End of February:
We went to Oaxaca which is a neighboring state about 5 hours away. The ride there was magical because we had to travel through canyons and mountains inorder to reach our destination. The hotel was beautiful, on the inside it was sort of hacienda style and comfortable. We went to the usual spots: convent, church, zocalo ect. But el Convento de Santo Domingo is MAJESTIC. I kept joking with everyone that I would have my wedding reception with Arturo there =) Since Pedro didn't really want us to go to an Antro (not that we found one) we decided to have a movie night in my room and watch Fool's Gold or something like that. We ended up buying pizza which made me sick, i wanna vomit now just thinking about it. The next day we went to Mitla and I crawled in an indigenous burial site and bought cool stuff. I was also able to spin wool and cochinilla (which is an insect that is grinded and boiled to extract color dye). later we ended up going to this place where it is an family tradition to make black clay pottery. It is sooo beautiful and cheap. Even the pope asked to be given a pot, there is a picture of him with the pot on the living room wall. All in all great trip.
March:
I ended classes with a BANG; 2 A's & B-. I am still disappointed witht the B- but the teacher is a bitch and I left all the proof of my work in DR so I can't contest it. I left for DR on March 14th, it was a wonderous journey. Ist I had to travel 24 hours from Puebla to Cancun. I didn' t get to see any of the city b/c I go to Cancun JUST in time to make it to the airport. From Cancun I had a 4 hour layover in Panama, where I proceeded to get a small tour from a taxi of the city. Panama = hot sweaty wet pretty place lol . FINALLY I get to DR at 1 am EST on March 16. I was greeted at the airport by Tia Vivian, my cousin Sarah, Tia Ive and Tio Roberto. My family sucks! Absolutely noone knows how to keep a secret b/c I was going to surprise Tia Ive (who lives in Spain) and abuela nona (my 90 year old great-grandmother). Tia Vivian had recently moved into a wonderful new house where Sarah and I proceed to stay up ALLLLL night long catching up on life. I hadn't been to DR since summer'04! I did lots of stuff like visit all of the family on my father's side aka went to La Cienega aka the CAMPO. Tio Enrique is still young and making dulce; Tio Paquito came over for the family dinner. Sarah is def. the best. She's allowed to drive now and we went out like EVERY night. I met her man and he's kinda lame but if that is what she likes so be it. Tia Yira and Tia Janin along with ALL their kids from Delaware so we had a FULL house. I spent two days with Tia Sor Acela touring la Capital, el conde, y la zona Colonial. El Convento Santa Clara is amazing and all the nuns are really cool. Tia has a young chofer who is really HOT named Luis. We tried, but it failed cuz Tia is like a HAWK lol =/ She updated me on the family and told me all about my parent's wedding 21 years ago at that same convent. I <3>
Since it was easter weekend we ended up goig to Neiba aka the SUPER CAMPO for the 3 day weekend. Since it is almost on the border with Haiti we had to drive west ward through almost all of the country. In Bani and Bonao we had fun laughing at all the hicks and this girl with a MASSIVE camel toe. Leonel gave us traveling kits and water to be safe during the weekend. The mosquitos ate me alive, we didn't go clubbing but had a wonderful time. I was lounging by the pool at day and playing bingo at night. We killed 2 chivos and ate wonderously. One day we went to the rio in the mountains and ate fish con coco y platanos. Nature is awesome and being dominican even better. After Neiba I only had 1 day left and I spent it with la abuela and packing. I didn't want to leave and my family was convincing me to stay, but I had to return to Mexico.
One the way back I ended up staying 2 nights in Cancun but was afraid to go clubbing and be raped or kidnapped since I was traveling by myself. But I did get to see the nightlife from afar. When I got back to puebla 2nd session awaited me. I started taking Geography, Poli Sci, History, Spanish 355 and Univ 326. All in all this semster taking a grand total of 25 credits =) March was a pretty funky month cuz I was homesick since I had just been surrounded by family in DR.
April:
April was a lot of fun! Andrew and Mary's friends came to visit and they are INSANE! We went to Mexico City which is the BIGGEST city in the world. It was a lot of fun and the hotel was super LUXOURIOUS. It had an industrial toilet that once you touched it could flush away a small army lol and the beds had plush down comforters. We toured the city and went to Teotihuacan which is where I climed to the TOP of the pyramid dedicated to the SUN! I was SOOO proud of myself for having accomplished that great feat. At night we had a farewell dinner Jenna who was returning to the US b/c she didn't like Mexico. One night Norma and Jose Luis went clubbing with us at this hot spot called Africa. MUCHO FUN!
Lots of clubbing during April. I went out almost everyday, normally THURSDAY-SATURDAY! We left for Cuetzalan on the 18th and it was a life changing experience. We were in the middle of jungle mosquito infested indigville. We had a service learning project in which we taught indigenous children to speak english, painted their school, played sports. At first I was kinda negative about it b/c im a city girl and not used to all this physical activity but at the end of the week I did not want to leave. Those children have forever marked my life, so much so that I am trying to gain funding so I can go back and bring them food. They gave us so many suveniers but the best gift of all was being able to have met them.
Since we spent 5 days in Cuetzalan we were given a mini- vacation in VERA CRUZ. Our little resort was a 7-10 mintue walk from the beach which was very secluded aka nowhere near civilization. I GOT SO BLACK from being in the pool or at the beach all day long. We played various water games even clothing optional ones! I hooked up with this guy making it # 3 during my stay in Mexico. There was a little bit of group drama but hey welcome to the REAL WORLD MEXCIO <3 joke =")">
May:
3 days after Vera Cruz I was lounging in PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Oaxaca. One of the best decisions I've ever made was to be broke and go on the trip. I went with Andrew, Brandon, Corey, Natasha and Raychel. One the way there the police aka soliders had to do a routine narcotics check of our van and this one solider was tryna take me home with him! It was kinda scary but FLATTERING. We rented this awesome and cheap house 5 mintues away from the beach. We had a bar, open kitchen and pool. I nude tanned my upper body and played awesome KINGS. We only ate sandwhiches, pasta, and hotdogs for 4 days but it was worth it. GREAT BONDING experience for me and the crew. I made it back in time for CINCO de MaYo which is SOOOOOO UNIMPORTANT for real mexicans. All we did was have a raychel's family and Mary over for dinner.
MORE CLUBBING Tuesday-Saturday <3
& Tuesday I met this hotttttt 29 year old (who looks young) but I forgot his name. Mexicano NuMeRo 4 =)~~~
On May 9th we went to Taxco which is really beautiful, it looks like Greece with all white buildings and red stucco roofs. Some of the crew went clubbing @ Ibiza where we saw a dance battle. Those kids could dance and they used american songs like Whipe me down, Solider Boy and LOTS of MERENGUE ( ahhh I can't wait to do DOMINICAN Style Dancing) The next day i BOUGHT ALOT OF SILVER ( plenty of beautiful gifts ) b/c Taxco is known is for its silver.
May 10 = Mexican mothers day. My mom hosted a dinner and Raychel's family came over along with my mom's greek boyfriend and his two friends. The three of them are astronomers the italian Emmanual lives in Puebla while Emannolis & Spiros live in Greece. Emannolis, Raychel, and I had a wonderful conversation about America, Politics, being young and traveling. One of the MOST insightful convo's I've had in a long time. After dinner we went to Tiki, Roka and UNITTTTTT!
Sunday-Today
madddd clubbing but hardwork in between. Im kinda sad though cuz Mami & Papi left for Spain this morning and WILL NOT be at the airport when i arrive in 9 days!
On a lighter note i might be getting a new homestay brother (keep fingers crossed) or sister 2morw. For 2nights forecast I see Tiki around sunset, Roka till dawn and finally waking up to eggs, bacon & pancakes @ NORMAS =)
Hasta luego mis lectores fieles <3>
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