These are some of the greatest girls I have EVER met. They are a blessing seriously. We are all from the States. Amy is from Ohio, Stephanie on the other side of me is from Canada, MY BAD, and Gillian on the end is the read head from Scotland/grew up in North Carolina. We all have classes that we teach here and are able to whine about how discouraged we get and toss ideas around for how we can get our kids to be more motivated. Over all, great girls. I feel blessed to have met such great people.

This is Alejandro. Another person with a BIG heart. I met him "drunkily" at a bar and he sobered me up by arguing with me about the US, Cuba, and literature that we had both read about our favorite ideas, Don Quijote, Reinaldo Arenas-Cuban author thrown in jail for expressing liberal ideas and tearing away from the communist party. we walked home as the sun was coming up and he met up with me on the beach the next day and we had the same conversations. He was in Acapulco for a convention because he is a librarian in Chihuaha which is a state in the north of Mexico, next to where my mom is from. During the day he was handing out books to promote literacy, and etc. These are the people/conversations I have been waiting to meet and to have. Someone who makes me look at something different. A side I had never known. I love opening my mind to new ideas and new sides of the fence. We are meeting in November for a protest against the "drug lords" taking over the country in Mexico City. Scary, but can't wait.

Beautiful sunset in Acapulco the first night we were there.

Touching the Pacific Ocean for the first time.

Overall, Acapulco was a great experience. Beautiful beach, AGAIN, not Belize though!