|
 |
 |
 |
 |
Announcements
Posted by: perry on 02/28/2008 02:49 PM
Updated by: perry on 02/28/2008 02:49 PM
Expires: 01/01/2013 12:00 AM
Mexico City
My first week in Mexico was spent in the biggest city in the western hemisphere, Mexico City. It's difficult to take in the vastness of the city, so I just settled down to do a few thing here and there while waiting for my friends to join me so we could start out bike trip together.
I arrived a bit after dark and got through immigration and customs without a problem. Then I went outside the airport, put my bike back together, strapped everything on (with the taxi drivers watching and having a good time while I did my work). I gave the backpack which Christoph gave me for the flight to one of the guys watching and headed away from the airport in search of food. I found a small place and had a delicious torta with orchata. YUM. From there I went next door to the internet cafe to find out how to get to my host (Ivan). A couple hours later after getting lost in this great big city and turned around quite a bit I showed up at his door and my long 50 hour day was finally over. We talked for a bit before I went to sleep.
Ivan gave me some pointers at to things to check out in the historic center on my first day. The subway ride to the center was the first thing that really surprised me. It cost only 2 pecos (or 20cents). When I changed at La Raza I came across the most crazy pushing and shoving of passengers I had ever seen. It was almost like a fight for people to get on and off the train.
In the center I had some famous mexico city curros at a place called La Muro (or somehting like that). Spent some time reading my book "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Next" in the main square, and repairing the strap to my backpack. I also wandered up and down a lot of the streets aimlessly looking for something to do. A really nice first day if you ask me.
My next few days were spent a bit like that, just kinda wandering around and getting a few things done here and there in preparation for the bike trip. Ariel and Austin emailed me that it'll be a bit longer before they arrive (it was supposed to be just a couple of days). Gina, who is also supposed to come is going to be help up in the US for a bit longer and will join us later, I hope. But anyhow I ended up meeting a couple of Gina's other friends, Christian and Eric. They also wanted to join us for the bike ride. So we started planning that we would leave Mexico City together by bike and let Ariel, Austin, and Gina catch up with us.
I went and bought a hammock for 10 bucks and then we went to the area in town where there are lots of bike shops. Christian and Eric didn't end up getting bike, but just looking at them so they could do some internet research on the available brands. This area was really funny because in front of all the bike shops stood 2 or 3 prostitutes. So you could go buy a bike then go take a ride. Well, that was the joke anyhow. That was on Saturday. Sunday we figured the bike shops would be closed so they would get their bikes on Monday and we would start traveling on Tuesday.
Saturday night we went to see a concert. Polka Madre was playing at a place about 30 minutes from where we lived. I loved the band and ended up dancing all night. What a blast.
Sunday we went to the Museum of Acheology and spent the whole day wandering around the place and still only got to see about half of it. While taking a break there, Christian dropped his sunglasses into the turtle pond and tried to get it out with a stick. Right away the security came and when they figured out what happened, they started laughing. They got one of their maintenance guys to come with some wire to fish out the glasses. The museum is pretty cool, but a lot of the exhibits are just replicas. One exhibit of cave drawings had a group of 6 or so people in front of it and I just leaned over and knocked on the plastic stones, they looked at me, smiled, and walked away. I think about half of the museum was platic replicas.
Monday morning Christian and Eric started having second thoughts about buying a bike, putting me back alone on the bike tour until Ariel comes and Austin's bike gets ordered (his should arrive about the 3rd week of March). So, we made a compromise. I would go with them to a beach on either coast for a week then I would come back to Mexico City on the 2nd of March so I could pick up Austin and Ariel from the airport. We all agreed that it sounded like fun.
So for our last day we just headed to Tlatelolco where Cortes took a pyramid, dismantled most of it, and built a church. We took a tour through the remains of the pyramid, which still had the smallest inner pyramid in tackt. Then we went to the center and walked around a bit. The last thing we did before going home was to go to a place called La Risa, a Pulqueria. Pulque is an alcoholic drink made of cactus. It's a strange drink and certainly an acquired taste in it's pure form. And it has the consistency of loogies, weird. But after the first one I had it made with guava mixed in, easier to drink and a bit sweeter. The cinamon one was also quite good. We had a great time talking with a few people there. Great fun.
Now I'm biding my time on a beautiful beach called Chachalacas. I've finished my book and am about to start on another. Then back to Mexico City for hopefully only a few short days while Arield and Austin get ready to start going.
My spanish has grown exponentially since I arrived. I've been pulling out words that I didn't even know I knew. I must have learned somthing from Sesame Street and from living in Chicago. I've never been to spain, but perhaps the couple months I was in Portugal also helped.
Things aren't really all that cheap here, or maybe they are just raising the prices for us Gringos. I dunno.
But I've met a lot of really nice people, expecially Ivan (my host in Mexico City) and his brother Louis. I thank them totally for all the fun times we had together like playing pool, drinking a few beers, going out to eat, and hanging around the mariachi square after a failed search for a party we were invited to.
Christian and Eric, the guys I'm traveling with how, are a lot of fun although Christian is a bit quiet most of the time. They are both from Minnesota, where I lived as a child. It's cool hearing from them the things that are going on back there. I don't have any contact with the people I grew up around and it's funny to hear about Minneapolis from them. We will probably be togehter for a few more days before they start heading south.
The food here is really quite good and it's easy to get vegetarian food here. Actually I think I'm eating out a bit too much and will try to revert to my old grocery store ways. So, the sun is shining and I'm going to go lay in the sun.
Peace,
Perry
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
The comments are owned by the poster. We are not responsible for its content.
utu
Posted on: 2009-11-28 09:08:17
By: lovexx
|
|
discount tiffany jewelry tiffany jewelry tiffany jewelry tiffany jewellery ed hardy ed hardy clothing ralph lauren polo juicy core replica watches replica watch omega watches replica handbags replica bags
In the case of me,I especially love tiffany rings.Ring is very important in my heart,it stands for pure love and true love.Do you have the same feelings? Earrings,necklaces, bracelets can't instead of rings.
[Reply
]
|
Re: utu
Posted on: 2010-03-26 23:29:39
By: Anonymous
|
|
As a professional IT study materials provider, Pass4sure is specially designed for IT candidates who want to pass any IT exams, supported by a powerful team for product research and development, as well as website development and operation. Its vendors like Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, compTIA, HP, etc, are all positioned as leaders in the IT field.
The Most Popular Vendors List :
P4S IBM question Passforsure Hitachi question IBM certification P4S VMware exam CompTIA certification Cisco exam
The Most Popular Certifications List :
Passforsure SCJP Oracle 10g DBA CompTIA CompTIA Project+ Pass4sure CCVP
The Most Popular Certifications List :
CWNP PW0-104 Pass4sure 642-357 642-504 Pass 4 Sure 642-373 SUN 310-202 CompTIA N10-004 132-S-911 P4S 310-065 NS0-163 Pass for Sure 132-S-900 exam Cisco 640-721 642-681 P4S P4S HP0-D04 642-661 642-873 Passforsure SUN 310-200 SUN 310-202 Pass for Sure 646-563
Click P4S to get more information!
[Reply
]
|
Re: utu
Posted on: 2010-01-06 00:31:30
By: Anonymous
|
|
For some new friends to open jewelry stores in the wholesale purchasing, when we must note that I am here to share with you a little experience: 1. Grade goods, the distribution of mid-range accounted for 50%, 30% of low-grade high-grade 20%,Nokia n97 wholesale, so that distribution is not necessarily the best, but certainly the most stable, after all, no one knows what tomorrow,无为人生的博客, they wanted to leave their posterior 2. Cargo style, neutral 80%, 20% of the personality,shoes Article, or goes, we want to sell a product the public,china iphone, Game No One Played, I think we all want to see 3. Whatever the commodity,shoes, the color is always black and white red 3 Wang, in particular, reflected in his wallet, this will certainly be more than three colors to take, other colors jump a little to take four. Species as whole, jewelry store's products simply following categories: 1. Headdress 2 jewelry 3. Commodity Department Stores 4. Cosmetics and cosmetic tools, I shop in my four years of experience to tell you that hair should be full, jewelry should be fine, department stores should be surprising, cosmetics should be used, remember that your direction will be wrong, and now I explain the 11 : hair should be full, there is Tousheng thickness, with cloth, there are transparent,无为人生, seamless,wholesale fashion, there is a seam,wholesale, and a black Tousheng to many other colors take a bit, then what do headdress commonly used, we head Next will be recalled are: Tou Sheng, the first flower, card, hair rings, hair bands, word clip, banana clip, frog clip, backhoes clip. Each species have different styles, types, sizes, can be with a little. Jewelry should be fine, rather lack of Do not bad! Why? The first jewelry is do not care about price,china wholesale, as long as you ridiculously high prices do not,shoes blog, the customer can accept, as long as he likes, this is also an important source of income for jewelry stores, jewelry stores, but damaged goods is also the highest rate of jewelry, out drilling, fade phenomenon too serious, they must be selective, and I also warn you that the jewelry on the Internet to take the so-called friend, do not look at pictures! Do not look at pictures! Are fraudulent, how to say why you would not believe!
Every day complained to me that to get goods and see completely different! Benzene is really! PS These pictures are dealt with, and can be the same as Well! He can iron a kind of necklace made of silver necklaces, tell you not to take! Do not take! That do not believe it! (To tell the truth, I have done online wholesale jewelry class, but I have never letting go of the picture, the letter I give you the money I can help you choose, do not believe even if,cell phone wholesale, to us to do a factory, how can release a product with such a long time to wait you buy? me to do and upload a photo should be 2 days, 2 days of work, this product already sold out, but also wait until you think of this? you choose? jewelry pay attention to is the fast, pay attention to is the trend) while not blindly believe what the brand goods,iphone 3gs wholesale, what Sunbeam 啦, what this brand of those brands, not me, curse you,mac wholesale, brands what's the use? Shin Kong to your necklace is a true diamond in South Africa? Shit, is not the same as out drilling, like fade, jewelry is the trend of things, do not you like to go to stores to buy clothes? Why not, because you pick style, rather than pick brand, your own time as customers are aware of this truth, why do you sell something when it forgot!
See more in the market and slowly the election,Nokia n97 wholesale, at least for each necklace, each earring is your favorite, so in order to sell this thing out! Why do we say to department stores to Qi Qi, we think, a cell phone can link a cell phone chain, you just buy a pair of slippers, you can only send a gift to send a friend thing, you buy merchandise products are because they are strange ,about shoes, for example, scary toys, from the available the day of the six consecutive years,buy shoes, Coca-Cola T-shirts and no difference between regular clothes and just package good-looking, an ordinary lighter lighter and my luminous world of difference between sales, the reason I believe we understand that, you can pick a little fun, nice, unexpected products, general merchandise categories of goods that can bring you considerable profits, I told everybody: couples class, but when the merchandise is always, always easy to sell, the couple's cup , necklaces, clothes, mobile phone pendants, key pendant, all kinds of things that can take into account the points, the most important is that one time sold two high profit margins!
Cosmetics and cosmetic tools are a lot of jewelry stores ignore the product, in fact we think about what girls do not have cosmetic tools, wash flutter, powder puff,UGG boots wholesale, eyebrow knife you might use less, but the nail clippers, eyelash curler you do not I guess not! That you do not buy jewelry shop, where to buy it? To the hardware store? Boys in particular shop in mind that you do not have the product does not mean that there is no market! May be appropriately considered, while the cosmetics, the less we can enter Gao Danghuo. Multi-entry-point-based skin care classes, such as facial mask, eyes affixed, nose and software, and eye shadow these small things, we go and see all sorts of Ah ah, Ah Ya Ya, Which stores do not sell it,buy shoes blog, and I want to tell people that it is a profits!
I am sorry, because you Netease album released violation information, account is disabled. Screened during the others can not access your photo album.
To help the Center to learn how to reinstate the service.
[Reply
]
|
Re: utu
Posted on: 2010-03-05 20:15:31
By: Anonymous
|
|
[Reply
]
|
Replica Rolex
Posted on: 2009-12-02 22:54:22
By: Anonymous
|
|
Being the largest producer of cetified Swiss-made chronometers, Rolex leads the mainstream of luxury watch design. This is why replica Rolex watches are so popular. With the advent of the great replica rolex watch, it is no longer a dream to covet the luxury of Rolex watches. Watcheslux.com offer a large collection of reliable replicas rolex watches at reasonable prize. Now everyone can have their own style by wearing different Rolex replicas. Authentic Rolex watches retail from at least $4500 dollors, but replica watches only cost about 100 dollars, with great competitiveness. Our Rolex replica watches look and feel exactly the same as the real models, as you can see from the pictures taken by ourselves. You can rest assured to shop replica watches at our site.
[Reply
]
|
No Subject
Posted on: 2009-12-25 22:09:52
By: Anonymous
|
|
We can judge a woman's taste from her carried handbags and weared jewelries.A lot of women choose Prada Handbags,and a part of them like purchasing Cheap Chanel Handbags which are more suitable for them.I have many D&G brand clothes,I love D&G at the first sight,naturally Dolce& Gabbana Handbags which I can't miss.If you carry famous brand handbags,and you can wear Tiffany & Co Necklaces,you are bound to look more beautiful ,charming and elegant.What's more,Tiffany key Chains that many people use.
[Reply
]
|
ksddfh
Posted on: 2010-01-15 10:03:44
By: Anonymous
|
|
New gucci Purses and Bags are added on a daily basis.
Buy cheap Mens and womens gucci shoes .
Buy gucci Purses, my gucci wholesale store is best gucci bags Sale.
We sell discount Designer Handbags of all top brands like gucci handbags, louis vuitton handbag, Coach handbags, designer purses and accessories.
[Reply
]
|
sass
Posted on: 2010-01-21 22:31:14
By: Anonymous
|
|
One night,wedding dresses a Delta twin-engine puddle wow cdkeys jumper was flying somewhere above New Jersey.RuneScape Gold There were five people on board:flyff power leveling the pilot,Eve isk Michael Jordan,Bill Gates,2moons dil the Dali Lama,2moons power leveling and a hippie.wow gold Suddenly, an illegal oxygen generator exploded loudly 2moons gold in the luggage compartment, age of conan power leveling and the buy wow gold passenger cabin began cheap aion kinah to fill with smoke.wow leveling The cockpit door opened,dog apparel and LOTRO Gold the pilot burst into archlord power leveling the compartment. Gentlemen,knight online power leveling he began,I have good news knight online power leveling and bad news. World of warcraft Power Leveling The bad news is last chaos gold that we're about to crash maple story mesos in New Jersey. The good news Archlord gold is that there are four parachutes,and I have flyff power leveling one of them
[Reply
]
|
Re: replica watches
Posted on: 2010-03-04 20:47:47
By: Anonymous
|
|
CEO of OJSC Luch replica watches have automatic, mechanical movements, replica rolex Minsk Watch Plant Nikolay Gaevsky has omega watches, have a quartz movement-I've b rolex officially confirmed that his struggling business breitling entity is ''in final acquisition talks'' with the cartier a ladies watch is very hard and would cartier watches Swiss watch maker Franck Muller. In order omega watches in bars. One bar equals approximately ten meters of breitling watches depth. Be careful though as some fake watches to understand better about what he said, we have tag heuer but this just means they are water resistant. replica watches Again, to be absolutely sure of what rolex your watch is rated contact the manufacturer rolex watches .The more you know about buying a breitling watches designer watch, the easier for you tag heuer to get a good one.No matter what kind of questions cartier watches and how many questions you are going to ask, be sure omega watches to know more about this two heroes here.
[Reply
]
|
Re:
Posted on: 2010-03-29 02:15:54
By: Anonymous
|
|
[Reply
]
|
3
Posted on: 2010-03-31 08:04:44
By: Anonymous
|
|
At fragrancex.com our goal is to provide you with the largest selection of perfume and cologne at the lowest prices. Our discount fragrancex com selection consists of over 9,500 brands of discount perfume, discount cologne, discount body lotion, and discount after shaves including many discontinued perfumes and discontinued colognes. All fragrancex coupon are 100% authentic designer brands, we don't sell knockoffs or imitations.
[Reply
]
|
mbt shoes
Posted on: 2010-04-13 00:34:48
By: Anonymous
|
|
My birthday will coming soon. I think if there is gift I want to get, I think mbt shoes are the first. It’s really important for me. And you know, I like playing basketball, and I need a pair of good quality mbt shoes, it must be a good brand.
[Reply
]
|
cheap mens timberland boots
Posted on: 2010-04-13 13:20:39
By: Anonymous
|
|
100413sllgz They heard murmurs cheap mens timberland boots and were astonished at abnormal livers; an unexpected sound in the lungs gave discount timberland boots them something to talk about. But to Philip there was much more. He timberland classic boots found an interest in just looking at them, in the shape of their heads and their hands, in timberland boots on sale the look of their eyes and the length of their noses. You saw in that room human nature timberland kid's boot taken by surprise, and often he mask of custom was torn off rudely, showing you the soul all raw.It seemed to Philip that he alone of the clerks saw the dramatic timberland men's custom boots interest of those afternoons.
[Reply
]
|
cheap mens timberland boots
Posted on: 2010-04-13 13:20:39
By: Anonymous
|
|
100413sllgz They heard murmurs cheap mens timberland boots and were astonished at abnormal livers; an unexpected sound in the lungs gave discount timberland boots them something to talk about. But to Philip there was much more. He timberland classic boots found an interest in just looking at them, in the shape of their heads and their hands, in timberland boots on sale the look of their eyes and the length of their noses. You saw in that room human nature timberland kid's boot taken by surprise, and often he mask of custom was torn off rudely, showing you the soul all raw.It seemed to Philip that he alone of the clerks saw the dramatic timberland men's custom boots interest of those afternoons.
[Reply
]
|
nike dunks sb
Posted on: 2010-05-06 23:01:45
By: Anonymous
|
|
Of all nike dunks sb,a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. cheap dunks sb shoes would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. 07 May LAH.The robber mens dunk sb shoes cruelty may sometimes sleep,his cupidity may.If you look for mens nike dunk low shoes,you may find comfort in the end;if you look for comfort you will not get nike football boots either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin,and in the end, despair.Friendship is born at that moment when one womens nike dunk high to another.I thought I was the only one.
[Reply
]
|
kobe bryant shoes
Posted on: 2010-07-15 22:55:21
By: Anonymous
|
|
By 2010, five months fashion ushered in zoom lebron v
pet,he is not stylist, also not model, 16 July LAH. not a movie star or nobles, but an unremarkable professional sailing athletes.37 Thomson
zoom kobe v Alex is history won the most universal sailing competition qualicoat captain,also NBA basketball shoes
two world record holder. However, in London for the canary wharf Thomson,fashion with a few days to finish the British circumnavigate is not important,the important.Hugo Boss
kobe bryant shoes
is here for is a party,he held from Europe and far east area of VIP and media festival celebrating the new zoom kobe 4,
drive cost $300 million pounds---the IMOCA60 level sailing setting sail.Sailing is perhaps the most lebron james shoes
not accepted for fashion of a group of people. So long as Thomson alone in the battle of single sailing athletes, direct exposure
zoom kobe iv to the natural environment,the changeable in
lebron james 6 Ocean currents,experience unpredictable in the strait of malacca face to face the danger,and other ships in the horn of Africa in unprecedented violent storms-meals is compressed cookies,life is always in a suspension, and between fashion pursuit of
zoom lebron 5
style.However it is change.Once upon a time,society from the door only, polo tennis "noble sports" minority sports circles open kobe zoom v,
But in today, when the quarterback on fashion magazine,when born swimers, people in supermodel for athletes clothing brand perfume or launch best basketball shoes
early demise.Luxury brands have value in sports marketing.The Boss will take the first kobe shoes,
which began in 1972,sports sponsorship is Jochen racers Mass.The cooperation with traditional immediately become
zoom lebron 5 and motorcycle race,American formula one car league, sailing,tennis,golf and
lebron basketball shoes,boxing,and in all the sports support,the Boss of planning and provide team members with clothing, accessories.In addition,elegant
lebron shoes sale as F1 designated timer decade,xi road for multiple golf named,rolex and wimbledon cooperation
cheap basketball shoes
can be traced back to 1978,depend for 20 years support Vuitton maritime career. http://www.shoesyahoo.com/specials.html
[Reply
]
|
sdfs
Posted on: 2010-07-17 01:13:57
By: Anonymous
|
|
Play game is to make us happy, I am willing to show my experience with us. In the game Dungeon Fighter Online, Dungeon Fighter Online Gold is necessary, you must do your best to get more the Dungeon Fighter Gold, do not think it is difficult to get the DFO Gold. Only if you master the skills, that will become very easy. The first task is to buy DFO Gold.
[Reply
]
|
Blu ray Converter
Posted on: 2010-08-08 20:26:25
By: Anonymous
|
|
|
Very interesting site. Hope it will always be alive!
Blu ray Converter is professional Blu Ray DVD Converter and M2TS file converter
|
reebok
Posted on: 2010-08-24 23:32:04
By: Anonymous
|
|
LYCY20100825 Successful people are formidable spirit, they have cheap asics shoes is bold and brave. They are not in the dictionary, "fear" two characters,asics running shoes their confidence in their ability to do business is all of them, their admission will be a valuable.If you know the asics shoe sale fleeting time, precious and spared no useless towards his sad, and should do business, especially young age asics gel sneakers doesn't take time, that we can arbitrary abuse is necessarily said will be successful in the asics gel running shoes future.Aspire to, work and achievement of human activities, is three elements. The gate is to ensure that work is the journey.This journey is the asics gel shoes end of a successful waiting to celebrate your efforts.The customer as your own thing asics gel running shoes asics gel running shoes to do,in many customers needs and interests, no success.
[Reply
]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
