where in the world is kelsey ??: tepic, mexico.

so we were told for some reason that tepic is a desert. but it isn't at all! tepic is in a valley, and it's so green there! it almost looked like a rainforest, it was gorgeous and it rained every single day. our week there was pretty laid back and i had a lot of time to spend with my host family. there were two girls, diana (16) and paola (11) who both spoke fluent english. my parents however, elvia and horacio, spoke no english. haha, so their daughters translated the whole time. but i tried to use some of my spanish skills, too. to get to tepic, we had to take a six hour ferry ride from baja california to the mainland. then we took an 8 hour bus ride south to tepic. it was a long travel day, but a lot of fun too. during the week, we went to a place where they help baby sea turtles have a better chance of survival so that they don't become extinct. we all got to hold baby sea turtles, which was really neat. one night we went out to a place called the mandala for dancing and it was awesome because my host sister went, but so did everyone else from up with people! it was sooooo fun. then on our free host family day they took me to this amazingggg lake and we went swimming in a pool nearby all day. overall, i really reallyyyy loved tepic and i hope one day i'll be able to go back there. :)