Highlights from Puebla, Veracruz, and Villahermosa

Puebla:
-walking around the beautiful downtown area
-moving all of our stuff from one hostel to one right across the street
-trying tons of typical food of the area including cemitas, una pasita, y tacos árabes
-eating TWO crickets (this is absolutely for real...pictures to come)
-seeing tiles on every single building
-visitng the university where I would have studied had I not gone to Guanajuato
-getting to spend time with some great people :)

Veracruz:
-spending the first night there looking for Lisa's contact lens...which we never found
-hanging out with Pablo and his family
-not traveling in a single bus or taxi while in Veracruz (thanks Pablo)
-swimming in the beach for about 2 seconds before getting yelled at by the lifeguards

Villahermosa:
We arrived in Villahermosa at 6 in the morning when nothing was open, so we sat in Starbucks. We walked around the city for a little while and then left at 3pm. So, not much to report for those 9 hours...

Now, we are in Palenque Chiapas which is by far my favorite city so far on this trip. We're in the middle of the jungle and today went to explore the Mayan ruins which are so impressive. We're staying in a little hut that's part of campground and we're going to spend tomorrow night in an indigenous village in the jungle. Needless to say, it's AWESOME. We're going to spend Christmas in Palenque as well since we like it here so much. And then, on to Mérida...

Merry Christmas!!