Camino Real Aeropuerto Mexico Mexico City

... of the moon towering over the desert and figured we would be there soon. An hour later, once the pyramids were well out of sight we asked the driver how long until we would reach the pyramids, he said we had already passed them and that we would have to wait 40 minutes until the bus turned around and went back. We wouldn’t beat the crowds but that was ok. 40 minutes passed and we were still had not turned around. Suddenly the bus screeched to a halt. So ...

... historical old town with its numerous street and park sellers offering anything to locals and tourists alike. In the evening I picked up my backpack at the hostel and took the metro to the bus terminal. Interestingly, during rush hour some entrances to the trains are marked as "dames solamente".

In the bus terminal there was even a security check but no matter whether the metal detector was beeping or not, I was just waved through.

... There was far too much cool stuff there, too many artifacts and too much information to digest in a few hours. It helped to piece together all the places we had seen and the history behind them but you need a couple of days to take it all in I reckon. My favourite things were the giant Olmec and Toltec heads and the Stone of the Sun. That night we went back to the cinema again to watch Slumdog Millionaire or Quisiera Ser un Millionario as itīs called here. We both really ...

... out how to take the metro to the airport, where we waited around for a little bit for Holland to come in. I knew I'd like her from the first text message I received from her, stating, "the eagle has landed." (note: AT forgot his phone, so I was the contact point for the whole trip. also note: I had to send Dad a text message every night to let him know I was in safe at the guest house, but I usually got a text from him first asking if I was doing ok.) After we rendezvoused with Holland ...

... have pulled a "fast one" on us. At the conclusion of our visit to the sanctuary, we were planning to take the 15:00 bus from Angangueo to Tlalpujahua, about a one hour's drive to the north. Herman kept repeating that the 15:00 bus "no es seguro" which I immediately interpreted as "unsafe". My question "por que es peligroso?" (why is it dangerous?) was clarified by him as meaning that it ...

... That night it stormed outside and at times we thought the grass roof of our beach hut was going to be blown off. We woke up dry and with a roof which was surprising, checked out and jumped board a minivan to Cancun airport. Continuing our bad luck in Mexico, when we got to the check in desk we were told that our flight booked from Cancun to New York did not include taxes as the ticket assumed that we were Mexican and Mexicans don't need to pay tax flying from Mexico ...

... ueb** SF - nette Mitbewohn**innen - glaube das sind Hexen, an Hand d** Kraeut**-, Tee- und Essenzensammlung in d** Kueche). Ich habe noch ein paar nette Abende mit meinen Freunden Jelins und Julia v**bracht, bevor es nach MEX ging. D** Abschied war mal wied** hart. Ich komme wied** nach SF!... Mexico City - d** Wahnsinn! Chaotisch, hektisch, laut, kulturueb**laden - die **sten Eindruecke. Habe im Hostel Ines kennen gel**nt. Sie kam g**ade aus LA, wollte ...

... on the roof of the car) so that it would fit in the space left. It seemed that the spirit of Halloween was around here because somehow the car got smaller, or our stuff grew bigger, or we are taking more of what we thought we would, or maybe we are taking more than what we need. Why am I so afraid to forget something? What do we really want when we are so concern about what we forget? Is it that we don't want to depart? Or is it that we know that we are comfortable ...

... area is made up of three churches. On the far hill is the ancient church where the Virgin appeared to Juan Diego in the mid sixteenth century with the request that a church be built in her honor. It is a small chapel and was quickly outgrown. Beneath the hill is a larger chapel. By the twentieth century it too had become to small to meet the shear number of pilgrims. Today the basilica is this very large, round, unimpressive structure... I would go as far to say gaudy. If ...

... to the museum of Anthropology. We only only looked at the artifacts from the Aztecs (they refer to them here as Mexicas). After, we headed about 40 minutes away to the city of Xochimilco. This is the city of the "floating gardens." WE rode around ina Venice-like place on a boat, steered kind of like a gondola. The vendors have their own boats, and paddle up next to you to try to sell you things such as lace, blankets, food, beer, and some even want to play a ...