Stilt Walking Movies

Our show at El Mango was a great success.  We had a wonderful time and lots of friends came out to support us.  We will upload footage from that tonight.  Here are some clips from our second stilt walking workshop yesterday.  Everyone was independently strolling around, picking fruit from high up in the trees and we even got some great choreography going.  After the show, we played a huge game of soccer until it was too dark to see the ball.  Today we will be in the market and we will attend a birthday party that we were all invited to.  The van will pick us up at 3:30 am to head to the airport.  See you soon!

Stilt Walkers and Photo Journalists

Well, all eight kids are officially stilt walkers now.  It was amazing to watch the process   unfold so quickly and see everyone walking around confidently way up high in the air.  We will go to part two of the workshop this morning and then get ready for our show later today.

We had another cooking class yesterday as well.  We made a sort of Mexican eggnog and pudding to bring over to Ivan's house where we had a bonfire and then watched Suki's selection of each kid's best photos from the trip thus far.  It was incredible to see the images projected and notice how unique each person's perspective can be. Suki would like to put together a book of a lot of the best shots from each person.

It is hitting home that our trip is coming to a close.  We will be waking up at 3:00 am on Monday morning to take a van  back to Mexico City for our early flight.  Tomorrow we will climb up to the pyramid and finish shopping, pack up and say goodbye to a lot of people.  We look forward to seeing our families on Monday.  We will do our best to get some footage of our show today.  The kids sound great.  We will be singing six or seven songs.

Three Videos from our Day

Making Breakfast with Senora Tere.

Drum Workshop with Mo

(The camera died during this song, but you can get a taste of our jam in the taco restaurant).

El Rollo

We didn't carry a camera around with us all day, but here are a few shots of the water park.  We all woke up at 6:00 am and took a bus that we rented through Cuernavaca to the countryside where El Rollo is located.  The trip took about an hour and we were 19 people (15 kids and 4 adults).  We are proud to say that we were the first ones there and the last ones gone. 

We had a private area with two hot tubs just for us.  Here is a before and after of that and a few other pictures.  Click on them to enlarge.  Enjoy!

Thunder and Lightening!

We are experiencing a huge storm right now and it is quite exciting.  We decided that we will bring all of the boys' beds downstairs so they aren't spooked all night by the noise.  It should make for a cozy nights sleep.  We will be waking up at 6:30 for our day at the water park tomorrow.  

We had a long and great rehearsal this morning and then spent most of the day in the town doing our "treasure hunt".  The boys' team got side-tracked by the Orchata stand and barely got through their list at all.  We will try again later in the week, it was really fun.
 
Our schedule is pretty packed right up until we will be leaving.  We will not be calling until tomorrow night or Thursday morning if we don't catch you.  We hope everyone is well and having a great time doing what you are doing.  Hasta Pronto.  Sarita

More Photos

Bean and Seed Mosaic by Avi

Hi.  Today we went to Amatlan, the birthplace of Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent God.  You may have heard the story that when Cortez came here, they thought he and his white horse were an incarnation of him.  The swimming holes and nature in the town are amazing.  Here are photos from the rest of the gang from the last 3 days.

El Comal by Avi

La guitarra by Avi

Market by Avi

Chili pile by Avi

Cactus, Dog, Branch by Avi

Ada y Xochi by Claire

Dog love by Claire

Interior of Ivan's by Claire

Soaking wet and loving it by Claire

Onion Man by Claire

After the hike by Ethan

Pine needles by Ethan

Suki style by Ethan

Tomatoes by Ethan

VW Thing by Ethan

Comal  by Jonah

The Market by Jonah

Police by Jonah

Ferret or Wiesel by Jonah

Virgin alter by Kaya

For My Mom, Love Kaya

For Mom, Love Kaya

Meat, by Kaya

Skipping Rocks, by Sarita

Amatlan Creek, by Sarita

 (Sorry about the sideways shots, when I figure out which program I have to turn them around, I will edit.)  Today we have our Market Treasure hunt and we are cooking and rehearsing.  The sun is out!

Photos by the Kids

Market Kids by Shanti

Ethan in a whirlpool by Matthew

by Matthew

by Matthew

The famous "tepoztnieves" by Mathew

colored chicks by Shanti

Virgin by Maggie

Fields of Nopales by Matthew

By Matthew

Market Day by Shanti

Market Day by Shanti

Our House by Maggie

Our Door by Maggie

By Maggie

Ivan's Ranch (where our hike began) by Matthew

Our feet (by Maggie)

Photos from everyone else coming later this evening...one card at a time!  We just got back from hiking and swimming in rivers and waterfalls in Amatlan.   Enjoy the photos.