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Published: April 13th 2008
Tzintzutzan
On our last excursion, my camera ran out of bateries. Then I bought some for really cheap that ended up not working. But these are what´s left or reconstructed of the pyramids of the local indigenous people. The three small towns we visited were beautiful and very authentic, all built around a high altitude lake (very polluted, but also beautiful). Just a few more pics of my house here. Things are going really well. We went to the orphanage on Wednesday. Pretty poor, but not sad, because the kids have formed a pretty happy community together. I didn´t get to go inside however, so I don´t know what their rooms and stuff are like. I think we´re going to try and bring games and stuff next time, and maybe try and teach the older girls English, since that´s what they want from us.
I went Salsa dancing the other night until about four in the morning. Super fun, live music, and awesome dancers. I didn´t know anything, but I learned a little of the basic steps. Then we went and watched the lighting of the cathedral that happens every Saturday night. There´s a beautiful firework display right from the street in front of the cathedral, so the sparks actually hit it and light it up, and then they turn the lights on. It´s really beautiful, I´ll try and get pictures next time. We were in a rooftop bar above, get this, a Burger King. But it was great, with couches and a DJ.
The father of my family
La casa.
My room. brought home a little puppy the other day, no more than a month old, and I´ve sort of taken over responsibility for now, since it´s so young and needs to have people around, and they would otherwise keep it outside in the shed. But I can´t sleep anyways when it´s screaming from the shed, so I´m letting it sleep with me. It´s a little sleep situation though, but once it gets older, it will get a little better. He´s pretty cute, but I don´t know it´s name, because the daughter named him something incredibly hard to remember and pronounce. I think for her he´s more of a novelty and she isn´t quite ready for the responsibility. She's a little rougher on him than I would be, and yesterday the three year old boy was running around holding and squeezing him. It´s just a different culture I guess, but I get pretty protective😊
Spanish is getting easier and easier to understand, so I know when the Dad is making fun of me and I can strike back. I´m really enjoying the city too, lots of places to go and stuff to do. Hopefully more Salsa!! Maybe I´ll come back one
La casa.
My bedroom window overlooks the garden. of those ladies who can spin and dip and all that stuff😊
Til next time,
Michelle
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Ruth
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That dog is ADORABLE and so tiny! Salsa is a lot of fun. When you come back, I know there are a lot of places to salsa dance in Eugene, not sure about Bend.