On Thursday night last week my mother's (host family) brother in-law popped over to the house and invited me to go to Morelos with him and his family. His brother was having a housewarming party on the Sunday, but had invited his family over for the Saturday as well. I was initially a little surprised to be invited, but decided that it would be a brilliant opportunity to meet more locals, to practice Spanish, and to see a little more of Mexico. Morelos, he told me, is a 3 or 4 hour drive from Tehuacan, but a very scenic one. Felipe is the brother in-law who invited me to tag along for the weekend, and he described Morelos further (in very simple Spanish) as being quite a tourist spot for Mexicans. He said that it's known
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