San Cristóbal, Mexico

Muchas lugares.....menos tiempo!
July 9, 2008 - San Cristóbal, Mexico
Wow time has flown by so so fast!! I now only have about 13 days left here and I am amazed at how fast the days have gone by. My keyboard is broken on my laptop so thats the main reason I have not made an entry but also because I am constantly staying busy. I have really started to feel at home here and I really enjoy my days...except getting up...
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Salsa and horse back riding
June 28, 2008 - San Cristóbal, Mexico
Yesterday we all went to a true salsa dance club and it was really cool. I have never salsa before so I had no clue what I was doing, but no one seemed to mind how stupid I looked. I guess it wasn't that bad because I got to dance with some locals and I thought I kept up pretty well. It really help that I didnt understand what they were saying...
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Still Adjusting
June 26, 2008 - San Cristóbal, Mexico
This is my fifth day being here in San Cristobal and I feel like I am starting to get into my routine. I wake up at roughly 7 am(depending on how late I was up the night before). I shower, dress and my host mom fixes me breakfast which has been cereal and fruit every morning. I like my breakfast because its nothing crazy like some of the other...
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Crazy Mexicanos
June 25, 2008 - San Cristóbal, Mexico
Today was a great day! Found a great cafe with great food, and the food doesnt look scary! We all went to Chamula today, which is a surrounding Mayan village, for the biggest festival of the year celebrating a saints birthday...or something like that. I thought that San Cristobal was a huge culture shock until I arrived at this place. There...
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Getting settled
June 24, 2008 - San Cristóbal, Mexico
The very first day was probably the most stressful day I have ever experience but I have become a little more familiar with the city as well as getting to know my family. Starting to get to know all the other students now and it seems that everyone is really cool. We all went out last night and popped my tequila shot cherry. The bar was...
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