Well... I'm back home here in Tepic and I thought that I better get to writing again because of course so much has happened and I'm letting it all pile up! :S So, from the last time I wrote - we had our meeting that night and 50 people came out!!! It was so encouraging and something I've never seen the likes of. The next day we went to other ruins which were bigger but it was so hot out again (I guess some people just don't learn to not go at the hottest part of the day) The problem is, you go to one of these places and you run out of water (because there's no where to buy it there) or what ever water you have left is seriously boiling hot! The road into the pyramids was so long (aka 65 km) and twisty that we had to pull over for one of the guys. We rushed home after that to be on time for meeting in CDC. The next day I got to swim in the Golf of Mexico which was B-U-T-FULL!!! There was sooo many shells that were washed up on the shore I could have spent all day there. Ciela, Laura, Madeleine and I, then took a taxi downtown to do some shopping. There is no assembly in CDC so Sunday was quite interesting. We went for a meeting that was a mumbo-jumbo of prayer, ministry and singing. Next was Sunday school then some of the ladies made lunch for us all. Just relaxed the rest of the day and gospel meeting at night. We were planning to leave at 4 am the next morning for a 4 hour drive to one of the"Seven Wonders of the World" (another Mayan pyramid site). We were woken up at like 3 by a crazy thunderstorm. I've never heard one so loud in my life and it absolutely down-poured! We left on time, but at about 1.5 hours in on our trip we.... broke down :( So needless to say we didn't reach our destination, but Marcus came and picked us up to take us back to CDC while some of the other guys went with the van. We got back around 12-1ish and ate for the first time that day! We then decided to make supper for everyone that night, so we went shopping for supplies. The menu? Mini pizzas! :) They turned out great and we had a good send off for our last night in CDC (even though everyone was super tired!)
The next morning Ciela, the Cain's and myself left to go back home with a few detours, the first being to Palenque (another Mayan ruin site). It was pretty sweet, I must say! Much more touristy than the other places we went. Marcus "bought" a guide and although he spoke in Spanish, it really made the trip! After touring around the pyramids, we took the same guide for a tour through the jungle. There we heard howling monkeys, saw toucans and even ate termites (they taste like cilantro - no joke!) Before lunch we stopped at a cute little market, stuff is so cheap here so it's hard to restrain, but I did... somewhat. haha. Anyways, we went to an awesome restaurant after that, that kinda reminded Bagaboo Creek in the states. I had lamb, and it was yummy in my tummy scrumptious! We then traveled a bit more and stayed at a hotel. The next morning, we travelled to Chiapa de Corzo where we took this boat ride through a canyon del Sumidero, which was gorgeous! The tallest section was 1km! We saw crocodiles, spider monkeys and white cranes and believe me we took tons of pictures. From there we drove until that night and then spent the whole day driving (I don't know how Marcus does it) We spent the next few days trying to recuperate at home (in other words - sleep in!).
All of us swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.
When we broke down.... I was the supervisor.
In front of Pakal's tomb.
In the canyon of Sumidero.
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