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Budget

Airfare roundtrip from Pittsburgh to Mexico City  $515.00
Car Rental for the week $143.00

Day 1 Mexico City
Hotel-$114.39
Palace of Fine Arts-$10.00

Day 2-Cabo
Cabo Villas-$275.00
Underwater Adventure $100.00
Lunch-$15.00

Day 3-Cancun
Hotel-$274.00
Swam with Dolphins-$135.00
Tour-$13.00

Day 4 -Cozumel
Hotel-$109.00
Scuba Diving-$29.00
ATV Tour-$65.00

Day 5-Acapulco
Hotel-$158.00
Lunch-$14.59
La Quebrada-Free
El Fuerte de San Diego-$2.19
Isla La Roqueta-$7.00

Day 6-Puerto Vallerta
Hotel-$110.00
Kayak rentals-$50.00
Restaurant- $24.59

Day 7-Playa del Carmen
Hotel-$109.00
Rancho El Charro-$61.50
Parasailing-$50.00

Total Expenses: $2384.26
Total Budget: $3000.00

9-3-11 last day :(

 Today is my last day in Mexico. This was a really fun experince and I can tell other people to travel there and maybe they will have as much fun. Puerto Vallarta is my last destination on my wonderful Mexico trip. Im going to Rancho El Charco to take a horse back ride threw threw the forest. Beautiful peaceful place to take a horse back ride. Then I'm going to Meramesphosis Day Spa. That felt amazing to my back. I got the Swedish Massage. Then I spent the rest of my day packing to go home wich was really depressing. I hate saying good-byes to anything. Now im going to travel back to Mexcio City to catch my flight. I learned ver many things about Mexcio traveling there there cultures are very differnt from ours. But there food is great.

9-2-11 Day 6

    Yesturday was a fun and exiting to watch people jump off cliffs. But now I'm headed to Playa del Carmen. This was a really fun trip. I went kyaking, para-sailing, and swimming. Swimming was just so relaxing. Just leatting the waves take you. Kayaking was intersting and fun.I really liked it and decided that I should star doing that more often. Para-sailing was amazing. I always have dreamed of doing that. And when i got the chance to i took it. I ate a Señor Frogs I had the cocunt shrimp with the umbeliveable sauce. Today was really a easy day I really just wanted to relax and take everything in that i have done on this trip. It was amazing and I love everthing i have done and i dont wanna leave this place.138: I stayed at Club Akumal Caribe Hotel that's pretty nice for one person to stay at. Nice clean little place. I had fun.

9-1-11 day5

  Woke up this morning and decided to head to Acapulco. I'm going to stay at Quinta Real Acapulco. This hotel was built into an 80 foot cliff.  Beautiful and peaceful place it is. The hotel was located away from the crowds and the view of the ocean was amazing. For breakfast I ate at the hotel some fresh fuit and eggs. I went to La Quebrada to watch the cliff divers jump off the huge cliffs into the ocean.  I ate lunch at the restaurant La Perla where I could eat and still watch the cliff divers.  I enjoyed a enchilada and a soda.  Then I traveled to El Fuerte de San Diego to enjoy the museum.  It showed about how soliders lived and you could view videos about the history of the museum.  The fort was intended to protect the main port of the western coast of Mexico.  Then I went to Isla La Roqueta to enjoy the small island and to I took a glass bottom boat ride.  It was a great experience.  The island was nice for taking hikes and sightseeing. 

8-31-11 day 4

 Cancun was a blast and now i'm gonna go to Cozumel also knowen as heaven on Earth. As soon as I got there i checked in right away. I went scubba diving, golfing, and on a wild tour. You had a bunch of choices to chose from to go in this tour. I picked the atv tour. That was really fun and I dont even like that type of stuff. Golfing was really fun. Having all that fun makes you really hungry after a while. I ate at the Plaza Lenza. I had the Chicken Fajitas which they was good. I plan on staying at Playa Azul ocean view. Beautiful can't wait till in the morning to wake up and see the beautiful sunrise and for tonight so see the sunset. Only two more days and I don't wanna leave Mexico. This place is to beautiful to leave behind.

Day 3 8-30-11

   Today is my birthday and I'm taking myself to Cancun Mexico. Some of my family has went there and none of them regret it. They love it and someday hope to go back. They also say it's gorgeous well i guess that i will have to find out for myself. I got up this morning and did the usual and got to Cancun and went sight seeing as soon as I could. Shopping was the first thing on my mind.Took a tour and that was awesome. Then I went and swam with the dolphins. That was the best thing that could happen to me. It was so relaxing. It was a wonderful experince. After all that I went and ate at the crab house. The crab houe was the best place I have at in a long time. I also went to the Aqurium right after swimming with the dolphins. I plan on staying somewhere nice for my birthday as a gift to me. It's called Fesia Americana Condes. A beautiful place to stay at. Has a nice veiw of the ocean. Cancun is a place that I would wanna come back to.

8-29-11 day 2

Woke up this morning and decided to go to Cabo San Lucas. Also knowen as party heven. They have good beaches and food. Many years ago pirates used to use this little island as a hide out spot. And over the past forty years people have used this place as a hang out spot. The beaches are beautiful the waters are really blue you can see your feet on the ocean floor. While I'm there I plan on taking a boat ride, underwater nature perserve and a tour of the Lands end rock. It is also really famous for fishing. Who would have guessed fishing really? You don't even know how many fishermen I have seen just walking the beaches. Theres is lots of partying along beaches and in the village. I had a blast at Cabo San Lucas. I plan on staying at Cabo Villas. Nice place right along the ocean I have a beautiful view.

day 1 8-28-11

8-28-11 day 1 in Mexico
  Today i'm headed to Mexico and my first stop will be Mexico City. I will be getting there bright and early in the morning and their breakfasts are not like ours at all they have dinner for breakfast pretty much. They have huge dishes full of everyday stuff. I ate breakfast at EI Cardenal they served sweet rolls and chocolate. That was tasty. I plan on going to the Chapultepec Park, Palace of Fine Arts and Shrine of Guadalupe. The Chapultepec Park is the largest park in the world and I enjoyed a nice quiet day there just walking the paths and looking at the ponds and buildings that were near by. Beautiful ponds surrounded it all threw the walk. Considered one of the most beautiful buildings in Mexico. It was filled with beautiful statues and murals.The Shrine of Guadalupe was very Catholic. People ask her to help them with their relationships or cancer. I will be staying at  Nápoles, Benito Juárez, Mexico City at Holiday Inn.

Mexican Dish: Birria

This traditional Mexican dish is often sold by street vendors in Mexico. Birria can be made with beef, veal, pork, goat or lamb making it quite versatile. Many people will use more than one type of meat, combining one, two or three kinds in one dish. Poultry is not traditionally used in this dish. You will need a Dutch oven or large casserole dish with a tight fitting lid and a rack that sits inside.

Prep Time: 24 hours

Cook Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 28 hours

Ingredients:

• 3-4 lbs meat with or without bones
• 4 guajillo chiles
• 3 ancho chiles

The camps were horrible i never want to see the outside i'm scared for life. They made it to were it was a prision. We had 45 total tents built for us the Boers.There was 28,000 of us men who was trapped in that prision. 25,30 of us was sent over seas the remainder was usually women and children. Our camps was not healthy for us. The food was bad, some was givin small amounts, poor diet and bad diseases. Most of my men died because of all this. It lead to many deaths which ment we lost some good ones which ment we had to add more which ment more familes was devistated. 27,927 Boers had died to starvation. Just over 22,000 was either 16 and under. 12,000 of my men died in this war. And there was a total of 55,000 of us out there fighting.Although the Transvaal was controlled by the Boer majority, many British settlers had established communities within its borders. 27,000 who died in the 31 consentration camps. In  Aliwal North concentration camp had 1 toilet for every 170 people.Us Beors lost 7,000 troops. The treaty ended on May 31 1902. No country holds the blame for cauing this war but it was a tuff battle and lots were killed.

second boer war

The Second Boer War was on October 11th 1899.Australia was still a collection of separate British colonies with a total population of less than 4 million on a land mass nearly as large as the United States. Shiploads of solders and horses was sent over for the Cape God of Hope. The first contingents arrived in South Africa in November 1899. Not just any soldiers just training up to 36 to 80 hours and then sent off. They arrived in small units since the British did that spilt them into groups. The Boers were fighting an unconventional war, one to which the Australians adapted easily and in which they were able to make a contribution quite out of proportion to their numbers.

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