Brownsville, TX

We made it to Brownsville around midnight on Sunday. The trip ended up taking a little longer than expected because we had to switch buses in Houston and then wait for about 6 hours before catching the next bus to Brownsville. We were lucky on our first bus from Chapel Hill to Houston because there were only about 10 other people so we each got two seats to ourselves which made sleeping a little easier. Even so, we were very glad to arrive last night! Charlotte, a friend we met while volunteering at Safe Passage, was very nice to pick us up even though she had to get up early and go to work today. She is currently doing Teach for America at a school in Brownsville. We crashed as soon as we got to her house and I'm feeling very refreshed after taking a shower this morning.

We're not sure yet where our next destination will be. We had planned on going to Monterrey next, but we still haven't heard back from our friend there so we are thinking about going straight to Guanajuato. Monterrey is only about 5 hours away and Guanajuato is about 12 hours away (I think) so we're deciding whether we want to take another over night bus tonight. I'll let you know when we make it to our next destination, wherever it may be...

Thanks to all my family and friends for their support and for helping to make this trip possible. I am so grateful to have this opportunity! Thanks also to everyone who came out to the bus stop on Saturday morning.