We are woken early by a very wide awake toddler. After several attempts at fobbing her off with some toys in her cot we realise its not going to work so we dress and leave in search of coffee. When we step into the street we are totally disorientated. The street full of half built houses and piles of rubble with stray dogs meandering around. At the end of the street the sun is just warming up the stones of the church balanced on top of a pyramid hill. We are in Cholula, our last stop before returning home. We stay in a lovely hippy b&b with delicious fresh food, we had been craving. It turns out that its surprisingly hard to find healthy fresh food on a road trip where you have to take what you can find at the moment you need it.
We stumble across the main square where the children's playground is glistening wet from the gardeners hose. Each street corner seems to have a microgym, its windows steamed up and the noise of pumping and panting mingling with the car horns.
The day before we stopped off at Hierve el Agua, the most stunning natural pool at the edge of a very high cliff, with views across the valley and mountains beyond. A detour down a mountain road is rewarded by this incredible view. We arrive just as the air is beginning to heat up and it looks abandoned, the row of simple wooden shacks waiting to serve the visiting tourists have their chairs stacked on the tables. A wedding couple is having a photo shoot complete with bright red umbrella serving as a parosol and two moody loooking dogs refusing to pose. They finish and walk back up the hill - the bride picks up her long layered dress to reveal massive trainers. We swim in silence with eagles soaring above and the place to ourselves.
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