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It’s traditional in Guiding to reflect on your experiences. As we leave Mexico City, we’re sharing three things: – Something that rocked – Something we’d change or leaf behind – Something that will stick with us. Rock: Esmé: Street vendors … Continue reading →

We began our day in a van with our good friend Jose Luis (our tour guide from the pyramids ) whose wife was apparently very happy to hear that Trudeau and his wife have separated. We went to Xochimilco, where … Continue reading →

We started our day by taking the bus to our first museum of the day. We saw the mural entitled A Sunday In The Park, by Diego Rivera. Everyone found it super cool and had fun identifying the different historical … Continue reading →

We took the bus to the zoo this morning, with a quick pitstop by a playground. Once at the zoo, we visited two sections of the enormous property (tropical and temperate). Our favorite animals included: pandas, white tigers, primates, lemurs, … Continue reading →

After a fairly long walk, we hopped on an older, more rickety, purple bus that took us almost all the way to our first aquarium. Unfortunately, we arrived at the same time as a huge daycare group, but fortunately we … Continue reading →

We’re already halfway through our trip! Today was a shopping day. We had a late start and then visited the Mexican Girl Guide shop for some souvenirs and then headed towards an indoor market in our neighbourhood, the Mercado Insurgentes. … Continue reading →

The teens’ alarm didn’t go off this morning, so the day started with breakfast in pyjamas. Our main street, the Paseo de la Reforma, is closed to vehicles on Sundays and was filled with joggers, rollerbladers and cyclists. We stuck … Continue reading →

We went to the Teotihuacan pyramids today. We were picked up at 9am by our tour guide, Jose Luis, who had a Canadian cap given him by Trudeau Sr., who he said was very nice. On the way, we stopped … Continue reading →

We woke up early and had breakfast at the hostel and it was much more substantial than we expected – they even made us quesadillas! The teens have requested to be called people or kidlets as a group. Youth, Pathfinders … Continue reading →

It is only 8:15 but we are exhausted with the 2 hour time difference. We all met at the airport at 7am and made it through check in and security. On the plane the movies were all in Spanish, so … Continue reading →