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Oxkintok

2008-01-27T21:41:54Z

Yesterday we went to Oxkintok. Hugo came with us, and he talked about all sorts of things on the way there. He told us about how Merida used to be a Mayan city that was given a name meaning “the ones facing the sky.” Spaniards came...

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Don't fold your tacos

2008-01-25T21:39:39Z

I haven’t had much to blog about lately because we haven’t been doing much this week, except for going to Mambo on Wednesday, because we had our Spanish final today. Mambo was a lot of fun again, except Jessie ended up going to the h...

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Food thus far

2008-01-23T02:06:20Z

Lunch today was a fantastic surprise, we had tacos! Unexpectedly, we haven’t had many of them. Usually we’ll be given some sort of meat (which will be very good on its own) and then handed plain corn tortillas. Then you’re expected...

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Fun Sunday

2008-01-21T02:05:17Z

This morning we woke up early and got breakfast from a street vendor next to a highway, which I something I’ve never done before. They even had some plastic tables and chairs set up on the sidewalk and a romantic music radio station ...

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Cenotes and my first ctenosaur

2008-01-20T02:04:23Z

I thought the cenote trip today would be a bust because the other two cenotes we saw were so fantastic, but it wasn’t at all. We were at the ancient Mayan city Dzibilchaltun, and got our first look at some ruins. The biggest building we saw was...

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Museo Regional de Antropologia

2008-01-19T02:03:28Z

Today we went to the Museo Regional de Antropologia to check out some Mayan history. We learned how to write numbers and years the way the Mayan did, but it was pretty tricky at first. I had a kid from China helping me out with the math. We al...

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Beetles are high fashion

2008-01-18T02:02:08Z

Culture class today was fantastic. We went shopping at La Casa de los Artesanos and Arte Chiapenco. There was a lot of jewelry, hammocks, alcohol, and Mayan vanilla. There was also a lot of zarapes, which are those Mexican blankets...

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We made panuchos in class today

2008-01-17T02:00:54Z

We had a test in Spanish today and then for culture class we learned how to make panuchos. The tortilla was made out of cornmeal, and then stuffed with beans. Then it was fried (yum!) and chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, and onions...

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Botanical Garden

2008-01-16T02:00:09Z

Today we went to the botanical garden and identified plants, while being attacked by bugs. A lot of the plants on our taxonomy weren’t there but we saw our first Ceiba tree (muy importante!), lots of palms, Henequen, Bull-thorn Acacia, orchids, a...

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People from Belize speak English!

2008-01-15T01:59:12Z

The other student living with Delia is back from visiting her family (she’s been living here for six months). Her name is Dani and she’s from Belize. She lives with Delia because she goes to medical school here in Merida. I felt like a complet...

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