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| We arrive in Mexico City and hit the streets of Condesa, a vibrant tree lined suburb full of apartments and great restaurants, bars, accommodation and people......... |
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| And admire some of the great old buildings in the suburb of San Angel..... |
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| While enroute to the San Angel market with Jo and Chad........ |
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| Where the hunt for bargains begins...... |
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| Until we take a break for lunch (accompanied by music of course!)........ |
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| Followed by ice cream (risky yes, but no tummy troubles encountered). Pictured: Fi's Mango sorbet with chilli sauce (tasted as bad as it sounds). I ordered the Mezcal ice cream and it was delicious....... |
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| Back in Condesa we unknowingly come across a Cantina where Fi can't resist someone with a very large "guitaron"...... |
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| But then hit the Metro (25c for any single journey, no matter how many trains or how many stations you travel. And they leave every 3 minutes! - Brisbane (all other cities for that matter) take note!!). Note the rubber wheels!....... |
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| Bound for a soccer match - Pumas vs Tigers - a real grudge match (with Jo and Chad). Note the old lava to left and right......... |
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| At the University stadium (home of the 1968 Olympics)......... |
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| Where we are greeted by riot police at the gate. Is this such a good idea?.......... |
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| Solution: Buy home team T-shirts to blend in.......... |
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| And sit back and enjoy the view...... |
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| And the beer. Hey waiter, over here!....... |
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| Ahhhh, beery Cheshire grins all round....... |
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| Game over, we admire the cloakroom (just for belts) and admire their ability to organise them all..... |
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| And greet our friends again on the way out. No trouble though, home team won 2-0. Goooooo Pumas!!...... |
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| Beery Cheshire grins all round.... |
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| Then off to a restaurant for lunch were I try a Cubana (Beer, Worsteshire, lime juice and Tabasco plus a salted rim). An acquired taste shall we say...... |
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| And come across my first ever urinal filled with ice!?........... |
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| We part ways with Jo and Chad and head to the historical zone of Mexico City to check it out......... |
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| And admire some very flash looking peddy cabs. Take note Byron Bay......... |
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| As well as some great old and very crooked buildings (plus a suburb that is FULL of shops and stalls selling tacky hair clips and the like? Maybe they were fronts?)........ |
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| Ditto......... |
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| Then discover a great little cafe for lunch.......... |
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| Before checking some more old and very crooked buildings (yes, I am standing straight!)....... |
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| And I drag Fi into the cathedral with the biggest stone columns I have ever seen. This building is colossal....... |
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| And rather ornate. The pipe organ in the background is only half of it. It is mirrored to my left........ |
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| Then catch up with Jo and Chad again at another Cantina where some drunken Mexicans call my bluff (thinking I won't be able to handle a Tequila shot). I say "if you pay I'll have one" and suddenly a (Mexican standard) 60ml shot gets delivered to each of us!...... |
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| Next day we take off to Teotihuacan and admire the high density urban sprawl that is Mexico City...... |
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| Where the first stop is a climb up the Pyramid of the Sun (view towards Pyramid of the Moon)...... |
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| Ditto.......... |
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| Followed by the Avenue of the Dead........... |
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| Then towards the Pyramid of the Moon....... |
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| Which is quite a steep climb (and lends itself to some creative shots)....... |
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| Ditto.......... |
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| But we conquer (view towards Pyramid of the Sun and Avenue of the Dead)........ Next stop........... the beach!! |
