Mexico City

We touched down in Mexico City with nothing but a hostel name and some vague memories from Sara's previous trip and left 5 days later exhausted by the world's biggest city.


Successfully finding the aforementioned hostel situated us right in the heart of the city, The Zocalo! That night we saviored a delicious and cheap Mexican meal and cheap beer!!! (Very exciting after month in North American food)


We met up with a uni/work friend, Sasha, and had a great private and very cultural experience, as we stayed with some of her Mexican friends. Our first stop was Xochimilco, floating gardens, which are Mexico's version of Venice. The experience included floating restaurants (we sampled the exotic 'green' taco), floating bars (bring on the Corona´s!) and floating bands. A quick detour through a mercado gave us the opportunity to inhale a variety of churros.

the hundreds of boats lining the floating gardens

finally someone can take a picture of us without the self portrait (thanks Sasha!) 

the floating restaurant - that blue looking stuff is the green tortilla.

our mexican amigos (left to right) - Niko, Fatima, Adriana, Scott, Sara, Sasha and her mexican lover Braulio

We strolled around Mexico City and up to Chapultepec Castle; the conquistadors had the potential to be very educational about the history of Mexico, however, due to language laziness we basically appreciated the sights and sounds and tastes, which involved adding chilli sauce (pica) to every food product (popcorn, chips, fruit, corn, etc). That night we dolled up and hit up Mexico's Kings Cross and ended up having some interesting drinks in a Scottish themed pub. In true Mexician style, the experience was topped off with a taco here and there, as well as a few shots of Mezcal. After 3 intense and fun filled days we bid adios to Sasha and our new Mexican amigos.


The last two days we were back on our own and decided to do some more sightseeing. Our first day entailed a visit to some Aztec ruins in the city surrounded by large rapidly decomposing buildings, a swing by the 2nd most visited church in the world, that of the sacred Basilica of Guadalupe (9 million people on it's busiest day!). The most interesting stop was the last and the site of Teotihuacán. A vast city that has astounding presence and design, which was built and deserted over a 1,500 years ago by a mysterious Mexican indigenous population. A hit of Mexican squirts wiped Sara out for the next day, however, we did get out that night to enjoy the sensory overload of the very theatrical Lucha Libre (wrestling).

check out our wicked Lucha Libre action video