Next Stop........: December 2011

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.........

And admire some of the great old buildings in the suburb of San Angel.....

While enroute to the San Angel market with Jo and Chad........

Where the hunt for bargains begins......

Until we take a break for lunch (accompanied by music of course!)........

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.......

Back in Condesa we unknowingly come across a Cantina where Fi can't resist someone with a very large "guitaron"......

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!.......

Bound for a soccer match - Pumas vs Tigers - a real grudge match (with Jo and Chad). Note the old lava to left and right.........

At the University stadium (home of the 1968 Olympics).........

Where we are greeted by riot police at the gate. Is this such a good idea?..........

Solution: Buy home team T-shirts to blend in..........

And sit back and enjoy the view......

And the beer. Hey waiter, over here!.......

Ahhhh, beery Cheshire grins all round.......

Game over, we admire the cloakroom (just for belts) and admire their ability to organise them all.....

And greet our friends again on the way out. No trouble though, home team won 2-0. Goooooo Pumas!!......

Beery Cheshire grins all round....

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......

And come across my first ever urinal filled with ice!?...........

We part ways with Jo and Chad and head to the historical zone of Mexico City to check it out.........

And admire some very flash looking peddy cabs. Take note Byron Bay.........

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?)........

Ditto.........

Then discover a great little cafe for lunch..........

Before checking some more old and very crooked buildings (yes, I am standing straight!).......

And I drag Fi into the cathedral with the biggest stone columns I have ever seen. This building is colossal.......

And rather ornate. The pipe organ in the background is only half of it. It is mirrored to my left........

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!......