Mexico City

The second biggest city in the world didn’t disappoint. People everywhere, insane traffic, 25 million people all at 2300 metres above sea level. A late night taco munch was a great way to start off on arrival. Mondays are the worst in Mexico and the US, everything is closed, we tried to go to some museum but we had to settle for exploring the centre of town. We had breakfast at a really cool cafe/bookshop before taking a bus to the centre. We arrived to the massive central square where a protest was happening before walking for like an hour through the streets stopping at markets and finding things along the way. We stopped for lunch at a local pub with live music, which was entertaining before relaxing at our hotel. For dinner we went to this awesome Italian restaurant where I had the best empanadas and sauce ever along with a popcorn cocktail. Day two was filled with castles, museums and a visit to Coyoacan which is a beautiful area where I bought a shirt and ate churros. That night we attended a lucha libre (basically Mexican WWE) which was interesting but wouldn’t go again. The next day was an early start at 4 am where we were transported to the famous pyramids. We went on an insane sunrise hot air balloon ride over the pyramids that was actually one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. We met a nice Australian girl who was with us the whole tour including another impromptu photoshoot at the pyramids. I bought a bracelet, drank some pulque which is amazing and tastes like flavoured yakults. We then had breakfast, explored the pyramids on foot, made some Mexican clay figures and then continued on our massive day to a restaurant near our hotel where we watched the champions league. Next stop was back to Coyoacan where Frida Kahlo’s house and her art was located. We finished off our Mexico City trip with dinner with my cousin and breakfast the next morning at a fancy bakery. Finally it was time to leave Mexico as we got on our plane and flew back to Tijuana where we crossed the border back to the USA.Read more