Anybody Have Mexico Vacation Plans in the Near Future?
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Totally unrelated but I guess related. I've only been to Mexico once. It was 1999 and I was traveling there with my church youth group as a 17 year old to volunteer at an orphanage. It was located in Morelia and it was also my first international trip (and first flight). I recall landing at night and the smell of cool fresh spring air as I got off the plane on the tarmac was mesmerizing and so refreshing.
The orphanage work was rewarding, about 25 very cute young kids, we rebuilt their playground, yard, etc. It was located in the middle of the rural countryside, next to a horse farm. The people were beyond nice. I remember seeing signs for Coca-Cola everywhere, like...dirt road for 10 miles but in the middle is a shack that sells... Coca-Cola. How funny. I was too young to know much about any potential violence or risk there. Perhaps it's a bias from my first big trip but the country really made an impression, beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful food... countries like that (and Cuba for example) are a shame they don't realize the potential they have with their culture/food/geography.
Anyway, a bit of a ramble. I should look up that orphanage to see if it's still doing well. I guess kids there are now in their late 20's.
Side note: In our hotel one of our fellow youth group kids brought out a 6 pack of beer or something. It was the first time most of us ever had a taste of alcohol, lol. Kids will be kids....
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Wow, sorry for the derail. I just did some random searching, I recalled a dormant (I hope) volcano on the left so I knew it was north of the city. Very first place I clicked on I found it. The sod is doing well. The area around it is much more rundown and poor than I remember, funny how the brain works.
EDIT: Found the website. What are the odds, the founder lives in Minnesota! https://moreliahomeforchildren.org/gallery/
