Tuesday, November 23rd

Today we went to the pyramids at Tenochtitlan. We've been there tons of time before, but it was still pretty fun. We climbed the Sun pyramid and one of the smaller ones, by then we were all tried so we headed back home.

Monday, November 22nd

Today we got up early to go to Xoxafi, a really cool cave network.

We've gone once before but I forgot to blog about it. First we had to put on a harness and helmet, we thought that the helmets were an unnecessary safety precaution like in most cave we had been to, but this cave was different. We started out by walking down stone stairs into a large cavern. Boring, right? Well then we got to the hard parts. Going down into the Xoxafi caves means an hour or two of squeezing through tight spaces, climbing steep rocks, dropping down through holes, and other exhausting but really fun activities! There is also a zip-line in the dark and repelling down 10 meters. The zip-line was fun, repelling not so much (for me). I'm not a big fan of heights. The rest was really fun though! The hardest part is at the end, there is a place called 'Born Again', it is a space so small that people describe it as like being born again! After Xoxafi we drove to Tolontango, a hot water spring. The water is really nice, like bathtub water, the only problem is getting out. After really warm water, getting out into fairly chilly air feels like freezing to death! We finished up there pretty quickly and went straight home from there.

Sunday, November 21th

Today we went to la Marquesa, a large area filled with zip-lines, four-wheelers, and all sort of cool stuff. The first area we went to had these large, blow-up, plastic balls (think hamster balls for humans) that float on the water. You're supposed to run like a hamster, but it's a lot harder than it looks on water. You spend a lot more time falling than running! The next place had padded, plastic, blow-up balls that went down a hill instead of on water. These were a ton of fun! You climb in, roll it up the hill (someone is always there to help you), then take turns rolling down. You start by running, but after a while it starts going so fast that it's hard to keep your feet. Anyone that falls rolls around in the ball until the bottom of the hill. It was SO much fun!

After that there was a huge zip-line that went across a valley, I was the only one that didn't go. And finally we went to a go-cart track and did that for an hour. I don't like driving go-carts so I just rode with my dad, I was literally hanging on for dear life at every turn!

Saturday, November 20th

Today we went to San Ángel, a large market area that is well-known for selling art and small, traditional Mexican souvineers. Jamie wasn't feeling well today so after that we went back to the house for the rest of the day.

Friday, November 19th

The Joslins arrived yesterday really late at night. For those who don't know, the Joslin family consists of: Mr. Brian, Ms. Sherry, Wes (13), Monica (12) and Jamie (9). Today I had a school field trip to Xochimilco, but I decided I could miss it, so instead I went with everyone else to the Zocalo (city square) and afterwards to Jamaica (the flower market). After we finished there we went back to the house to eat and relax until about 7:00 when we went to see Harry Potter 7! I put on my Hermione costume and wore it to the theater! I LOVED THAT MOVIE!!!!! Who ever hasn't seen it NEEDS to go ASAP!!! :)

Monday, November 15th

Today we got up earlier than normal and packed a bit before going down to the beach. A little while after getting in, all of a sudden I felt a really strong pinch on one of my toes, it really hurt! I pulled my foot out of the water and saw that an inch-long crab was latched on! My mom pulled it off, but I was paranoid for the rest of the day. Whenever I stepped on anything on the beach I jumped, thinking it could be a crab! We also saw stingrays that were riding the waves, it was really amazing! One wave I saw had a group of about five of them all swimming along together. After we had finished at the beach we went back to the room to finish up packing. We managed to get on the road by noon and back to Mexico City by about 9:00 after picking some lunch up at BK.

Sunday, November 14th

We got out to the beach around early afternoon again and stayed there about the same amount of time. Then we went to Costco to get pizza and ice-cream for lunch. When we got back my dad went of to the Princess with Abby again, Nate and I went to the bird swings and my mom and grandma slept for a while. We took it easy from then until bedtime and didn't really do much.