We visited Oaxaca, one of the poorest places in Mexico. This is me with a couple kids who were living on the street with thier family. It is so sad to see that there are so many people in other parts of the world who don't even have their basic needs provided for. It was a good experience though because it helped me see how much I have and that I need to be more grateful and give ot others.
This is Lalo. Rachel and I met hm at the Zocalo (central park). He was studying English in school and heard us speaking so he came up and talked to us. He was really nice and helpful. He spent 2 hours just showing us around and practicing Spanish with us. The people in South America don't pay a lot of attention to time. People are a lot more important to them so even if they have an appointment, they will stay with the person they are with and miss the appointment because that is more important to them. This was an example of that.
Hey, It's my middle name!
This was so cool. We went to a black pottery shop. This guy is the son of Dona Rosa (any of you who have taken ceramics). He made this vase in about 15 minutes with just to plates made out of clay for spinning, clay, and water! It was incredible. He has taught all of his kids how to make hand made pottery and is now teaching his children. It is so cool how everything down there is hand made and unique. The people are very talented when it comes to crafts.
We visited Oaxaca, one of the poorest places in Mexico. This is me with a couple kids who were living on the street with thier family. It is so sad to see that there are so many people in other parts of the world who don't even have their basic needs provided for. It was a good experience though because it helped me see how much I have and that I need to be more grateful and give ot others.
This is Lalo. Rachel and I met hm at the Zocalo (central park). He was studying English in school and heard us speaking so he came up and talked to us. He was really nice and helpful. He spent 2 hours just showing us around and practicing Spanish with us. The people in South America don't pay a lot of attention to time. People are a lot more important to them so even if they have an appointment, they will stay with the person they are with and miss the appointment because that is more important to them. This was an example of that.
Hey, It's my middle name!
This was so cool. We went to a black pottery shop. This guy is the son of Dona Rosa (any of you who have taken ceramics). He made this vase in about 15 minutes with just to plates made out of clay for spinning, clay, and water! It was incredible. He has taught all of his kids how to make hand made pottery and is now teaching his children. It is so cool how everything down there is hand made and unique. The people are very talented when it comes to crafts.
We went to a really cool zoo in Belize where Jen and I got to hold a snake. I guess I was feeling brave that day because I have never held a snake and I wasn't planning on ever holding one.
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