Alex helped of course with all her camp experience and was in her element. It was entertaining. Coleman brought his guitar and Kelsey and I introduced mexican smores since the marshmellows here are flavored and they dont have grahm crackers, we had to substitute. They sang Mexican songs and we sand American ones, it was quite fun. I couldnt sleep until it was getting light outside since there were like 6 people in our tent, not a lot of room-the zipper on the door was broken so it was cold all night and I had no blanket. Everyone was pretty much up again before 7 and some of the guys made breakfast then we watched the Rally. Its a competition with drivers from all over the world that race on this 'course'. It happened to be the dirt road next to us around in the mountains. Its cool to watch the cars drifting and stuff-some of them go really fast, but really dusty and not very climatic-you just watch a car for ten seconds or less and wait for the next one. The food at lunch could very well be the best I have had here, it was SO good. Coleman and I went on the roof of the building when we were waiting for the second round to start and he played his guitar-it was pretty amazing. I didnt bring sunscreen cuz I thought our camping was going to be in like a forrest with lots of trees, and I am SOOO burnt. My face looked like a tomato yesterday and is still pretty red today. Got some awesome tan lines that will take forever to go away but its alright.
Aly had fun for her birthday and thats the most important thing:) AND Belize is a go for sure-we even know when we are going. I cannot wait.
Camping, think of camping...Trees, cold, stars, campfires...chairs, no people around, fire pit? No, this camping was nothing like that. First of all it took us almost 6 hours to get there...only 1 hour and forty five minutes away. Welcome to Mexico pace. So we got to our place at like 11 to set up camp. Mind you there was 4 cars of people full and a truck of stuff, they were way more prepared than we thought they would be, but our 'spot' was on some random guys farm, in the driveway of a cement building with his truck in it right next to a mostly dirt, gravel road. They set up the tents really fast and it was impressive. Alex helped of course with all her camp experience and was in her element. It was entertaining. Coleman brought his guitar and Kelsey and I introduced mexican smores since the marshmellows here are flavored and they dont have grahm crackers, we had to substitute. They sang Mexican songs and we sand American ones, it was quite fun. I couldnt sleep until it was getting light outside since there were like 6 people in our tent, not a lot of room-the zipper on the door was broken so it was cold all night and I had no blanket. Everyone was pretty much up again before 7 and some of the guys made breakfast then we watched the Rally. Its a competition with drivers from all over the world that race on this 'course'. It happened to be the dirt road next to us around in the mountains. Its cool to watch the cars drifting and stuff-some of them go really fast, but really dusty and not very climatic-you just watch a car for ten seconds or less and wait for the next one. The food at lunch could very well be the best I have had here, it was SO good. Coleman and I went on the roof of the building when we were waiting for the second round to start and he played his guitar-it was pretty amazing. I didnt bring sunscreen cuz I thought our camping was going to be in like a forrest with lots of trees, and I am SOOO burnt. My face looked like a tomato yesterday and is still pretty red today. Got some awesome tan lines that will take forever to go away but its alright.
Aly had fun for her birthday and thats the most important thing:) AND Belize is a go for sure-we even know when we are going. I cannot wait.
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