http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Puebla , Puebla City en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:11:12 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:11:12 +0000 Hey its Syd this time your guest speaker for the day. I arrived i mexico on the 22nd at around 300 I had a good flight and there were usually people to help me along for free aside from one guy who wanted a tip and took me to the wrong place. Before the plane landed the three things I noticed were all the colors the buildings were painted how close the houses were and the layer of smog that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-462686.html Hey everyoneWell I know this update is extremely late. I have a lot of good news and some bad news. Things have been picking up fast at the Anglo and Boulanger as the end of the year roles around test preparation and testing as well as submitting final grades. Each school has also been inviting me to some social events for the Christmas season dinners gift exchanges etc. All of this together http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-461031.html Der var en gang et stort og maegtigt rige. Riget laa paa en oe midt i en stor soe og havde kun 3 tilfoersels veje. n mod nord n mod syd og n mod vest. Paa oen var der to tvillinge byer der hver havde deres religioese centrum. Her blev der hver dag ofret et menneske hjerte for ellers ville solen ikke staa op den naeste dag. Kongen af riget var stor og maegtig og kontrollerede alle de andre fo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-451050.html Hey all Welcome back after a short break. A lot has happened since my last entry so here we go. I have been working 8 hours a week at the Instituto Boulanger. This is not enough to support me here still but has been a good learning experience and provides a bit of money. The good news is the Anglo is going to hire me. The bad news is we have to wait for my Visa to come which takes 30 work day http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-437120.html Hello again Sorry about the delay on this post I have been a bit busy. Well after three weeks here I have landed one job at a high school. The job pay is pretty low and the hours are few but it is a start. The classes are only 4 students each so I hope they can really improve their English with such small class sizes. I have also been in contact with a nonprofit English language group called http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-432473.html Hey Guys So after almost two weeks I am starting to get into the swing of things. The internet in my apartment is spochy so I have to go down to the common area to use it. My room is clean but a bit boring with the empty white walls. From my windo I have a view of mountains volcanoes and a skyscrpaer that is part of a mall. The tower itself seems to be empty and more just for show rather than act http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-428719.html Hi EveryoneThe travel blog is back I just made it to Puebla and am started to get settled in. Thankfully my spanish is coming back very quickly. I made it after one bus to Chicago a flight to Monterrey then to Mexico DF. In Mexico Fernanda came to get me at the airport and we then took a bus to Puebla where I found my new home. I have what is basically one room with bedroom and bath and a wall http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-425896.html We made it to Puebla early Sunday evening and met up with Jerry a local who agreed to host us through the hospitalityclub website. It is a beautiful city with a rich history in cookery and craftsmanship. Puebla is one of the larger cities in Mexico and has an enormous Volkswagen plant which we saw from the road on our way in.Jerry took us to his house where he lives with his parents and sibli http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-423171.html Hi A few years ago when I was a student in my last travel I went to Puebla Mexico. Puebla is one of the important cities in Mexico and it has many attractions such as tourism food archeologic zones history. Also Puebla is an industrial city. However the security is good so you dont have to worry. You can walk relaxed in the street and look around.Puebla is a beautiful city and it has fasci http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-421822.html We leave the very nice BB hotel Casa de la Tia Tere this morning and head to the toll road to Puebla. It is every bit as nice as we heard the toll roads are wellpaved wellmarked not much traffic and safe. We see the occasional Policia Federal but mostly enforcement of speed limits is by radar which translates to not applicable to us since we have Honduran license plates and there is absolut http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-409256.html 29409 A day of visiting churchesAnother bad nights sleep. Took ages to drift off and even when did woke up every hour or so. Got up at 7am at rash on leg has gone. Is now just a scar a bit like the remains of a jellyfish sting. Another text from a friend about Pig Flu seems to be a much bigger deal at home than it is out here and headed down for not so tasty toast but very tasty cereal http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-406599.html 28409 The Beautiful PueblaGot up early today at 730am in preparation for early set off to Puebla. Got changed packed and had breakfast at 8am. Not the usual awful toast but a toasted cheese sandwich and a yoghurt instead things had left over from yesterday. Finished packing process then and checked out at 9am for walk to tube station. Walk never bothered me before but with 20kg bags it http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-406595.html 29th APRIL 2009 ANOTHER DAY IN PUEBLAI woke up at around 8am. 4 hours sleep yet still functioning...not sure how I didn't feel too cracking unsurprisingly but I was looking forward to another busy day. Once ready we went for breakfast downstairs. Teeny tiny bowl of cornflakes which were nice and toast with sweet butter which wasn't so nice We also got a brew and some juice. The breakfasts http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-396605.html 28th APRIL 2009 WALKING THE STREETS OF PUEBLAI got woken up at around 6.30am by a girl leaving. That meant I had had around 30 minutes sleep as I only dropped of at 6am anyway...not good and I felt a little rubbish to put it mildly I jumped in the shower to try and wake myself up and clear my head. Nothing like a little bit of freezing cold water to make you feel better eh Once we were bo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-396602.html I began my vacation around other parts of Mexico this weekend planning to see Puebla Taxco Oaxaca and Mexico City. The flu scare has made that a little difficult...The media coverage of the flu is a little overblown. That said with the way things are going here it's been hard to tell and we are taking precautions. We rented a car instead of taking buses and are wearing the masks and stay http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-394465.html PUEBLA 2160m habitantes 1.5 mioSegundo sitio de la viaje Taquera Quesadillas secillas Tacos oriental Zcalo Centro Histrico Catedral Cena Mole poblanoCHOLULA Una periferia de Puebla La Pirmide de Tepanapa widest pyramid ever built Zona Arqueolgica Santuario de Nuestra Senora de los Remedios http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-386334.html Fin de semana en Puebla probando enchiladas rojas y mole poblano malestar de tripa casi asegurado Zocalo precioso y parada obligatoria en el Museo Amparo por todo lo que nos regala. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-380580.html So I know it has been about a week since my last update but I figured that anyone reading this probably would not care so much about my daytoday whereabouts. Just to put a picture in your head I am sitting on my rooftop terrace on a beautifully clear day. There is not a cloud in the sky it is probably 7580 degrees with a light breeze. To my left I have an unobstructed view of the snowcapped http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-376840.html Hi Joan and Mike We noticed we didnt include Shirley on our blog could you forward them to her. Thanks carol http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-360882.html We got to Puebla yesterday and I have been struggling to like the city. It is the first time that I have experienced this in Mexico where I want to leave as soon as possible. So tomorrow without reservations we are leaving for Oaxaca City. A four hour bus ride through the mountains.We are staying in a hotel which intially was convent in 1750. They have not changed the structure. The walls a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Puebla/Puebla-City/blog-360881.html