And wow, 3.5 weeks have flown by… Whilst I eat my leftover pity pizza from last night I’m reminiscing about travelling to the largest World Scout Jamboree (so far!) with 50,000 other people, being part of the inaugural World Scout Jamboree Band,
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Beth and I had breakfast, then it was time to get back on a train to Nottingham!
After arriving in Heathrow, we that were continuing back to Manchester said our goodbyes to those leaving us in Heathrow and we went on to find our next flight. The finding actually turned out to be harded than first thought. Whilst the
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Whilst having a balcony facing out on the main square in Mexico City sounds like a blessing, it was the exact opposite of a blessing at 7:30 this morning when some sort of parade was going on right outside our window… Still,
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We got up pretty early for our coach to take us most of the way back to Mexico City, but we called off at a place called Xochimilco, which obviously sounds a bit like chocky-milk-o (mmm), to go on one of the
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We left Mexico City pretty early, ready for a 3-hour coach journey and overnight stay in Puebla. Our first stop for the day was in the ‘magic town’ of Cholula, featuring the largest pyramid in the world (provided you count ‘largest’ as
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The day started with a coach journey to Teotihuacan, which is a place about 35km outside of Mexico City centre which has been somewhat untouched since the Aztecs were settled there. We climbed various temples there, as they are one of the
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We started the day with an interesting breakfast consisting of ‘usual’ breakfast bits, as well as tacos and other spicy things. Oh, and an amazing view of the main square of the city. We saw the Mexican flag being lowered in the
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Our coach left for the airport at 13:10, got a shuttle train to change terminal, then waited for our flight to Mexico City! We then boarded and were on our way! A quick coach to the hotel and we were there!
Since yesterday was so busy and my bus for the airport today left at 13:10, my only chance to explore the city was this morning. So Tom, Chris, Amy, and I all got the metro into the city centre. We got to
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