Black spiny-tailed iguanas

Today we went to the Tulum ruins and there were so many lizards it seemed like there was a zoo of lizards and they all escaped. We would see one then we looked closer and would see six more on the roof and on the base of the building. They were in the sun and on the rocks, and one was eating grass. We know why there were so many lizards at the ruins—it’s because the Black Spiny-Tailed Iguanas like rocky places with trees to climb.

When we got home we did some research. I learned that black spiny-tailed iguanas:

Murals in Tulum

As we were walking and biking in Tulum we saw some murals on walls and buildings. You can see how big they are by looking at the truck and turtle picture. The murals are very colorful and are a lot more interesting then just a plain wall. My favorite one is the one with the people that have fish heads and are at a bar.

¿Cuanto Cuesta?

How much does it cost? When you are travelling it’s sometimes hard to know how much things cost. One reason it is hard to know if things are expensive or not is because we don’t know how much things are worth. For example a burrito with a horchata at a food stand in Mexico costs $2.25 (40 pesos) but at a restaurant in Point Arena it costs $10.00 with a horchata and a burrito.  One USA dollar costs 18 pesos. I came up with some word problems that show how much things cost.

BIENVENIDOS A MEXICO

My family and I left Point Arena to go to southern Mexico. We first went to Cancun and had some good food. We found a plaza called Parque de las Palapas and it had a lot of food stands. Last night there was a man singing and people were dancing to the music. My mom wanted me to dance but I did not want to (even though my teacher Ms. Liz would like it!).

Food stands

Chinese New Year Parade

The last stop on my trip was San Francisco and I went to the Chinese New Year Parade. The Chinese New Year Parade started in 1860. They started because the Chinese immigrants felt like they needed to bring their culture home. I saw the big dragons and I liked them a lot.

Art Show

This is my cousin Elsie

My cousin had an art piece in an art show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. My cousin is also in 4th grade. There were some really good self portraits that high schoolers made that I really liked. I also liked my cousin's piece which was cut paper or "papel picado".

There was a really big picture in Jasper Johns style of art that was of Abraham Lincoln. The art show was very crazy because there were a lot of people at the art show. The was music and I think there were some dancers.

Grand Canyon

We drove into a snowstorm to get to the Grand Canyon. We made it. It was snowy at the Grand Canyon and it was a little scary because we were on the edge of a 7,000 foot drop.

The Colorado River cut the canyon and it took 6 million years. At the bottom there are rocks 1,700,000,000 old. The river is very crazy and people ride canoes on the crazy river.

My family and I hiked on the edge of the canyon and me and my dad through snowballs off the rim. My brother would throw snowballs at branches with snow on them and then the snow falls off and when I walked under the branch the snowfalls on me.