From the Lucha Libre, Mexican wrestling, to exploring ancient cultures in museums, we crammed as much as we could into our brief yet busy time in the City.
We stayed with Mexico City natives that we found on a ¨couch surfing¨ website. A great alternative to the youth hostal system that can often be alienating and impersonal.
Adriana, Frank, and Benito- two Frenchmen and Mexican from Chiapas. Wonderful people. Their apartment is 10 minutes by Metro from the city historic center.
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Museo Bella Artes. Full of wonderful Diego Rivera murals.
People performing rituals and dances in main square during full moon eclipse.
Lucha Libra - Mexican wrestling.
Museo Anthropologico. Best place in the world to learn about mesoamerican cultures and see their amazing works of art. This is a real human skull. They were masters of stone and wood work. Making bowls and other objects from the delicate obsidian.
Xochimilco are a series of canals where families come on weekends to have lunch or have parties on the water. The canals are full of vendors on boats selling food and wares. You can rent full Mariachi bands to play on your boat, amazing place.
3 comments:
Great pictures. loved the colors on the bird.
Mike,
This is your boy Chris Lahiji. I am very proud of you and the fact that you're traveling the world right now, witnessing various cultures, experiencing green birds, and contracting exotic diseases.
All this while I am chilling at the Four Seasons complaining about not getting my eggs "over easy".
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BE SAFE, DO NOT TALK TO PEOPLE LESS THAN FOUR FEET TALL, AND ALWAYS CARRY A LOADED GUN.
Hit me up when you find an Oompa Loompa.
CL
Hi Mike, this looks very interesting and amazing ... take good care of my baby while you guys are gone! Looking forward to more posts! Make sure she sees some churches for her crazy auntie. With love & blessings, Auntie Lani
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