Bienvenidos à México
Hola! Mexico is a PLACE! I've been here three full days and I can confidently say that Mexico is second to Turkey for the most different place I have ever experienced. I come from a quiet house, in a quiet neighborhood, in a quiet suburb back home. Here, I'm literally living right above a busy street in a crowded city. Construction starts on the roof of my host house at 8 am every morning. The streets here are crowded, but very narrow. There is so much traffic, and so little room for it. Therefore, there are so many car horns. Nothing here is quiet, and I have a new appreciation for the sound of absolutely nothing. There are so many smells. Sometimes, I feel as though I can simply smell heat. The best way I could describe that is the smell of all different car exhausts, all different foods, and all different people, all meshed into one smell all under sweltering heat. Which brings me to: Mexico is HOT and in the two cities I've visited at least, CROWDED as well! I do...