donde vivo (where I live)

This morning our group met at the Zocalo (central plaza area) at 10:30 to go tour a couple places in Taxco. We also took a combi to this huge statue of Christ at the very top of this one mountain where we could get a view of the whole city. It's really interesting, because there are so many figures of Christ and others from the Bible, but there seems to be little faith involved. Life is very different.

Here are three pictures to give you a little glimpse of life in Taxco. It took approximately an hour for these to load, so I probably won't do this very often unless I find a stronger internet connection at an internet cafe. But anyway, just to give you an idea...

This is what the streets look like, except there are a lot more people and taxis and combis, usually. People don't drive cars, they either ride the combi or the taxi. All the taxis look like that white one there in the forefront of the picture - they are the coolest cars ever. :) But anyway, those are doors to shops on either side of the street. Like I said, Taxco is famous for it's silver, so most of the shops are for that.

This is the street where I live. That big black door on the left is essentially the garage door, and that's how you get in. I'll take some more pictures of the inside later.

And this is my bedroom. :) Definitely the tiniest place I've ever lived (and I've lived in multiple tiny places...) but I absolutely love it. I'm standing in the doorway that goes to the hallway taking the picture, and the door you see leads out to a tiny balcony that looks out into the city.

By the way, Addie, after I sent that email - it rained. Just a little bit... but guess what?! There's thunder in Mexico too! :)