Vacation to Oaxaca!

 Our first vacation began on Thursday morning at 5 am... very early! we got on a bus with our own private bus driver named Raphael (like the ninja turtle) we drove for a few hours to get to some really neat ruins in Oaxaca. There we ate breakfast and looked out over the city!

This was my breakfast... it looks just like a normal omelette...

but it has grasshoppers in it! they are a delicacy in Oaxaca (and yes... i really did eat it!)

I thought this was the funniest thing ever! instead of a snowman... it is a cactus man!

These bugs made the craziest sounds! i took a video of them too... so I'll post that later!

Next we got back on the bus for an extremely long bus ride through the windiest rode in the jungle! but here's the crazy part... we got stuck for an extra three hours because there was a car wreck and the road was too narrow for cars to pass... we were stranded in the Mexican jungle for hours in the dark! ay chihuahua! ha ha but we made it out and finally got to Huatulco at around 2:00 am! we didn't know where we were going to sleep that night... but we met a nice man on a mo-ped who brought us to a super nice apartment building where we were able to rent a room for only 125 pesos a night! that's only $12.50 a night! and it was super nice with two bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, kitchen and even a big pool! excelente! 

 

i got this delicious muffin at a supermarket... it tasted just like a black and white cookie from new york!

well we spent the next few days on some beautiful beaches with soft sand and big waves! we snorkeled, saw the movie Rio (in Spanish of course!), watched a Cinco de Mayo parade, ate some not so Mexican food (cereal and nutella sandwiches), and even got in some shopping! overall it was an excellent trip... even though i got a little sunburnt :(

 I got funny tan lines from my holey shoes!

ha ha we were having fun with our shadows on the beach!

This is us eating dinner at an "American" restaurant in Huatulco! it wasn't too delicious...