Last Mexico post

Now that it is nearly a month since I have been in Mexico, it is time for me to post the last of my pictures from my trip.

This is a typical street scene in Buenavista, a small Mexican village that we visited. We were told that many families in this village have family members in the US who are sending money back, so you can see improved streets and houses.

The health clinic/doctor's office in Buenavista.

An unpaved street in Buenavista.

Our leader Del talking to students at a Catholic elementary school that we visited.

We visited a pants factory in Buenavista. They were making Dockers khaki pants, supposedly only to be purchased in Mexico. They had primitive electricity and an assembly line of sorts. There was no air conditioning but plenty of fresh air. We did not see any child labor, but mostly woman.

We visited a leather shop in Buenavista, and this is the view from the front door. This is one of my favorite pictures from Mexico.

For dinner that evening we were taught how to make tamales, salsa, tortillas, and how to grind our own corn. Here they are showing us how to make the "dough" of tamales.

We stopped at this sandal/leather "strip mall" on the way out of Buenavista. I bought several pairs of sandals here for 50-60 pesos each (about $5-6). We saw them handmaking the sandals as we browsed.

The next day we took a walking tour of Cuernavaca, the city where we were staying and Cemanahuac school is located. This is the inside of the Cuernavaca cathedral, which was whitewashed but then restored to see the murals underneath. Only parts of them remain.

On Friday, our last full day in Mexico we drove to Teotihucuan, an ancient city of pyramids, of which only a portion have been restored. On our bus ride there, the tour guide pointed out the squatter communities on the hillsides as we drove by. These houses are literally built on the side of mountain, and most inhabitants are barely squeaking out an existence. Very sobering to think about.

The pyramids at Teotihucuan. It is hard to explain the size of this place and these pyramids. They are larger than you would imagine. This picture was taken from the Pyramid of the Moon. The Pyramid of the Sun is in the distance.

Megan Bonham and I on the Pyramid of the Moon, with the Pyramid of the Sun in the distance.

That is the end of my Mexico pictures. I hope you enjoyed them!!!