While staying in San Miguel, we were repeatedly encouraged to visit nearby Guanajuato. Plenty of tours were available for about $75 a head, but inevitably organized tours are a compromise between the fattest, laziest, most decrepit, and loudest people in the group. Since we lack patience for any of those characteristics, we decided to slum it and organize everything ourselves.
Core strength is important, and there are many great ways to build it. Crunches, Pilates, hacking cough marathons… but after 2 nights in a row of little, if any, sleep due to a deep cough that just wouldn’t quit, I decided to get some outside help
Good Morning Mexico!
“How long are you in Mexico?”
Me: I’m not sure, maybe one more month.
“That is fantastic! Isn’t it great here?”
Me: Absolutely, we love it! The weather is amazing, the people are incredibly friendly, and the cost of living is so agreeable. What more could you ask for?
“We have the results in from the chest X-ray. Please give us a call as soon as possible so we can discuss next steps.” A call to my doctor informed me that I might have a growth on my heart. “Or it could be an issue with the film, we can’t be sure. The best thing to do right now is come in for another X-ray.” (more…)
An hour bus ride outside of Mexico City sit the remains of a 2000 year old city, Teotihuacan. Predating the Aztec empire by 1000 years or more, the people of Teotihuacan believed that the universe and man originated from a cave under the city. Temples to various gods were constructed along the 2 mile long Avenue of the Dead, with the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon being the largest.
