Getting to Tapachula

Mexico City airport is quite lovely - much nicer than LA. I had to get finger printed in LA just to get through customs. Anyway, as I was waiting in a little aeroplane bus shuttle to get onto our plane for Tapachula, a European man got on the bus (remember that everyone looks very Mexican here!) He guessed what I was doing on the bus and introduced himself. He lives right next door to the orphanage and used to run an English school here. He sold that and used the money to buy the land that the orphanage is on. I ended up getting a lift with him from the airport which was great as he was able to tell me a lot about what to expect! He also helped me out when I got interrogated in Spanish at the Tapachula airport and my bags were searched etc!