Parent week also continued with the arrival of Dan's parents on Monday. They were in and out a little more than Wesleigh's. Since Wesleigh and I have such similar schedules I was able to visit with her parents quite a bit. It was fun to have her parents around and get to know Wesleigh's back story a little more (much to her chagrin :-D). They left on Wednesday. Dan's parents stayed a little later and had a little baggage trouble. I'm not actually sure how it was resolved, but their baggage was lost en route to Mexico and I don't think it was recovered until the end of their trip. They therefore had to wear the exact same outfits every day. They also were very nice and quite obviously Dan's parents in a very good way.
Our patio. And what's left of our tree.
Opposite angle. My window is in the background.
Descanso was fun. Friday was a very chill night spent hanging out in the Cuernavaca volunteers' apartment where I met Whitney's brother Matt who funnily enough is the same age as my brother Matt. Crazy world. We decided to head to Mexico City Six Flags the next day. Saturday was therefore a relatively early morning for a descanso. We caught a bus from the Pullman station which gave us a good rate for both our bus tickets and our park entry. Six Flags was a lot of fun. It was another mini-USA minus all the Spanish. Matt very kindly upgraded all our tickets so we could skip the long lines.
Me and Whitney in the main entry road through the park.
Us (Matt, Whitney, and I) after a raft ride on my recommendation. Unfortunately it was one of those raft rides that soaked everyone and it was the cloudiest day of my current Mexico experience. Repercussion: it took FOREVER to dry. And the group wasn't very happy with me. My recommendations were not permitted the rest of the day.
Medusa, one of the big roller coasters of the park. The park itself was located pretty centrally to the city and on all the big coasters we had great views of the city. The borders were not visible of course, but Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world.
The Bat-mobile sitting outside the Batman coaster. Pretty cool.
The Dolphin Discovery show was pretty neat and educational (at least the facts I could understand). It was kind of funny because all the signs around the park were in English (copyright reasons), but all the instructions/talking was in Spanish. An interesting contrast.
Sunday was very low key. I went by Starbucks for a little more homesickness therapy and headed back to Miacatlan relatively early to Skype. And that was it! A lot of sleeping, a lot of roller coasters, and a lot of fun. Good descanso, but sad about the tree.
Monica and Wesleigh trying out the throne and showing off the results of the afternoon activities. Looks like a pretty good fit.
Dan, also showing how good we make that stump look. Or how good the stump makes us look? Uh oh. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
