My Big Adventures

Well, it had to happen eventually. After 13 days on the road, with different food than I'm used to, with fairly constant stress living in a different culture and operating in a different language, and with a daily struggle to stay warm, my body finally rebelled with great drama. Not to get into the details, but I ended up in bed all day today, and missed the Wednesday excursion. Considering the shape i was in all day, an afternoon on the bus would have been rather unpleasant for all of us. The goal, though, is to get better for an all day excursion on Sunday to Mexico City and the ancient city of Teotihuacan (the pyramid of the sun). It should be amazing. Setting aside today, the week has been fun. 6 of us headed out to "Las Luchas" Monday night - the Mexican version of World Wide Wrestling. Incredibly entertaining, funny, and the best use of $20 I've had for a long time - $20 bought ring side seats and beer. The guys wrestling in Las Luchas definitely get bonus marks in gymnastics - some of their stunts like handstands and backflips from the ropes were amazing to see. The audience was even funnier - kids with drums, horns, little kids swarming the wrestlers after the matches for autographs and pictures - and the wrestlers accommodated. Outside, there was two square blocks of vendors selling food, masks, and other stuff. Now, that compares with a free production of Nutcracker that we saw Sunday afternoon. Quite the week of culture! Something impressive here is that arts and culture activities, and museum entries, etc are free or cheap. Here's to getting better - my host family is off getting me some tea and meds to settle things down a bit. Hasta Luego!