Two Weeks in a little bus

Well when I left off I believe we were in Oaxaca. In Oaxaca we once again visited more ruins and a market which was near the ruins. You would not believe how many markets there are in Mexico and how tempting all of them are! We also saw a weaving demonstration. It was pretty interesting, everything they used was natural and without electricity. It started from straight wool and ended up in a beautiful rug. Sometimes its hard for me to believe that things are still made this way, with all the technology in the world, but I would say they are more beautiful when made by hand.

As we left Oaxaca we stopped at a famous place where vases, sculptures, and many more things are made from clay. Once again this is done without electricity and by hand, and everything was done without paint, which is amazing because it is a brilliant black in many of the works and it is hard to believe there was no paint involved. I'll show what I mean when I get back. Then we moved onto Puerto Angel which was our one day at the beach. This was wonderful, we took a little boat out into the ocean, saw dolphins, swam with a sea turtle, jumped off a big rock into the ocean and snorkled. It was a nice rest from educational things!

THere is so much more to tell, we saw a lot more ruins, took a boat through a beautiful canyon, stopped at more markets, rode horses twice, swam in a pool, got sunburned, ate good dinners, observed what life is like at a mission, saw very strange mixtures of religions and more. All in all it was a good trip!

Now we are back to classes and counting down the days until we get back to the United States, as of today it is 44. I probably shouldn't be counting, but I miss home a lot right now!

Love and miss you all