Casa de Los Amigos Mexico City

We flew out of LA at around 1pm local time and arrived soon in Mexico City. We grabbed a cab to our hostel, Hostel Amigo. Once we found our room we got chatting to a girl who had already been there for a few nights. She said that she hadn't been going out a night times as she thought it was too dangerous. However, I spoke to the chap on the reception and he said that the area we were in was safe as there were loads o police about (and believe me, there are!) After sorting ourselves out we wen...

Wow. So much to write about since my last entry that I´m overwhelmed. But if you want the short and sweet version of what´s going on with me, I love Mexico City. Arrived back in DF Sunday morning, after a brain draining 6 days in Puerto Escondido. Managed to catch my requisite one big wave boogie boarding, and a few seconds later (when panic set in) I had my requisite one big wipe out. Subsequently managed to wipe out about 40 gigs of music off my ipod somehow, which was a little sad (especia...

Once again, it feels hard to write, though for a different reason than last week. Mostly, I´ve just gotten into a such a comfortable routine here- going to the 7-11 on the corner for a coffee in the morning, checking my e-mail, eating my desayuno campensino- not exactly the stuff enthralling, exotic travel writing is made of. For better or for worse, I haven't been doing very touristy things this past week. Factors: -The few things I have left on my "must see/do" list are huge and overwhelmin...

For my return to Mexico City I had booked another hostal then last time, as the amigo hostal had been a little too dirty, smelly and with too much beds in one room. I choose the sister hostal Moneda, of which I had heard and read good things. There was free transport from the airport to the hostal, and my completely jetlaged body was very happy with that. It was nine o´clock local time, so 4:00 am in my body when I arrived at the hostal, but I wouldn´t be laying in bed anywhere soon yet. In ...

Mexico city would bemy final stop in Latin America before I fly to the USA and then back to Aus. Treating myself, I caught a luxury bus from Acapulca, and traveled North to Mexico City. The ride took 7 hours, from and I traveled from the dull dry landscape of the coast, up into the mountains of inland Mexico. At one point we passed through a lush green cloud forest, then descended down into a valley where the darren land began to be populated with small houses, then more houses, followed by s...

Hey guys, well i arrived in Mexico City on the 26th May & stayed in the city for 4 days. I took a walking city tour where i visited old ruins,the main square which is the 3rd largest in the world (1st one is in Russia, 2nd one in Beijing).I went to the fine arts cathedral, the old cathedral,post office palace,museums & markets. Mexico city has sunk 8 meters in the last 500years & you can see it clearly in most of the old buildings! It took 240years to build the cathedral in the main square. I...