Mexico City

The past few days in Mexico City have been an exciting mix of chaos and good vibes I started off in a hotel downtown to ease myself into the city. Getting there was wild the traffic was absolutely insane. I’ve seen busy cities before but this was on a whole other level. I wish I had been able to take pictures while on the bike. It’s hard to describe the scene: endless streams of people, cars and motorcycles all fighting for space on very narrow streets.

The riding has been interesting! Lane splitting is very common thing in Mexico and is absolutely my favourite way to navigate gridlock traffic. I was very apprehensive at first but I slowly got the hang of weaving between cars. It can easily save 20-30 min of travel time.

The next day, I moved to a hostel called Apapacho, which was just 1.5 kilometres away from my hotel. I was surprised it took me 45 minutes to navigate there on my bike. Once I arrived I was pumped to find out it had a great rooftop terrace/bar. I ended up spending a ton of time there, hanging out with other traveller's and swapping stories.

The following days consisted of sightseeing, eating some street food and checking out some local museums. I finished my last full day in Mexico City checking out the ancient city of Teotihuacan which has some of the largest pyramids in North America.

Unfortunately while I was there my wallet was stolen so I spent my final day in the city canceling credit cards and transferring funds to my emergency bank account. Although I was bummed out I enjoyed the time I had in Mexico City.Læs mere