Hotel San Diego Mexico City

... du cafe en quantitees industrielles, ils cuisinent des tamales... Bref, open bar pour tout le monde. Je me suis fait offrir de quoi a manger, ou a boire a toutes les 2 metres pendant ma marche de 50 minutes.Javais ni faim, ni soif, des No gracias, jen ai dit en masse.

En plus, il y avait du monde qui en avait bien plus besoin que moi.

Jimagine que refuser quelque chose dont on a pas besoin, cest une forme de generosite ca ...

... Sunny Delight, cafe and cup of fruit.
Landing in Santiago did not appear to be anything. I could not see a town or much. Not many trees. Mountains though.
So, Santiago was where we needed to leave and get my bags, but upon going through customs, we were told we have to pay the reciprocity fee of $131 dollars each just to go get my bag and take a flight. I was defeated but Nick was ...

... I went out for dinner and quickly found out that Mexican food is radically different from the Americanised version I was familiar with. Had a Bistec Torta which I knew had beef in it, but I wasn't expecting it to be effectively a sandwich. Tacos are also very different in that the tortilla is served flat and is not hard and crispy but soft and maleable. Very deliciouso though.

The next day at breakfast I met a great bunch of people: 2 American guys from Seattle, 2 Canadians ...

... n und uralten VW-Bussen. Wie geil ist das denn?! Die Kaef** dienen in México Ciudad sogar als Taxis und die Busse als Colectivos. Eine wahre Freude. Das macht das Stadtbild g**ade zehn Mal schoen**, find ich.
Ich habe noch einen Tagesausflug nach Taxco gemacht. Ein sooo suesses kleines Staedtchen. Alles so ineinand** v**schlungen, kleine Gaesschen, praktisch ausschliesslich(!!!) VW-Autos und einfach extrem viel Charme. Taxco ist bekannt fu** Silb**. Ja das muss man d ...

... Mal, den Film "The Golden Compass" sehen, was zwar etwas langweilig ist, uns aber beim Spanisch-lernen hilft, denn jedes Mal verstehen wir etwas mehr. Es ist mal wieder Wochenende, und wieder ist die Hauptstadt auf den Beinen, um sich in den Parks der Stadt zu vergnuegen. Wir treffen uns mit Adria, einer Ex-Kollegin von Sandra, eine Mexikanerin, mit der sie einige Zeit in London gearbeitet hat. Sie ist nun wieder zurueck in Mexiko und kann uns noch ...

... embassy which was interesting as we were require3d to fill out new forms in Spanish ( the ones we got in USA in English off the website were not acceptable). Luckily a lady not of the Embassy helped us with the transaltion as the emabssy lad at the desk did not assist us. We did a lot of walking on Monday and Tuesday we moved to a new hotel and basically crashed in the hotel room all day till4pm. We realised since leaving Australia we had ...

... No, I princess Bugaloo!" We walked out of Chapultepec Park without doing any of the other attractions or activities (amusement park, boat ride on the lake, children's museum) and strolled along the tree-lined Reforma Boulevard with its row of modern high-rise hotels. Suzan wanted to visit the Hard Rock Café for a couple of souvenirs so we walked there before heading back to the bus station. We got to the bus station by metro, and ...

... were closed. Day2- Tue Dec 25 This was one of the best Christmas day ever. Sunny, 75F, relatively little smog and the whole city was eerily quiet. We took the metro to the Plaza de la Republica and walked down Paseo de la Reforma to Chapultepec, stopping by each of the monuments. Chapultepec is a must do. Not only is it a lovely and spacious urban park, but it also houses the Museo de Antropologia and the Castillo, both of which were open on Christmas day. The ...

... the different temples. At the back is a huge museum with original finds from this area and some from some other areas. For a change both the museum and the ruins themselves had good explanations in English. The highlight here is the 2 metre diameter carved wheel-like stone of Coyolxauhqui ( better known as She of the Bells on her Cheek), the carving shows her decapitated, by her brother, he also killed a further 400 brothers on his way to becoming the top god. They also ...

... took it to the counter, we got a couple of cakes each but the Mexicans were going mad, some of them had a couple of trays piled high with cakes and watching the ladies wrap them up mesmerized me, they were so quick. We got a bit of a shock when we came out of the hostel on our final day, the street which had previously been full of market stalls was now chock full of armed police barricading the way to the Zocola, argh! We finally managed to find our way to a subway ...