Camino Real Perinorte Mexico City

... floor her at any moment. I didn´t much fancy her chances of getting down in one piece, so I generously suggested she go ahead of me, so she wouldn´t take me out on her way down.<br><br>Due to being jet lagged and waking up early, I had arrived at the pyramids before pretty much anyone else, including the hawkers - result! But by now they were out in force, trying to sell me laquered cats and gold elephants and all manner of ****. I went to hide from them in the on site museum ...

... br> Above the surface, it`s impressive and humbling...rough, angular stone structures are scattered everywhere, massive walls and long plazas abound, and the world`s two largest scalable pyramids (that is, the biggest ones you can get on top of) dominate the landscape. Sweet! Petulant weather and a heavy mist gave the whole place a mysterious, brooding, and slightly dangerous feeling. <br> That mist soon turned into a downpour, and we sprinted for ...

... orrore.<br>Per il resto del giorno ci limitiamo a camminare lungo i viali del centro, al momento di salire in camera ci accorgiamo della fatica di essere a 2200 mt, l'ostello è subdolo tu credi di dover salire al terzo piano, ma loro hanno due piani non conteggiati (dove c'è la cucina e l'altro con la sala tv) così in realtà devi arrivare al quinto. Dobbiamo organizzarci bene, perchè una volta scesi, se ti accorgi di aver dimenticato qualcosa, sono tutti cavoli tuoi risalire!!

... the south route too late so we were stranded in the city and it was dark. Doireann was not a happy camper. We were both hungry and the thoughts of struggling to get ourselves home was like a mountain in front of us. We eventually flagged one down who hadn´t a clue where we were heading but agreed to take us as close as he could. Any time he stopped at a light he wound down the window and asked the cab driver beside him where our address was ...

... Jacinto and its overflowing Jacaranda trees proved to be a heavenly place to relax from the hubbub of merchandising outside. <br><br>After Woohyeong left for the airport for the last time, I returned to San Angel to see Diego Rivera´s studio and some other sights of interest. To my surprise the Museo del Carmen was closed and after an hour of wandering through narrow alleyways, I arrived at Diego Rivera´s museum only to find it closed as well! Vexed, I ...

... and a bar on the top level. We sat down and had the house special, which was two 1.2 litre Coronas for 85 pesos, about NZ$9. We were staying in the Main City square, the Zocalo, with the main government buildings, the cathedral, and 2000 year old ruins of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan just off our doorstep. Our first venture out wasto the Aztec ruins. Thay had been long forgotten about after the Spanish conquest in the 1500´s and were accidentally ...

... What a waste of time that was. Left Rio Dulce and headed towards the border of Honduras and after formalities we needed just 15 mins to the small town of Copan. The next day we walked the 1 or 2 kms to the ruins of Copan. This, as with all the ruin sites, was different from all the others we had seen. The nice thing about these ruins is that there are many stelae with intricate carvings. Some still even have some red colour left and others have hieroglyphs. So that ...

Just to get the map pin updated im adding in this minute entry on Mexico city, we thought that because there was so many people already here we should only spend one night then get out.. I took the bus, Tony decided to get out quicker, by plane. There was also a very suspicious leaning tower ...

Flying in to Mexico City, it became more apparent what a city with a population of over 22 million looks like. The word we were looking for was something like big, but...well, bigger. The airport was also big. Hectic and big. Immigration took a long time, but eventually we got our passports stamped, collected our bags and were inelegently disgorged into the main airport, which was heaving with people, most of whom wanted to sell us something. We finally found a ...

... look for Vodka. I find the Absolute Mandarin within seconds, while hubby looks for the cheap ones. Can you believe he found a liter bottle for 2,5 Euro and really bought it????? We bring our treasures to the room and taste Tony's bottle: yuk!!!! We go for a walk, as you do, to pick up the local colour the first day, find terraces, drink Corona and go for a meal in an Italian restaurant. Yes, I know what you are thinking we ARE in Mexico ...