Another busy day in amazing Mexico this morning after breakfast we all jumped into the mini bus and 2 taxis and we were driven to Taxco. Our first stop was at a silver shop where we learnt about the history of silver and how it has been mined in Mexico. We also learnt how to identify real 925 silver. We then drove to another silver shop where we all spent even more money. The rest of the day was spent browsing local shops and markets as well as visiting an extrav...

Today was our birthday. When we went for breakfast, we were given Mexican birthday hats and a cake along with 2 other girls. Everyone sang happy birthday to all 4 of us and the leaders gave us cards and gifts from our unit. Soon after we did a service project with children from the children's centre in Cuernavaca. Our unit helped the children to build balloon towers and friendship bracelets. They we fun to be around and made us all laugh. We played volleyball w...

Ted- So the day started with a lovely breakfast. Olivia- You might have had breakfast Ted but someone left me in bed and didn't wake me up. I'm not saying who it is but we all know who we are talking about. Ted- Anyway after most of us have had our breakfast we got on a bus and went to the local market. Olivia- Ted let's not forget that we went to a church before we went to the market. Ted- Oh yeah we saw some lovely paintings and statues. And there was even ...

Blog – sat 5th August Once everyone had woken up and eaten a hearty breakfast it was time to be put into teams for the Mexican game. First we had to find our very own eagle with a snake in its mouth (the meaning behind the Mexican flag) which gave us a clue to go to the next station. We ended up making guacamole, playing an aztec ball game, Mexican wrestling and floating on a makeshift raft to retrieve flowers from the floating gardens of Xochimilco (the pool)...

After our first night at Our Cabana, we offered grains to the Gods, in an opening ceremony. Afterwards we had breakfast which was a variety of yoghurts, cereals and crepes. We did some team building exercises so that we were able to get to know some of the other girls. We then had some time to do some crafts which included painting pots and making things out of beads. After dinner we were then put into groups where we played some games where we had to roll a d...