Gemma's World Teaching Journal

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Mexico

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La Huasteca and Xilitla

Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [21]

Anyway - the trip was good and bad...  we hired the car and were so so happy with it cos they upgraded us to a car 2 models up from what we'd ordered for only $300 which is about £15 so that seemed like a bargain!!!  We set out at 5:30am but took the ... Read more >


Ciudad Valles and Waterfalls

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | Views [131] | Comments [2]

This weekend i felt the need to get away by myself. I'd had a bit of a stressful week and the idea of heading out to the countryside of La Huasteca appealed greatly. So early on Saturday morning I headed out to Ciudad Valles - a town about 5 hours ... Read more >


Guanajuato

Wednesday, 26 Mar 2008 | Views [72]

Feeling very glad not to be at work, me and Sam and Lesley headed for Guanajuato, via Leon as the only direct first class bus to Guanajuato from San Luis left at 4:25am and we weren't up for starting our holiday quite so early.  So it was quicker to ... Read more >


Queretaro

Wednesday, 19 Mar 2008 | Views [112]

This weekend I had Monday off for Semana Santa, so idecided to make the most of it and head off on a little trip to Queretaro on my own.  I went early on Sunday morning, dropped my things off at the youth hostel (comically named La Jirafa Roja) and headed ... Read more >


Media Luna

Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [154]

Just a quick note to acompany my photos of Media Luna. I was invited to go to this pine forest/lake by one of my students and his friends.  We just went for the day as it's only about 1 1/2 - 2 hours from San Luis Potosi - in fact it's still in SLP ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors


Aguascalientes

Wednesday, 6 Feb 2008 | Views [214]

This weekend we had Monday off work so me and my housemate Sam, decided to go on a trip to Aguascalientes – a city about 3 hours away.   We’d heard mixed reports about it so weren’t quite sure what to expect.   We left on Saturday afternoon ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures


Zacatecas

Friday, 4 Jan 2008 | Views [159]

We hadn't really planned to do any other trips over the xmas holidays and were just going to stay in San Luis, but on the recommendations of several of my friends we decided to have an overnight trip to Zacatecas, another mexican silver mining town about ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


Real de Catorce

Thursday, 3 Jan 2008 | Views [219]

Finally, after a long day's travelling, we arrived in Real de Catorce.  Or rather on the other side of the Ogarrio tunnel from Real de Catorce.  We had to wait for a bus to take us through the tunnel, which was long, lacking in oxygen and one of the ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors


Christmas and Matehuala

Thursday, 3 Jan 2008 | Views [286]

Well, I did a lot over the xmas holidays, and enjoyed my new camera that Ed brought me from Spain to replace my old one which gave up on taking landscapes to my annoyance...  We visited Matehuala, Real de catorce and Zacatecas and of course spent some ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


San Pedro

Tuesday, 11 Dec 2007 | Views [240] | Comments [2]

This weekend we decided to do a day trip to San Pedro, a small silver mining town 20 mins from San Luis Potosi.  No buses go there but we'd been assured it was easy to go by taxi and it wouldn't cost excessive amounts. Unfortunately the taxui driver ... Read more >

Tags: Lost!


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