Blogs from Mexico, North America - page 713

Xochimilco, if translated from the language of Aztecs, it means 'Place of flowerly-sown land'. Since the 12th century, vegetables, medicinal and ornamental plants are grown here and these traditional activities have remain unchanged. It is here that it claims to have the last few remaining canals of Lake Texcoco and its pre-Hispanic floating gardens, which is built by means of chinampas or artificial islets. The brightly colored squarish boats, most of them complete with female name, the floating food vendors and the Mariachi on the canals have made this place one of the favourite tourist spot in Mexico. All the boats are big enough to take up to 12-14 person, but there were only two of us, so we have the whole boat to ourself. We must have looked like rich tourist for them :). Only ... read more

Hola todos! nous voici rendus benevoles! Eh ben oui, on a pas pu resister a cet endroit genial! Voila, nous travaillons pour une organisation qui offre des cours de langues et realise des projets pour les locaux qui en ont besoin. En gros, nous trvaillons pour la cafeteria de l ecole en preparant les petites boissons et cafe qu on nous demande. On fait aussi beaucoup de menage tout en s occupant des postes internet. C est bien simple et en echange on loge dans une petite mezannine dans la maison des benevoles. Ce qui a de vraiment chouette c est qu il y a vraiment une maison dans l arbre ou les enfants peuvent recevoir des cours! Pour les curieux, vous pouvez visiter le site : www.lacasaenelarbol.org. On est ici jusqua Noel tout en pouvant ... read more

My last day in Puerto Escondido didn't start particularly well. Having partied fairly hard the night before I got up at 6-15am to make a 7-00am appointment with a fisherman. The appointment was made and we headed out to do some sport fishing. It was indeed a beautiful morning and the waves off Playa Zicatela - the "Mexican Pipeline" - looked spectacular in the early morning light, the back spray off the crests catching the low early morning light. We had two lines set and we trawled up and down the length of Zicatela before heading out to La Punta. We made a couple of passes at La Punta, a gathering of pelicans ruling the roost on a rocky outcrop marking La Punta, the point marking the end of Zicatela and the next bay. Still no ... read more

¡Hola! ¿Cómo estan? Yesterday was the test in physic. I don't think I did good because I left two problems blank. We are cover a lot of formulas, like the Laws of Newton and such. It is a hard subject in English, and nearly impossible in another language. I have been lucky and gotten pretty good grades so far because my teacher is really good at helping me. Unfortunately halfway through the test he had to leave. I will just need to get a better grade on the next test. Today I took my test in Orientacion Vocacional. This class is hard. I don't really know how to explain it. It jumps around to a lot of different subjects. For example, during the first semester we were talking about laws and rights. I didn't really understand ... read more

Wezo Wezo tout le monde! Nous voila rendus a San Christobal de las casas, une petite ville ma foi bien interessante! Ici, il y a BEAUCOUP de backpackers de partout dans le monde. Il y a donc cette influence des jeunes voyageurs qui s impregne dans l air de la ville: restos vegetariens (au Mexique!?), jams de tams tams, boulangerie bio, centre de bien etre et culture alternative. Ceux qui me connaissent bien comprendront l ironie de mon titre puisque vous savez bien que je n aime pas particulierement l appelation hippie pour designer l evolution de la conscience et tout ce qui se rapporte au sujet! Nous rencontrons des gens superbes. Hier, on s est fait un ami qui vient de Puebla et qui nous a apporte a 2 villages indigenes tzotzil. Le premier etait ... read more