Weeeeel....my first choice was Indonesia. I was planning on going to Denpasar to study Bahasa Indonesia followed by the Trinity College TESOL course. My aim was to work and live in Indonesia for as long as possible but it all came unstuck when I met Heather who was about to go to Mexico for a holiday with a friend from Melbourne. Our relationship flourished via email for the next month during which time she made some vague remark about living in Mexico for a while. This idea was reinforced when Heather returned and we met Cate Kennedy, a Benalla based author who had written a book (Sing, and Don't Cry : a Mexican Journal, (Transit Lounge, 2005) ISBN 09750228140 ) about her time there as a volunteer under the auspices of AusAid - it was Cate who first alerted us to the relatively undiscovered charms of Guanajuato. The decision was made to go there for a holiday/fact finding mission as soon as possible. We spent a month there learning Spanish and discovering a very small part of the city with one short trip to surrounding areas.
To be honest I was having trouble "justifying" my decision to go to Mexico until I found a fantastic description by another blogger so here is the link to her blog. I could not have said it better - thank u Nancy. U will find her at http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com/2009/03/why-i-love-mexico/ Say no more David!!
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