Radisson Hotel Flamingos-Mexico City

... young population.
Met Elias at the hostel (Hi !) who was very kind and showed me around. Too bad I was too tired to really enjoy the nightclubs...

Next day, my plane for Bogota took off at 3:50pm. I accidentally broke a piece inside the -cheap-plane, and was kindly asked to not destroy it during the flight ^^.

... and total crowd pleasers. There was one guy with them who, honest to God, didnīt have a spine. He was so bendy and an amazing dancer. I could have sat and watched them all day. There were a bunch of jugglers and 'festival type' heads to the right of them and I couldnīt help but think of L and how much he would have fitted in. I imagined him on his unicycle, juggling whatever ..............

The city route got us back to the link ...

... the bone of Aztecs the Spaniards killed when the moved in a took over. Seeing some of the bones was a bit disturbing.
Around the corner, and pretty much in the centre of the biggest city in the worlds was a ruined temple. Being a student I got in for free and wandered around the temple. It was just the base of the temple, the rest of it had been destroyed by the Spainiards, the reason the base was still there was because it had built over so many times ...

... Jacinto and its overflowing Jacaranda trees proved to be a heavenly place to relax from the hubbub of merchandising outside.

After Woohyeong left for the airport for the last time, I returned to San Angel to see Diego Riveraīs 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 Riveraīs museum only to find it closed as well! Vexed, I ...

After spending one night in Mexico City, my driver, Rogelio (who spoke not one lick of English), picked me up for the three hour ride to Tlachichuca, Mexico. Tlachichuca is a quaint little town in East Central Mexico and the base town for my first climb, Pico de Orizaba (18,490 feet). We arrived in Tlachichuca in late afternoon at the "soap factory" owned by Luis and Gerardo Reyes. The Reyes brothers' grandfather built and owned a soap factory in Tlachichuca ...

... We dumped out bags and set of to explore the city in the last few hours of sunlight and without a map, got completely lost. On finding a small tourist information booth, i ran up and said hi, im a tourist and im in need of a map please. While eating a few tacos, we found our bearings and returned to the hostel. My dorm mates, in the 12 bed windowless room were 4 rude drunken Frenchies and a Dutchie. I didnt have a good sleep and spent most of ...

... a meanie did not give in! When the boys are clean we have breakfast, I had to eat meat this morning as that it all there was and I was so hungry so now I have a dodgy stomach! I shall opt for just beans and cake next time! We then took the boys to the park and did a treasure hunt. Our team lost and only found 5 bags of sweets! I gave one to the over team by a mistake, opps! Again the boys were so thoughtful and were willing ...

... a plane for a stupid amount of time. My first observation of the city is that it lacks color, with the exception the the countries flag flying over the square. Its just gray and shades of gray. It didn't matter how hard I tried to ignore it but I just kept seeing gray. I decided to dine in the hotel restaurant. It was full of people, thats a good sign that the food is edible. I grabbed the English menu and ordered something that I ...