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    • Day 39

      Flughafen

      April 11, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

      So nun musste ich von Holbox nach Puerto Vallarta! Dafür musste ich extrem früh aufstehen Bzw ich hab ehrlich gesagt nur 30 min geschlafen um dann die erste Fähre zu nehmen. Danach mit einem shuttle nach Cancun zum Flughafen und dann erst nach Mexicocity und dann nach Vallarta. Ich sollte eigentlich um 18 Uhr ankommen. Leider war die Hölle los in Mexicocity, sodass ich da 8h am Flughafen warten musste.
      Durch die Klima, den Nordwind usw. bin ich allerdings krank geworden in Holbox und das kam dann am Flughafen hervor. Hab mir dann schön IBU und Nasenspray gekauft. (Das Mexikanische Nasenspray ist beschissen!! Jana und Till ihr hättet da echt Probleme mitgehabt. Das hilft einfach mal gar nicht!)
      Naja um 2:30 nachts kam ich dann fix und fertig mit Fieber an. (Corona ist es aber nicht! Hab 2 Schnelltest gemacht)
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    • Day 45

      Mexico City

      June 3, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      During the Aztec period, Mexico City was initially built over a lake, the Lago de Texcoco. Aztecs built an artificial island by dumping soil into the lagoon. Later, the Spaniards erected a second Mexico City on top the ruins of Tenochtitlán. Tenochtitlán was founded in 1325 A.D. by the Mexicas.

      Because of its construction on that lake, Mexico City is constantly sinking slowly. Some areas of the city have dropped more than nine meters in the last 100 years.

      I didn't feel the city's sinking, though the high altitude, since its elevation is on ~2.200m wich made it harder for me to breath.
      Cesar picked me up from the gigantic bus station and showed me around the city center.
      He is professionally organising hiking and climbing trips, so he asked me if I wanted to go on this trip to the highest volcano in the region. Porqué no, I said to myself and even asked my friend Silvana to join us.
      In the end we were 5 people driving 3 hours to Nevado de Toluca.
      The special was that we hiked the Vulcano at night to see the sun rising from the top (~4.400m). We wore warm jackets, helmets, headlamps, sticks, gloves and good shoes (wich I bought in the afternoon at decathlon for ~20€), so the adventure could begin.
      We walked in a constant tempo up and made breaks every now and then. It became harder and harder to breath since we came up higher. The sky was full of thousands of stars and you could see the milky way very clearly.
      At 4 in the morning and after around 3 hours of hike I started questioning myself: "Why do I do this? I always hated these walks! Can we please return..."
      Somehow I managed to fight my lack of willpower and kept on fighting. At some point we came to path were it was a more climbing than walking what I liked more and from there it was only a half more hour to the top.
      We made it right on time and found ourselves a windproof cave in the rocks. We unpacked our sandwiches and watched the sun rise.
      An undescribable feeling, being there on top of the world. We could enjoy the view for half an hour until it got too cold. It was under 0* C and the wind was whipping our faces, so we started our way down, wich aswell wasn't very easy.
      It was amazing though seeing the landscape around us for the first time after the complete darkness.
      After 4 hours up and three down we made it to our car and drove back to finally get some sleep 🥱

      The next day Silvana took me with her and her dog Lobo to see the beautiful districts of Coyoacan and Roma Sur/Norte.
      We strolled all day around had all the different kinds of street food.

      On Monday, my last day in Latino America, I met my friend Melody wich was one of my first yoga students in Puerto Escondido and we did a session in a park in La Condesa.
      In the evening Cesar, Silvana and me went out for dinner and had RICO Mexican cuisine.
      When we brought Silvana home, I had to pee strongly so I facilitated myself next to a tree, when Cesar suddenly screamed: "NINO, STOP! STOP!"
      I stopped, but it was too late and a police car saw me there....
      Two cops came out, searched all our stuff, mumbled something from a fee of 3.500 Pesos (175€) and that I had to come with to the police station.
      It was already late 1:30am and I had to be at 4:00 at the airport to catch my flight to Miami, so definitely no time for a police station visit.
      Silvana tried to convince them with all she got, when Cesar noticed that they smell like alcohol. He told us in a Quiet moment and when one cop requested me for the 5th time to now get into the car, Silvana turned up and told them: "Either you take us to the station and I will tell your supervisor that you drank in your shift or you take these 500 Pesos (25€) and get the fuck out of here!"
      After short consideration they reluctantly took the money and drove off. 😅😅😅😅😅
      We couldnt believe our luck and drove home happy af.
      I packed my stuff, took an UBER to the airport and got safe and sound into the plane were I had a hole line of seats for myself. So I slept the three hours like a baby until I wake up in the United States of America 🇺🇸
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    • Day 256

      Mexico City

      November 21, 2019 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      Zack schon bin ich in Mexico. Des geht hier ruckzuck... Eine schöne Stadt muss ich sagen. Das Essen ist richtig lecker, ich aß Tacos bei einem Streetfoodstand und wurde erst mal von der Schärfe Mexicos überrascht. Ich schländerte durchs Zentrum und machte einen Abstecher ins schönste viertel von Mexico „La Roma“, in welchem ein Couchsurfer mir eine gratis Stadtführung gab. Morgen geht es weiter nach Puebla einem kleinen Dorf südöstlich von México City...Read more

    • Day 108

      México City Day 1!

      February 17, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

      Today we travelled to Mexico City and arrived around 3am in the morning, so managed to grab a few hours sleep before breakfast, and a busy, jam packed day!... As we do and had pretty much relaxed for 2 weeks prior lol! 😁 As soon as we landed here (even though it was at night) we knew we loved it straight away and couldn't wait to get out and see the sights, eat the food and drink the local beverages... tequila if we're being mega tourists lol 😂 zach wanted to sleep longer but I knew we had to get out in the city, as we only have 3 days here, and we definitely realised we should have booked more time here! But we're coming back hopefully to get our flight to the land of Oz (maybe) . So we decided to do the free walking tour (as its good way to get to know the city and the tour guides always recommended places 😉) Centro is where we are staying, so it was a good meeting point infront of the cathedral about 20mins walk away. On the walking tour Javier took us around the streets of the Historic centre with its many gallery's, museums, aztec archialogical ruins, Spanish inspired architecture (mixed with Spanish designs and even chinese decorated tiles). We also visited some good street food vendors, to see the way locals eat and its around £1 each for a huge filled taco with any meat you like, refried black beans, guacamole, chillies, picante sauce.. If you feeling brave 😏😤🔥 and the traditional white crumbly cheese topping! (they also have blue coloured tacos if you fancy it!! 😮) There is soo much history to explore here in Mexico City, its truely overwhelming but amazing. There is around 150 museums just in the city, so we definitely need more time here 😁😍Read more

    • Day 2

      Ciudad de Mexico

      February 29, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Die Erwartungen an die mit über 21 Millionen größte Stadt Nordamerikas waren bei unserer Ankunft noch sehr gering. Allerdings präsentierte sich Mexiko City mit den vielen grünen Parks, den freundlichen und hilfsbereiten Menschen und alt spanischer Kolonialarchitektur sowie natürlich strahlendem Sonnenschein von seiner besten Seite.
      Die riesigen Distanzen hinderten uns nicht die Stadt zu Fuß zu erkunden, um die vielen kleinen Märkte, erfrischenden Wasserspiele und unzähligen Kirchen zu bestaunen.
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    • Day 1

      Mexico city

      May 17, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      First stop Mexico city.

      Highlights include Tenochtitlan, visiting the Estadio Azteca and getting acquainted with Mexican food.

      I ended up spending most of my time with two Dutch lads, sven and Steven who ill hopefully meet again in Guatemala.

      The football game was incredible. Such a great atmosphere with a whole corner of the 85,000 capacity stadium blasting music on drums, trumpets etc.
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    • Day 11

      Día 11: Viaje a CDMX

      May 18, 2022 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Hoy es el día de dejar la península de Yucatan y viajar a Ciudad de México. Salimos antes de las 9 para tomar el bus hacia el aeropuerto, y justo antes hacemos una parada técnica en un supermercado para comprar fruta, un ponquecito y algo de tomar para desayunar 😅. Una vez en la terminal de buses, la fila está tan larga, que difícilmente podremos tomar el bus que nos deje a tiempo para nuestro vuelo. Por suerte, un chico en la fila tiene el mismo problema, y nos sugiere tomar un taxi entre los 3, lo que saldría al mismo precio que el bus 😊 y así llegamos más temprano de lo planeado al aeropuerto. Llegamos en la tarde a CDMX y queremos tomar el metro hasta nuestro hotel, lo que no nos imaginamos es que la ciudad estuviera no tan bien conectada, y así para ir del aeropuerto a la zona Rosa (donde esta ubicado nuestro hotel), se deben hacer 2 trasbordos en metro y 1 al metrobus, lo cual no es para nada práctico con maletas 😐. Luego de casi 1 hora llegamos a nuestro hotel 😊. Más tarde, salimos a caminar por la zona Rosa, vimos el ángel de la Independencia, y luego buscamos algo de comer, y después de mucho caminar, encontramos un lugar de hamburguesas muy particular, donde sirven las papas fritas en cocas de perro 😂.Read more

    • Day 469

      Ciudad De Mexico

      July 9, 2023 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Knappe 5 Stunden dauert die Busfahrt nach Ciudad De Mexico 🚌. Hier gehen wir zuerst zum Lucha Libre, dem mexikanischen Wrestling 👊. Anders als in den USA tragen die Luchadores (die Wrestler) hier jeweils Masken und das mexikanische Pendant ist deutlich akrobatischer als in den Staaten. Ein Besuch bei diesem Spektakel gehört in der Hauptstadt einfach dazu und wir amüsieren uns in der rappelvollen Halle gut ab dem Schauspiel und vor allem ab dem leidenschaftlichem Publikum, unvorstellbar wie die Mexikaner diese gefakten Kämpfe abfeiern 😅😂. Am Folgetag schauen wir beim Fussball vorbei, leider gibts keine Tore zu sehen, aber wir werden gut unterhalten auf den Rängen ⚽️. Mann des Tages der Bier-Lieferant, der dir die gekühlten 0.7 l Becher direkt an den Platz bringt. Danach laufen wir kreuz und quer durch die riesige Stadt, aber bis auf ein paar wenige Gassen begeistert uns die Stadt nicht wirklich. Auffallend die grosse Polizei-Präsenz in der ganzen Stadt. Kaum eine Gasse ohne Polizei und des öfteren patrouillieren schwer bewaffnete Polizei-Pickups durch die Strassen, unsicher haben wir uns aber nicht gefühlt. Ein Highlight der Stadt sind sicher die archäologischen Stätten Teotihuacan etwas ausserhalb gelegen. Auf dem riesigen Gelände, das seit 1987 zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe zählt, waten die Überreste des Machtzentrums einer immer noch rätselhaften Zivilisation, darunter die drittgrößte Pyramide der Welt.Read more

    • Day 2

      Ciudad de Mexico 🇲🇽

      February 13 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Nach einer angenehmen Reise sind wir inklusive umstieg in Washington DC nach ca 16-17 Stunden im Hotel angekommen und das war es dann auch für den ersten Tag der Reise. War ja auch schon nachts ums 11.

      Nach einer angenehmen Nacht, ging es direkt auf die wuseligen Straßen von Mexiko Stadt. Direkt nach verlassen des Hotels gab es den ersten Stärkungstaco bevor es vorbei an einer schönen Plaza, einer Kirche und der Templo Mayor Ausgrabungsstätte zu unserem richtigen Frühstück. 😁😎
      Hier gab es fünf gefüllte Tacos inklusive Getränke und Beilagen für knapp 3,50 €. Und die waren einfach der Hammer, gefüllt mit verschiedenen Fleisch, Bohnen und Kartoffeln einfach geil. 🌮🌮🌮

      Danach war die Sättigung definitiv hergestellt und wir haben uns noch ein bisschen die Füße vertreten.
      Vorbei ein schönen Plazas, vollen Straßen mit Verkäufern, eine Geräuschkulisse die man erlebt haben muss.
      Jetzt hat es uns dann nochmal ins Zimmer zurück gezogen, da wir doch noch ein bisschen den Jetlag merken und noch eine kurze Siesta einlegen. Bevor es später nochmal los geht, zur nächsten 🌮party. 😎😂👌

      Morgen geht es dann mit dem Bus 🚌 weiter nach Santiago de Querétaro.
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    • Day 108

      México City Day 1 pt 2

      February 17, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      More of our walking tour took us round the impressive post office, political building and the heart of the city; the Palacio de Bellas Artes which is designed in an art deco style inside (very much like alot of buildings in New York or Great gatsby 😎) it houses an art gallery on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor. Including the famous work of Diago Rivera (married to Frida Kahlo also famous painter and revolutionary woman of her time! 😊) 'Man, Controller of the Universe' which was originally was started in the Rockefeller building in New York, but as it was deemed too radical and communist, the Rockefeller family had it destroyed in 1934, so Diago had to come back to Mexico City after losing his contract in America and re-paint this mural in the Palacio de Bella Artes. It also has art by other artists of that era like Siqueiros, Alfaro, Orozco, O'Gorman and Tamay. The palace is also home to many famous shows including ballets, opera and musicals. The curtain in the main threatre is very famous for being designed by Tiffany Co. in 1912 made with mosaic of a million 2 cm crystals composing the landscape of the Valley of Mexico. On our walk we also came across streets of just dresses which apparently are a big thing for when girls turn 15,its a sweet 15 not 16 here. But they have big parties that can cost up to $5000 or $6000 just for one party! The cakes are a big thing too, as you have to have an amazing cake for such a big party lol 😂Read more

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