Not surprisingly, I woke up at 3am, feeling considerably better than I did yesterday.
We were both awake by 6am & by 8am we were walking the streets near our hostel.
It's another overcast day, though in between the clouds, we can see the sky. We both thought, being such a big city that there would be lots of smog.
Our first mission is large coffee's inside a shopping centre, before buying a multi country adaptor to charge our appliances. Surprisingly none out of the huge collection we've been carting around, fit Mexico's power outlets.
After this, it's grocery time in Wal-Mart! The first time either of us have been to Wal-Mart.
I am only familiar with it from Facebook memes based in America, poking fun at the very unusual people who buy the very unusual things while wearing the very unusual.
We buy the standard bread, beer, eggs, cheese, fruit & veg to fuel us over the next 2 days & help us save our money. Today we bought our cheapest beers yet. We paid 44 peso's for a 6 pack which is $3.20 AUD, $0.53 per beer. They are 4.5% & taste A-mazing!
In our adventures both yesterday & today, we've only seen a few homeless people & they looked to be well enough & happy. One was even whistling & waved at us. Nobody has been begging & we haven't been approached for anything.
Again, It's hard not to notice the police & security everywhere! I've never seen so many police in my life walking the streets & driving in cars, both marked & unmarked. They all have guns & they are all wearing vests. I guess with the gun laws & Mexico's reputation of drug & gun violence, this is normal.
Once we return home we take it in turns using the laptop to update the blog & do the budget.
I'm so close to finishing Africa's blogs now! It's been a huge job catching up on 40+ days of entries.
At 8pm we can hear lots of small explosion noises outside. Our hostel is on level 5, but they sound so close. None of the staff seemed worried & on closer inspection it turned out to be fireworks. Maybe this is a normal Friday night event ?
At 9pm I decide it's bed time. I've been awake all day with no napping in an attempt to align my body clock with Central American time & shake jet lag. Tom seems to have adjusted much quicker than me. I'm hoping to sleep till the 7am alarm... let's see how it goes.
- Alli
We were both awake by 6am & by 8am we were walking the streets near our hostel.
It's another overcast day, though in between the clouds, we can see the sky. We both thought, being such a big city that there would be lots of smog.
Our first mission is large coffee's inside a shopping centre, before buying a multi country adaptor to charge our appliances. Surprisingly none out of the huge collection we've been carting around, fit Mexico's power outlets.
After this, it's grocery time in Wal-Mart! The first time either of us have been to Wal-Mart.
I am only familiar with it from Facebook memes based in America, poking fun at the very unusual people who buy the very unusual things while wearing the very unusual.
We buy the standard bread, beer, eggs, cheese, fruit & veg to fuel us over the next 2 days & help us save our money. Today we bought our cheapest beers yet. We paid 44 peso's for a 6 pack which is $3.20 AUD, $0.53 per beer. They are 4.5% & taste A-mazing!
Once at home Tom makes breakfast while I raid the condiments drawer. I happily find some Valentina Salsa picante & some salsa picante de chile habanero sauce! It's probably not meant for eggs on toast, but it's definitely going on mine!
After breakfast we spend a couple of hours planning out our time in Mexico.
By the end we are both very happy & have an itinerary with 6 different locations, taking us from Mexico City to Playa Del Carmen, where we have 4 days to relax on the beach before starting our central America tour.
The itinerary includes architecture, markets, colonial cities, Aztec & Mayan ruins, jungle trekking, snorkelling, tacos & tequila! Of course we will also enjoy lots of coffee, churros & beer.
By the end we are both very happy & have an itinerary with 6 different locations, taking us from Mexico City to Playa Del Carmen, where we have 4 days to relax on the beach before starting our central America tour.
The itinerary includes architecture, markets, colonial cities, Aztec & Mayan ruins, jungle trekking, snorkelling, tacos & tequila! Of course we will also enjoy lots of coffee, churros & beer.
Once this is done we go for a stroll through our local neighbourhood to get a feel for the place & to admire the street art.
In Mexico city the taxis are hot pink & the bus's are either green, purple or blue. Lot's of residential apartment buildings are painted in hues of orange, pink, yellow, red & beige.
There are lots of garden's & park's in this area with healthy green tree's, new red bark & well kept play equipment. Most of the footpaths are very clean, the only compromise is the occasional dog faeces.
It feels like a very colourful & clean city.
There are lots of garden's & park's in this area with healthy green tree's, new red bark & well kept play equipment. Most of the footpaths are very clean, the only compromise is the occasional dog faeces.
It feels like a very colourful & clean city.
In our adventures both yesterday & today, we've only seen a few homeless people & they looked to be well enough & happy. One was even whistling & waved at us. Nobody has been begging & we haven't been approached for anything.
Again, It's hard not to notice the police & security everywhere! I've never seen so many police in my life walking the streets & driving in cars, both marked & unmarked. They all have guns & they are all wearing vests. I guess with the gun laws & Mexico's reputation of drug & gun violence, this is normal.
Once we return home we take it in turns using the laptop to update the blog & do the budget.
I'm so close to finishing Africa's blogs now! It's been a huge job catching up on 40+ days of entries.
At 8pm we can hear lots of small explosion noises outside. Our hostel is on level 5, but they sound so close. None of the staff seemed worried & on closer inspection it turned out to be fireworks. Maybe this is a normal Friday night event ?
At 9pm I decide it's bed time. I've been awake all day with no napping in an attempt to align my body clock with Central American time & shake jet lag. Tom seems to have adjusted much quicker than me. I'm hoping to sleep till the 7am alarm... let's see how it goes.
- Alli
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