Why on Earth are you going to Mexico?

Nothing will burn you out faster than Corporate America. Need I say more? Instead of doing the logical thing and switching jobs or going back to school I decided to run away to teach English around the world. I’ve always been interested in exploring Central and South America so when I was offered a 4-month contract in Mexico I jumped on the chance to explore. The town I am living in is called  Tehuacan  and is about 3 hours Southeast of Mexico City and 2 hours West of the Gulf Coast. The population is just under 250,000 and the elevation here is about 5200 feet. Weather here is temperate and the people are all friendly so I feel like I’ve been pretty luck so far.

Getting started on this grand adventure was an adventure all on its own. Apparently there's a new rule about 45-min check-in time that I missed since my dear  friend Paulina and I were trying to find a second suitcase for me (new charge for over 50 lbs is $200 per flight that I discovered at 4 am that morning - so I was desperate). I wouldn't have made it anyways since the security line was about an hour and a half long. Apparently that day there were some cancelled flights in addition to back to school traffic so people were missing their flights before they even cleared security and were being sent back to the check-in counters. In the end it all worked out and I was placed on standby for my flights, which I made. It just pushed things back so I arrived in Tehuacan at 2 am.