Hotel Villa Bejar Cuernavaca

... it is unpronouncable. It looks like it was named with the letters from a really awful round in Countdown. In the evening we ended up in a kareoke bar. A woman sang the most excruciating rendition of Robbie Williams' 'Angel's' in Spanish. I have been trying to erase the memory ever since.

The main thing to do in the area is go to some ruins called Monte Alban. This is in the most amazing setting on a hilltop surrounded by mountains. We broke the rules and had a picnic under a ...

... for last orders. We ended up staying for an hour or so and there was a great band playing Irish classics. Got bought some drinks by a couple of Spaniards who I remember speaking to a lot but not if I understood any of it! I do recall having a converstaion with his wife on the telephone at one point though!
Got shown the door around 0415 and the three of us got invited to a party which we excepted and got into a couple of cars but when we arrived it was just us and about ...

... Although the reality of a new virus has to be true due to the cases in different countries around the world, a lot of people in Mexico are suspicious now about the real intentions of local and global leaders in the handling of information at the beginning of the spread, portraying the virus as highly deadly and creating panic and psycosis in already caotic places like Mexico City. There are rumors ranging from speculations about the millions of ...

... but i forgot!) not only that, i have my first stamp in my passport. woo hoo! a quick text from our landlord Aaron, and we are heading towards the taxi rank at the airport. he strictly tells us to accept nothing more than 172 ps (about 10 earth pounds) to downtown zona rosa. funny as the first desk we go to at this taxi rank he recommended says an extra 100 pesos. we say no, show her the text, and bang, another ticket ...

... with but soon got repetative with each room about a slightly diferent tribe but with essentially the same exhibits. Arriving back at the hostel the two of us joined some of the friends I had made the night before on an evening out at the wrestling, "Luche Libre" (free fighting). It was great just like WWF but up close and with a feeling of normaility because it happens here three times a week. After the wrestling some of the girls were going to a strip club and we decided ...

... t in bed. A highlight of my stay at the hostel was meeting a nice Argentine guy who came to Mexico City in order to pursue an acting career. Fortunately or unfortunately, he is a ringer for Gael Garcia Bernal. Hopefully I can catch up with him when I go back to Mexico City at the end of the trip. Anyway, I should have some time in the next couple of days to take some photos of Cuernavaca and post them here. Itīs a magnificent ...

... from different masters, but only one guided us. We had to return to find the masters to accompany us all throughout the journey. Sergi, who had never ridden a horse before, was happy to have realised one of his dreams. Cuernavaca is a very charming city. A lot more pleasant to explore than Mexico. Its cathedral was hidden admist a big garden. Unfortunately, we didnīt have time to explore the Palaccio de Cortes, where Cortes (who colonised Mexico) and his family resided till his ...

... and it was really fun to watch until I got asked to dance...twice. Needless to say, I didn't learn how to Salsa in college and really stink at it. Even better is fitting 6 drunken people into a tiny taxi back home. Drunken white people apparently get the shaft taking taxi rides in Mexico City and we were charged over twice as much as we should have been. AFTER that experience I read in our travel book that you should settle the price of a taxi before climbing in...

We start calling before 9, no result. We ask the front desk to call: no result. We walk to the Sony shop, they send us to an other Sony shop. And an other. At the end of the morning, a Sony technician tells us that the cost will be almost 300 Euro AND come back in 2 weeks. We take our loss and... buy a new camera: the same one, so we have double cards and batteries. By that time it is noon and we go for a meal and then ... paying the bills at an ...

... it didnīt taste bad, so I ate it. Then it started to pour. and I mean, skies opening up, thunder and lighting directly overhead, huge amounts of water running down the streets pour. So I sat and read some Hesse until it got a little lighter. the next day I went to a hacienda which was very beautiful, there was a garden outside and I think maybe an arberitum. I also saw the catedral de Cuernavaca, which was made in the 1600īs out of volcanic rock. The keys here are very finicky. there is a ...