Thursday 11th June We pack up our stuff and again join a tour group. 1st stop is the oldest tree in the world; over 2000 years old with a daughter tree over 1000years old. It's pretty impressive. It's in fenced church grounds with manicured gardens and has a team of specialists to mind it. It was sick in recent years and went brown and branches were cut away and became green once more. Due to the dark clouds we head to the waterfalls and pools before the rain c...

Wednesday 10th June We rise and shine! Breakfast has a yummy range of fruit. We wait till we are collected for our tour at 9:30. Also doing the tour is a couple we saw on the turibus in Puebla. We get to talking and they are from Brasilia in Brazil. After driving around and waiting we collect another couple and the guide and head off toward our first stop the monte Alban ruins. The guide tells us of the civilisation, the finding if the ruins- although they were ...

Tuesday 9th June We plan to leave at 10:45 by bus so we get the hostel to arrange a taxi to the station. It costs more than the secure taxi to the hostel. We see if we can find a cheaper bus, but end up going with our original plan coz it's leaving at the right time. The bus ride is uneventful once we are on the bus: there are always some nerves about getting on the right bus! I get quite motion sick and it takes me awhile to adjust once we are off. It's hot a...