our family trip to NC MEXICO

Monday morning we woke up and were so grateful that we did not go camping because it was pretty cold. However, we did not have a back up plan so we decided that we would take a trip to MEXICO!! via Solomon Airlines. WOW! (impressive eh?)
First we had to quickly make up our passports.
(sorry had to delete passports gave true identities!)
The passports were handed out and they went through immigration and then were asked to head out to AIRINCREDIBLE, aren't the rims pretty fly?? OOPS, my bad. You can't see the rims. But, trust me. They are fly! (yeah, I know it's a dated term but work with me here)


On INCREDIBLEAIR you have first class seating. No beverages served.

Coach class seating. Look how miserable the passengers are. Maybe, they ought to consider serving beverages??

LOOK here, we climbed the AZTEC Temple

WE did it, Look how happy we are!

When we got to the streets of Mexico they were all paved with cobblestone. It is so nice.

As in Puerto Rico there are vendors all over the streets beckoning you to come in and barter with them.


I wanted to educate ourselves about the country we are about to visit. Just a little info on Mexico.
Mexico Is a country in north america and the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world. It also has the largest number of American Indian language speakers on the continent (the majority speaking Nahuatl, Mayan, Mixtec and Zapotec). For thousands of years, Mexico was a land of hunter-gathe rers. Around 9,000 years ago, ancient Mexicans domesticated corn and initiated an agricultural revolution, leading to the formation of many complex civilizations.
Such fine workmanship

dulceria -means candy store

This was an amazing soccer store! It has everything


This play area is huge and it goes all the way up to the ceiling

Look we even met an authentic Mexican. Isn't she beautiful? I forgot what city she is from but it happens to be the most beautiful. That would be the area I want to visit when we really do go. This is Joanna, she is our neighbor of 11 years and she works in one of the shops.

WE had a lot of fun visiting this little haven. I tried to make it really exciting. This place is exciting. There is authentic food and pastries. You literally feel like you are walking in another country. There are many brown faced people and they all speak Spanish. I felt like I needed my passport. It was very interesting and fun and the people of Mexico are very inviting and friendly. They love for you to get to know their culture.
For three centuries, Mexico was colonized by Spain, during which time the majority of its indigenous population died off. Formal independence from Spain was recognized in 1821. France then invaded Mexico in 1864 and ruled briefly until 1867. A war with the United States ended with Mexico losing almost half of its territory in 1848 and the Mexican Revolution would later result in the death of 10% of the nation's population. Since then, Mexico as a nation-state has struggled with reconciling its deeply-entrenched indigenous heritage with the demands of the modern Western cultural model imposed in 1519. The nation's name is derived from the Mexican civilization (known in popular culture as the Aztecs).

Area: 1,958,200 sq km
Population: 101,000,000
Official Name: Estados Unidos Méxicanos
Capital City: Mexico City (337,000)
People: Mexican
Official Language: Spanish
Languages Spoken: Spanish, Latin American Spanish, 62 indigenous languages, and English
Government: Federal Republic
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant, 4% other
Independence: 16 September 1810 (From Spain)
National Holidays:
-Mexican Independence Day, September 16: the day that Miguel Hidalgo delivered El Grito de Dolores, and announced the Mexican revolt against Spanish rule.
-Flag Day, February 24: honouring the Mexican Flag
-Primero de Mayo: May 1: equivalent to the U.S. Labor Day
-Cinco de Mayo: May 5: honoring the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla de los Angeles in 1862.
Of ficial Currency: Mexican Peso (MXN)
Land Area: 1,958,200 sq km
Bordering Body of Water - lies between the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Time Zone: GMT/UTC
Major Industries: Food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
National Flag Consists of three vertical bands
Coat of Arms Land of the Eagle and the Snake
National Flower Dahlia
National Bird Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)
National Sport Soccer
National Tree The cypress, known in Spanish as ahuehuete
(Taxodium mucronatum)