Hotel Del Prado Mexico City

... have just taken a bus a couple of hours south (I think) to somewhere called Puebla. We are staying in one of the grimmest hotels I have ever seen, and I´ve been to Bolivia, so I´ve seen some bad ones. As soon as we arrived Diego said "It is very safe here". The Aussie couple with lots of stomach bug stories subsequently went out for lunch and got their bag nicked with their passports in it. See, Diego really does know nothing.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><b r> <br>

... 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!!

... I really appreciated the logical layout of the place, as well as the free bag check and the outdoor displays - including a legends of the hidden temple looking place. AT and I had some interesting discussions about how far from Christianity the ancient religious practices were. That night I discovered an article from a 1980 National Geographic magazine that helped to put a lot of the things I had seen into perspective for me (thanks to the fact that the explanations were in English ...

... The Karokee is blasting and the girls are partying i reach in my pocket to grab for my camera and its gone i was so flustered in the cab that i forgot it there and 500 pictures..DAMN!!! there is nothing to do cause when u lose something in Mexico City kiss it good-bye. The party and the young womin were sweet with some of them practising their english on me,they made me even get up and do Karoke and i do not like singing into a mike..but i am a guest after ...

... from Yorkshire apparently (see for yourself but I can´t believe thats real) and a bloke who could put a tennis ball, golf ball and pool ball in his mouth all at the same time. Next door to this museum was a wax works so I went in there on a double ticket and had my pic taken with all sorts of stars, so heres a quick ´Guess Who The Celebrity Is?´ quiz for you with a prize for anyone who can get all ...

... original of the Virgin of Guadalupe. A quite crowed place with lots of people flashing their cameras to take a shot of the image of Virgin of Guadalupe and inspired me to place up a wish. In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to a humble Native American at Tepeyac, a hill northwest of what is now Mexico City. She identified herself as the ever virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True God for whom we live, of the Creator of all things, Lord of heaven and the earth. She made a request ...

... på pladsen denne formiddag blev meget kort<br>! - Der var nu opstillet to store scener - en i hvert hjørne. Begge<br>flankeret af storskærme. I store byggekraner var der ophængt megastore<br>højttalere - jeg talte tretten i alt - der var sikkert flere ! Der var<br>optræden og taler på scenerne. Lydniveauet var ekstremt - folk gik og<br>holdt sig for ørerne - det var virkelig slemt, men det var nok bare en<br>indkøringsfase. Ved mit besøg på pladsen igen først på aftenen ...

... cream at all.... right, it really tastes bad when <br>you compare it to those in Europe or America. I didn't find it that cheap <br>either. Next we decided to go to the museum of Economics.. it's very new.. most <br>like for kids. The entrance fee is high also... $35peso/person. It was quite <br>boring initially with all the kiddy stuff until we got down to the PTI (or GDP <br>in English). We saw pictures of ...

... two faces of Zapata and one of Pancho Villa. He designated an area to Hernan Cortes and his Mexican lover with whom he created the first Mestizo child. Visible also were images from the Spanish inquisition and Communist party. Frida and her sis made an appearance. Bellas Artes Set up by Porfirio Diaz, dictator who wanted it to be in French style. Dictator who actually did a lot for the country. Railways, Buildings, infrastructure. More or less Ousted by Zapata and the gang in 1910

... turned museums of leon trotsky and frida kahlo, wandered through the maze of tombs and monumental graves in the panteón de xoco, ate dinners at sushi ito, and talked endlessly about life, love, music, sport, literature, film, politics and our families, as we drifted lazily through mexico. ivy and i went to the local cinema to see a couple of films. '1973', a film documenting a period in the lives of three separate people born in mexico city in 1973. although it was spoken in spanish ...