22. The traffic there Is quite bad, or maybe I should say, that there is a lot of it - and they drive so fast! It was surprising to all of us that we did not see any wrecks. One day we had a guide to take us throughout the city to the various points of interest. Because he talked so fast that he kept getting his Spanish mixed up with his English we had difficulty understanding him at time. He took us to two of the largest and most beautiful churches in Mexico City, the president's palace, the Palace of Fine Arts, a glass factory where all the glass is hand made, and the market-place which is the largest in all Mexico. Every town has a market, but this one was eight blocks long and ten blocks wide. They sold everything here from food to shoes. The next morning we went to Chapultepec, the castle built by Maxamillion for his wife Carlotta during the reign of the Sparniards in Mexico. It is a huge place with many buildings. All of them are now museums anc contain the furniture paintings, carriages, and. clothes that were used by the people of that time. It is high on a hill and an all of Mexico City can be seen from it. Leaving Mexico City, we visited the pyramids which were built by the Aztec Indians. We all climbed one of the gradually sloping structures. It was not bad going up, but when we turned to descend, the ground seemed straight down. The pyramids were symbolic of the Axtec religion. The Pan-American highway had been washed out by one of the country's terrible rain storms, but luck was with us, and the road was in good enough condition for us to pass over it. We drove through mountains that looked straight up and down but were actually on a 55 degree angle. There were cornfields planted on the sides of these mountains, but it was a mystery to us how anyone could farm them. Back in the United States once more we were happy to realize that again we could have all the ice cream, water,and meat that we desired. Some of the weight that we had lost was immediately regained. Being back, in the States again we had one-Motive in mind, and that was to get home as quickly as possible. One important reason for our 23. anxiety was the fact that we were practically moneyless because of the numerous souvenirs we had purchased. However, we did stop at San Antonio to see the large zoo in which they had an unusual variety of animals. We then stopped at MesaVerde where we went through the park and climbed in and out of well - preserved cliff dwellings. We were a happy group as we entered Utah in the afternoon of September 5. Now we felt that we were really close to home. All of us got a little more anxious as time went on until at 6:30 we arrived back at Weber College. We hurriedly unpacked the bus and turned in our biology, Spanish, and Geology notebooks, and we were ready to go home to good beds, once again, and to dream of the places we had been and the wonderfully kind, and patient Mexican people who had become our friends. BEST OF FRIENDS By James Osmond He'll follow you through thin and thick Where you go, He'll abide His true devotion knows no end He's always by your side. He'll fondly lick your empty hand That has no food to share He'll make his bed on frozen ground Content that you are there. And. though your fellow men forsake And turn you out in shame You're still his master, still his God You'll always be the same. And when your life worn soul has passed Through heavens golden gates There by your cold, and lonely grave Your faithful friend still waits.