One Week In

So I haven't posted in the last few days and I'm not going to even try to remember every thing in order but i will try to tell you the highlights. The orphanage had gotten so much better. They opened up to us a lot more, they just needed lots of love and attention. Today was our last day and I finally got to hold little baby Santiago (4 months old). They all love us now. It's so sad that we have to leave and never see them again. I got attached. Oops. Today Kimberly was doing my hair. And we all took pictures in a group to keep and not post for security reasons. I opened snapchat up and had them play with the filters and they were enjoying that a little too much ahhahah.

We zip lined today. I was absolutely terrified and excited. We did 13 lines and two of them were completely vertical. The view was gorgeous and it didn't rain at all and clouds were not ruining anything. We had perfect timing because when we got finished, it started to get cloudy. But we went with two guys, about our age so it was a lot of fun. They were very helpful and fun to hang out with. One of the stands was really scary, we were standing on a fence, like a metal diamond fence where you can look down and it was kinda flimsy in areas.

I went out with four girls two nights ago I think. Tuesday. It was crazy. Lots of dancing. Machismo culture clearly there. Guys standing there staring at us dancing, very obvious and they did not care. It was very uncomfortable. I've never felt so unsafe. I definitely had to push them off but overall I had fun and I got my tequila.

Mas information:

• Dirt bikes instead of mopeds here
• Flor's food is amazing as always
• Everything is gated, stores and houses completely locked with gates
• Uber is illegal here but they do it anyway
• I realised foreign grocery stores are my favourite places to explore
• The nine grandchildren put on a fashion show for us at the house, super cute
• I've never seen so many ways to cook a banana
• Andrea and Kaersti are our roommates 
• I'm getting even more terrified about Mexico City in July, the machismo culture. And me being alone and American. I'm absolutely terrified.