Viva La Mexico
Trip Start
Aug 17, 2005
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Trip End
Jul 01, 2006
Mexico City,
Mexico
Sunday, February 12, 2006
www.yolitia.org
We passed through Mexico City twice, and had pretty different experiences both times. The first time we had just finished about 24 hours of travelling, from Brisbane via Los Angles and Dallas. We arrived just 6 hours after leaving Austrailia, even though we travelled for about a day. Needless to say, we were knackered and sleep most of the first 2 days we were there. Finding ourselves wanting to get up at 4pm and go to bed at 6 am.
We did climb to the top of the tallest building in Latin America (i lie, we took a lift to the top), and witnessed the smog first-hand
Rodin Exhibition and "The Thinker"
. It is a truely massive city, and streched further than we could see. Mainly due to the smog in truth. WE wondered around the Zocalo (city square complete with massive Cathedral that was built on top of Aztec ruins (very nice of them!), and drank fresh Columbian coffee whilst watching the city life pass us by. It had quite a relaxed feel to it, and wasnīt all that overwhelming coinsidering itīs size. Took in a Rodin Exhibition as well.Managed to converse (very brokenly and probably frustratingly slowly) to locals and find our way to Yolitia (the farm), and we were in need of some rural, fresh-aired weeks at work.
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Our second time in Mexico City was more packed and fun, as we had overcome our jet-lag and were feeling refreshed.
We made it out of the sinking-city to Teotihuacan - a massive area which used to be a Quechan city. There are 2 huge pyramids there, as well as other ruins. Unfortunately there were also about 2000 children, each seeming to have bought a bow and arrow set from one of the 459 soveniur-sellers present. Arrows were flying everywhere, as were the sounds of parents screaming at their kids. Yes, it was busy and touristy, but was well worth it. There was also (much to my excitment) a smallish twister thing that started really close to us and gradually got bigger and passed the main pyramid. Blowing hats off and gravel everywhere. On the journey back to Mexico City, there was a girl who had an Iguana as a pet - on a little lead and everything
At the Contemporary art museum, Mexico City
. Very cute!The next day we went to Frida Karhlo and Don Riviera (Mexico`s most famous artists) house and studios. Bit of a con really, as there was none of eithers work, just rooms full of useless looking objects and a pair of Don`s trousers (which were massive). Found a free European Jazz concert going on, which we just made it to. It was great music, and we saw a different side of Mexico City - the trendy, good-looking young people. The last night in Mexico, we met up with Kalina (the Canadian girl who was also working at the farm at the same time as us) and went to a great reggea night (we being the only non-Mexican faces present. It was a great end to Mexico, and itīs certainly a place both of us would come back to.
