¿Donde está Taylor?: Tepotzlán

Day 3

Miercoles – 20 de Junio.

Día 6. “Tepotzlán”

Before the climb.

Today started like every other day this week, waking up at 6:30, breakfast is at 7 and then off too school we go to start at 8. My first class is always the same structure, but today we played a few games and reviewed for the test we will have on Friday. In the afternoon we were supposed to make piñatas, but it was raining and we needed to be outside. So, we played running games inside, it was real interesting… Most of the games we have been playing here are just like games we have at home, but we have found that they like to change the rules, and we really enjoy finding the loopholes… and I must say the guys are great at cheating, pretending like they don’t understand Spanish. Ha!

The Hike.

On a side note, we have found it real interesting that there seem to be no rules on the roads here. No seatbelt laws. No maximum number of people in a car. No one uses their blinker. And randomly stopping and parking on a side walk in normal…?

After school we drove about a half an hour to Tepotzlán where we climbed a mountain to see an Aztec pyramid on top. There was no walking path, and stairs were rare, so we climbed through rocks and tried not to fall the whole way up. So after an hour of climbing, hating my life the whole way, only a few good falls, I decided it was totally worth it. The views were spectacular! At the top there were these creepy little animals, kind of like raccoons, but they are apparently vicious, well.. one tried to climb into my backpack and go home with me. He wanted my food so he tried to shimmy up my leg, that was NOT going to happen. The way down was much better and definitely went much faster, especially knowing that we had ice cream waiting for us at the bottom. After a quick snack we ventured to La Hacienda de Cortés. Now it is just a hotel, but it was so cool because it is created right inside the walls of the old plantation, and the old aquifer has become a waterfall of sorts. Kenzie and I decided we wanted to stay there, then found out we would have to dish out somewhere around $500 a night, we can only dream. We found it interesting that this is the hotel that many important political figures stay. With numb legs, mud all over, and heavy eye lids we headed home for the night where we are now working on our first real homework assignments since being here. Buenos Noches!