So I`m a little behind I guess on keeping up with this blog thing. SO, I will do a quick summary, which is actually just an excerpt from an email I sent.

I`ve gone to a lot of different places over the past few weeks. I stayed in Oaxaca city for 4 or 5 days and visited a few close by pueblos as well. Then I went to another part of the state called el Istmo, to a town called Juchitan, where I was the only tourist. It was kind of wierd and uncomfortable, but really good because I learned a lot in just a few days about being alone, but not feeling lonely per se, and about being truly self sufficient. After that, I went to a chill beach town for a few days...it was so relaxing!!! It was also the total opposite of where I had been, as I was staying in a hostal where it was really easy to meet people.

After that I went back to Oaxaca City for a week, and visited some more towns. I also went camping in this increadible place, which has these crazy calcium formations...I`ll post pics later. Then I went to Mexico city to meet up with my friend Ellia on Saturday!! When she arrived she told me her sister was coming for a week too. So we picked her up yesterday. But before doing that, we went to a little town called San Francisco Tepoxuxuca. Our friend Erin has a boyfriend in the states who`s from there. He hasn`t been home in 5 years. We went to visit his family and it was really interesting. They are very simple rural people, and seemed a little uncomfortable with us, but were really hospitable. They also really miss their son so much, so it was a little sad. We brought them pictures and stuff, which I think was nice for them.
So we stayed there for about 3 hours, then took the 1.5 hour bus back to Mexico City to pick up Ellia`s sis. After that, we took a night bus to Guanajuato, which is where we are now.

I am having a great time. I can`t believe I`ve been here for almost a month now...Wow!