Had an eventful two days in Mexico City. Jo, Bill and I left Tepotztlan early on Saturday morning with our friend and taxi driver Juan Carlos assuring us that he knew where the hotel to drop us off was. One must realize that Mexico city is big, it sprawls over the valley of Mexico and is home to over 24 million in the city district alone, also with a number of multi-lane arterial highways, latticed with one way streets all full of crazy Mexican drivers it isn't ...

Viva Mexico!!!! Yesterday was Mexican Independence day which is the day in 1801 that Mexico gained independence from Spain. If there is one thing that I've learned since arriving here is that Mexicans like to party, the festivities over the last couple of days have just proved that. Despite that most locals started partying the Friday before the students at the Spanish Cat decided to wait until the eve of independence day. We headed out on the Monday eve...

The people who have inhabited this region of the world have always had religion as a central part of there lives. This is evident in ruins such as Xochicalco (~600AD to 1,200AD) where we visited during the week. The finest buildings at Xochicalco were the temples (one of the feathered-serpent god that still had a lot of bas reliefs on it). The other buildings that were prominent were the residences of the priests and lord as many of the pre-Colombian culture were...

So far I've survived my first two days of school! The school is really great as are the students and teachers - there are seven students at the school at present (Canadians, English and Americans) who are broken into three classes. T We also all eat our three daily meals together at the main villa where classes are held. he first day was really tough as in my class my other two class mates had already been there a day, so I had to play catch-up, but today was mu...

I've always had a connection to Mexico. When I was still in primary school I won second prize ($10) in a fancy dress contest at the St Carthage's Christmas Carnival dressed as a Mexican. I had a sombrero, a poncho made from a sheet, a stripy towel draped over my shoulder, fake mustache and fake five o'clock shadow (mum's mascara I actually didn't have facial stubble in primary school!). $10 was a big deal at that stage of my life so I think think this gave me ...