Monday, March 21st

We got up early today to get breakfast and then go river rafting. It took about 20 minutes by bus to get up there, then about 2 hours to get down by raft. It was a blast! We all got wet and most of us nearly fell out at one point or a another, but thankfully no one did. There were some pretty bumpy rapids there! After that we packed everything in the car and drove to our next destination, a waterfall called Xica (pronounced shica). We walked around there for a while and took some pictures before finally beginning the drive home. We arrived at about 10:00 after stopping for lunch, coffee, and dinner.

Sunday, March 20th

We got breakfast at a very popular restaurant this morning, it was really good! Then we rented a boat to take us out to Cancuncito, a tiny little scrap of sand with nothing but people on it. But we didn't go out there for the beach, we snorkeled the full hour we spent there. There were lots of fish, coral and anenomy, I saw a starfish and my mom saw an eel. It wasn't the best snorkeling place ever, but it wasn't bad. After we got cleaned up and packed, we picked up lunch and then drove to another little town, also in Veracruz. It was supposedly a 2 hour drive, but of course it turned out longer. When we arrived, we checked in and then walked down to the nearby river and then walked around town a bit. We found some late dinner (which wasn't a very good dinner) and then headed back to the room.

Saturday, March 19th

Today we left at about 7:00 to drive to Veracruz. It's typically a 4 hour drive, no big deal for those of us used to road trips. But of course, it didn't turn out that way. Instead, it became a 7 hour drive when we got caught in hours of traffic. And we were only 20 minutes away from the city! Well, at least I got time to knit. I finished a whole scarf before we got there! We finally got to the hotel and checked in at about 2:00, then we went down the street for lunch. After that, we walked from the hotel across the street to the beach. We snorkeled there a while, I found about 14 sand dollars total. The coolest thing we saw was a huge fish, about 3 feet long and silver with green and blue flecks, but I was the only one who saw it! After we got cleaned up we walked about 2 miles to the Zocalo, the main square, but we were all tired by the end and caught a taxi back to the hotel. From there we took the car to Dairy Queen, then back to the hotel where we all headed straight to bed.