Oaxaca!!!

This week we went to Pinotepa, Oaxaca, for a wedding. If you don't know where that is, google map it. I didn't know. It's a good 18 hour drive from Guadalajara. On the way there it took 19 hours to get there (we got lost in Mexico City for an hour), but the way home only took 15 hours. I don't know why, I slept most of it. On the way there we had 13 people in a 13 passenger van. On the way home we had 14 in a 12 passenger van. Equals 26 both times, I guess. Some highlights of the trip were: driving through desert mountains (with cactuses!!!) listening to Petra's Beyond Belief CD; eating iguana; drinking Coca-Cola like my father does; drinking coconut water out of a coconut with a straw (I didn't particularly like the coconut water, but it was a cool experience); seeing a cockfight (they're not illegal here apparently); wearing pretty dresses; going to both ceremonies (Mexican weddings have two ceremonies: a legal one and a religious one. Both are celebrations); making chocolate covered strawberries for the reception; going shopping in Pinotepa; going to the beach on Saturday, playing Dutch Blitz at the beach; and understanding most of what was being said. On the whole, it was a good week.