Monte Alban Here I Come....
Hola amigos! Today I took an excursion to Monte Alban with other students from Solexico. There were about 25 students that went in 2 vans. Monte Alban is ancient ruins just about 25 minutes outside of the city of Oaxaca. It is situated in the mountains near Oaxaca. It was beautiful! You cannot imagine the scale of this place until you actually set foot...supposedly nearly 250,000 people lived there at one time. It is clear that our ancestors (Latino or not) had a grasp on things that we will never understand. That architecture can still be standing 2,000 years later is amazing. They also had a underground tunnel system that provided them with running water. Maybe current day Mexico should learn a thing or two from their ancestors :) After returning home from Monte Alban I took a nap to get geared up for the night. Katie and I had decided we wanted to go for drinks and dancing. Lalo and his friend Miguel Angel met up with us and we went to a club called Elefante. Here we danced our little butts off until well into the morning! I had a super fun time and I it was my first time being a little "boracha" here in Mexico...Don´t worry I made it home safely without any problems. Katie wanted to leave a little earlier than the rest of us so we walked her home and ended up returning to the club afterwards. There was a large group of Americans from Maryland and it was fun to dance to the few American songs that they played. Otherwise I actually enjoy the Mexican music they play in the bars here...not too bad! Not to mention that drinking here (pretty much like everything else) is much cheaper than in the states. My round of 4 beers cost 80 pesos or less than $8! Too bad that won´t continue after I return to the states. I still have no hot water in the apartment that I am living in and am feeling incredibly frustrated. There is nothing worse than when you are sick, tired, and have incredibly dirty feet than getting in the shower and not having hot water....I actually almost started crying! You never realize what comforts we have at home until you have to go without! My plan is to spend some time looking for Hotels this weekend and I am going to move. The school is going to refund my money ($25/night) that I had paid so I should be able to find a hotel for that price! 2 weeks have passed and I have 2 weeks more...and I DON´T WANT TO COME HOME! Any chance I can leave it all behind? Start all over? Adios...Besos...Hasta Pronto!
Hola amigos! Today I took an excursion to Monte Alban with other students from Solexico. There were about 25 students that went in 2 vans. Monte Alban is ancient ruins just about 25 minutes outside of the city of Oaxaca. It is situated in the mountains near Oaxaca. It was beautiful! You cannot imagine the scale of this place until you actually set foot...supposedly nearly 250,000 people lived there at one time. It is clear that our ancestors (Latino or not) had a grasp on things that we will never understand. That architecture can still be standing 2,000 years later is amazing. They also had a underground tunnel system that provided them with running water. Maybe current day Mexico should learn a thing or two from their ancestors :) After returning home from Monte Alban I took a nap to get geared up for the night. Katie and I had decided we wanted to go for drinks and dancing. Lalo and his friend Miguel Angel met up with us and we went to a club called Elefante. Here we danced our little butts off until well into the morning! I had a super fun time and I it was my first time being a little "boracha" here in Mexico...Don´t worry I made it home safely without any problems. Katie wanted to leave a little earlier than the rest of us so we walked her home and ended up returning to the club afterwards. There was a large group of Americans from Maryland and it was fun to dance to the few American songs that they played. Otherwise I actually enjoy the Mexican music they play in the bars here...not too bad! Not to mention that drinking here (pretty much like everything else) is much cheaper than in the states. My round of 4 beers cost 80 pesos or less than $8! Too bad that won´t continue after I return to the states. I still have no hot water in the apartment that I am living in and am feeling incredibly frustrated. There is nothing worse than when you are sick, tired, and have incredibly dirty feet than getting in the shower and not having hot water....I actually almost started crying! You never realize what comforts we have at home until you have to go without! My plan is to spend some time looking for Hotels this weekend and I am going to move. The school is going to refund my money ($25/night) that I had paid so I should be able to find a hotel for that price! 2 weeks have passed and I have 2 weeks more...and I DON´T WANT TO COME HOME! Any chance I can leave it all behind? Start all over? Adios...Besos...Hasta Pronto!
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