It is amazing here, we feel like we are getting a pretty true mexican experience because our house is very elaborate but very ghetto at the same time. We have recently been to a few of the other houses where students are staying and the houses are just like the US clean and they have Flat screen TV's.. I actually not like having a TV because it helps us want to get out of the house and find things to do. We have been exploring quite a bit in our neighborhood. I actually started a group to go running(Yes nicole, I am getting ready, or at least trying my best to stay in good
shape while i am here). We also go downtown a lot to el centro. There is a big plaza that they actually call la plaza grande, it has a huge cathedral on one side, the governors palace on another, and the "city hall" building on the other, the fourth side just has shops. In the middle of the plaza they have performers and vendors out trying to make some money. The picture to the left is me and one of our cute neighbors Samantha(BYU student) on the balcony of the city hall building looking over the plaza at the big cathedral as the sun was starting to set. It was gorgeous and the picture just doesn't do it justice. One of the other fun, yet sad occurences in the plaza is the are the maya indian women who come out to sell bracelets, belts, and shawls. They often have a cute little child in tow, SO cute the kid just wanders around behind the mom. half the time you don't realize they have a child until they turn to walk away because the child hides in or behind her skirt. The very SAD part is sometimes they have newborn babies that they carry on their backs in this sling thing. It is ridiculously hot here I melt ever
y day, and they women carry around their babies on their backs. I got a picture of one at night because i thought the little girl was SO cute, i will try to get a better picture of one during the day. Well we are off to Uxmal today so there is MUCH more to come...
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