Two days after Monte Alban, some of us hiked up another mountain, this one in our backyard. It was tall and fantastical looking, like something out of a movie, and I (Sophie) had been wanting to climb it since we arrived in Teotitlan. The walk up was hard for those of us still recovering from a stomach flu, but the view was worth it. Picacho looked far over Teotitlan, until it met the next blue mountain in the distance.
After the hike, the group went to do some service work in town. For about two hours we picked up trash along the stream some of us crossed everyday. After that, we all hit the showers (there was some unmentionable disgusting stuff that we picked up) and had some time to relax around the town before our next scheduled event. The next required thing was a talk with a man who lived in Teotitlan part time, and had first come to the town 30 years ago. He had fallen in love with the rugs for which the town is famous, and decided to make a business out of it. Not only was it interesting to talk to a capitalist business-owner, he also had a lot of really great insight into the town, and how it had changed throughout the years.
May 23. Tierra del Sol
Today we went to an organic farm that was really awesome. The people that where running it were super interesting and their goal was to have a farm that was self sustained and could provided everything that they would need. When we got there we worked on making their garden area bigger and planting sun flowers in the garden that was already there. They had animals, goats, chickens, and cows, that provided them with food and milk. After that we went on a tour of the place and went swimming. The pond that we went swimming in was super awesome. There where beautiful flowers that where growing in the pond and a lot of fish.
May 24 The La Villada Hostel outside of Oaxaca
After we left are host house we stayed a night in a really awesome hotel outside of Oaxaca City. It had a pool that was really nice, until the manager decided to super clean and close in 3 hours early, a nice rooms. It was a nice way to rap up the trip. We had a really nice meeting for worship where we talking about how the trip was and how it will stay with us. It had a really nice view of the mountains.
May 25th Puebla
The last place we stayed in Mexico was a city near Mexico City: Puebla. It is a very unique city because it was under French rule for a very long time. As we drove through it on the way to our hotel, the influences were clear. Of the places we visited, Puebla struck me as being the most European, both in terms of buildings, and people. Though most of us were tired, and ready to go back to the US, most people explored the town a bit that evening. The ice cream wasn't that great actually, but all the other food was delicious. It was made even better by the fact that many street musicians came up and serenaded us during the meal. There were also copious amounts of clowns in Puebla, some of us made the mistake of walking through the middle of a clown show and received some friendly harassment, and laughter at our expense from about 30 Poblanos.
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