Mexico City Etc...

Hello again!

The days since I wrote last have been very full of lots of activities and traveling, its difficult to remember everything. Times seems to be flying by already. Probably the highlights of the last few days have been our two field trips this last weekend. On saturday, we went to Las Estacas, which was basically an incredible natural waterpark. There were several cliffs which you could jump off of into pools of deep, clear water and a flowing river throughout the park. Several paths that curved through vegitation connected the different cliff platforms. We spent the afternoon there relaxing and swimming. On sunday, we headed to Mexico City for the day. We used public transportation to arrive there and used the metro system to get around once we were in the city. Their metro system is incredible, very efficient, clean and cheap. To ride the metro costs 2 pesos or around 15 cents. The Mexican government has made an effort to make the metro available to the majority of the population (I think they subsidize it). Anyhow, during our day in the city, we went to the Frida Kahlo house, the zocalo (or city center), and a bullfight! The bullfight was incredible, a type of sporting event that I had never experienced. It´s a pretty graphic experience as they kill 6 bulls during the duration of the bull fight. 2 of the matadors were knocked off their feet by the bulls and one of them was injured seriously enough that he had to be carried out of the ring. Meanwhile, the crowd is incredibly involved in the whole experience, they let the matador know when he is doing a good job by yelling ¨Ole!¨ and when he is not doing well, the stadium fills with loud whistles and lots of obsene comments. I tried to attach a video of part of the bullfight, but I´m not sure if it will work or not. Mexican life continues giving me various new surprises each day, for example yesterday on my way to school I was greeted by 4 horses casually grazing the streets of my neighborhood unattended, something you probably wouldnt see in the states in a city of over a million. Well, I better leave it at that for now, hope that gives everyone a very small glimpse into some of things I´ve done the past few days. Until next time!