http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Distrito Federal en-us Wed, 11 Nov 09 11:20:44 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 09 11:20:44 +0000 Naja auf gehts Mein Start war wie immer grandios. Hab irgendwie die Nummer meiner Kreditkarte durcheinander gebracht und prompt war die Karte gesperrt. Immerhin hat der Automat sie nicht einbehalten. In weiser Voraussicht hatte ich dann doch 10 Euro dabei. So konnte ich dann noch ein Taxi nehmen und wenigstens den Flughafen verlassen. Die Stadt war sehr voll denn zufllig ist grad einer der hc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Centro-Historico/blog-450812.html We hit the ground running that is after sitting on the tarmac for an hour while our plane's communication system got fixed. In a city this size always has something going on at any hour so we are walking all and dropping at night. First surprise was were the Alebrijes on the sidewalks of Reforma weird creatures some ten feet high. Pedro Linares started out as a common papier mache artist who http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-449691.html On Friday I took an early walking tour of downtown Historic Center that lasted a little over 3 hours. It was a great walk led by a history buff that lent a fresh palette to my impressions from the day before. The walk started at Zocalo which is enclosed by The Cathedral National Palace and other government buildings. The murals inside the former residence of the President National Palace http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-445536.html I slowly groped my way into the middle of a pitchblack room. After several 360degree turns I heard a sleepy female voice murmur Take any one you want. The sound came seemingly from nowhere and everywhere at once. What Who was that I tossed my pack onto the first top bunk my eyes fell on and hurriedly stumbled out of the room. The airplane navigated through clouds of smog. It took h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-444731.html Right sorry about the brashness of this but I've got about twenty minutes on this thing that the hostal claim is a computer to upload some photo's and write something.Right. Where to start. Mexico City has to be the most of it's tits place on planet Earth. Strong words are needed to describe this place so if you're offended by swearing just look at the pictures. My hostal the Hostal Joven Catedr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Centro-Historico/blog-436536.html I arrived in Mexico City on Thursday August 20th. After checking in in Stefan's House the nice austrian guy I could stay at his house thx I started exploring the city. There are loads of things to see in Mexico City. Distances are far in a metropole like this so it needs a lot of time...Well after visiting the centro historico and the Torre Latinoamerica on day one I had a look at the sec http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-430873.html Coyoacan is a district in Mexico City. It is quiet and quaint...Dr. Fernandez took a group of us out to this to see the Frida Kahlo museum. We took the metro for 10 stops to reach Coyoacan and walked a mile to the area we wanted to visit. Some members of the group were complaining about the walk but I say what better way to get to know a city than to walk itMy friends like to joke that I tr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-421767.html I wish I could upload my 250 pictures but it will take hours on a slow internet connection. I am actually leaching internet from the Starbucks down the street from my hotel room. The last three days have gone by like a whirlwind...I have to admit I've done a good bit of sleeping while in Mexico City...This hotel room is just so nice and there are big fluffy blankets and air conditioning...it's http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-421578.html A unas horas de vuelo al otro lado del mundo. Estamos descansando en casa de mi hermana despues de varias emociones y celebraciones.Al ver al Montserrat dormida en el futon de casa de mi hermana y yo esperando que den las 4 de la maana para volar a Bangkok. Los quiero hacer parte de este viaje que vamos a comenzar en un par de horas. Se que estuvieron en este proceso y muchos no se acuerdan como http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/La-Condesa/blog-420544.html Mexico City in 20 words or less An incredibly large absurdly dense booming metropolis of unbelievable proportion with a history dating back to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. La Ciudad de Mexico was built upon the former Aztec capital Tenochtitlan Tehnohcheetlahn'. Tenochtitlan was originally composed of manmade islands in the middle of a lake. See After a sad goodbye to our host pare http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-420460.html After returning from a rainy yet beautiful dinner last night Becca Kara and I decided that further walking around the city just wasnt a possibility. We returned to the hostel and to our respective knitting and reading downstairs over a familysize Corona to pass the time while the rain poured down. At some point we were invited upstairs by some of our fellow hostelmates to watch a movie... Th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-419519.html We woke up early today again and headed straight for the airport. Although brief our Mexico trip was awesome. Took in a lot of our history and culture. Can't wait to plan another trip again http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-419007.html Onsdag aften ankom vi meget traette til vores hotel som ligger i det historiske kvarter i Mexico City. Vi havde vaeret undervejs i ca. 24 timer er det var skoent at komme ned at ligge i en seng flysaeder er bare ikke saa behagelige at sove i. Jeg kunne dog ikke sove saa mange timer for selvom det var midnat her saa var kl. 7 i Danmark og det kunne min krop godt huske selvom det var moerkt u http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-417610.html Hello all and welcome backTo those of you who followed the Ghana chronicles I hope I can continue to delight and entertain. For any newbies to the blog a hearty welcome.As some of you might know I am headed to Mexico this coming Sunday for six weeks in a country that I feel I already know by heart. For the first week I will be seeing the sights of DF Mexico City for the layman among us wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Centro-Historico/blog-416236.html Coming back to the centre of Mexico City after almost five months living in Guadalajara and I can barely even remember what I thought of it the first time round. U guess jet lag and culturelanguage shock didnt exactly help but I'm pretty sure I didnt think much of it It's quite nice therefore to be able to see it again still with fresh eyes but this time less blurred y sleepiness and language http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Centro-Historico/blog-414813.html Fui con un amigo al recorrido dominical en el Centro Histrico. Me encanta Paseo de la Reforma y el centro en bici. Est abierto desde las ocho hasta las dos en la tarde cada domingo. Sitio Oficial.En el ltimo domingo del mes hay un recorrido largo por el sur de la ciudad y en los otros hay un lazo alrededor del Zcalo. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/Centro-Historico/blog-411916.html Listen to Acitate Prophets Jurrasic 5 and Radiohead IdiotequeMost of this was written on the side of the road... Jesus the mangos Theyre everywhere. A guy could kill his self on one of them... like fruity little landmines all over the road. And has someone set off a smoke bomb No just a truck carrying dry cement dusting the town. Mind your freight man chicken feathers gravel and mang http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-411172.html .. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-405646.html 24409 A painful flight to Mexico Oh no. Terrible terrible sleep if any at all. Woke up just after midnight with an awful feeling in legs fluctuated between pure burning pain and an unbelievably painfully sensitive itch. Itchy like 1000 sandfly bites all clumped together in one spot. Got out of bed in darkness and rushed to put more savalon. Was in dimly lit bathroom that noticed how bad http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-403837.html As the first blog was details lite we wanted to write a bit more about what we have seen and done in Mexico City. We have summarised our stay in Mexico City belowDay 1 Centro Historico and Chapultepec ParkIn the morning we set off into the manic city in search of breakfast and some historic sights. After a traditional Mexican breakfast feast we headed to the Zocalo the main plaza in MC wh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-400600.html