Nomadin
Social worker, counsellor, executive coach, psychic, medium and humanist.
The wish, the urge to travel is in my genes, heart, soul, mind and spirit.
I like to travel slowly to meet people and culture.
I’m local and home where I am right now.
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🇩🇴Samaná
  • Bier&Kaffee - Kaffeebier

    February 7, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Den besten Kaffee gibt gibt es hier! Wiederholt wurden mit dem lokalen Kaffee Preise gewonnen, unter anderem bester Kaffe der Welt!
    Wie machen eine Kaffeetour in Ariannas beliebtesten Kafeehäuser und ich mache ein Ranking:-).
    Unverhofft haben wir eine Pause der Kaffeeverkosterei gemacht.... zur Bierverkosterei.
    Ein (sehr hässliches) Pub wo das Bier sozusagen im Hinterzimmer gemacht wird. Siehe Video.
    Ich habe das erste Mal ein Bier mit Schokoladen- Kaffeegeschmack und eines Bier mit “nur” Kaffeegeschmack getrunken.. Ich muss sagen sie waren echt lecker. Insbesondere der Kaffee passt gut zum Biergeschmack.
    Personen im Foto; Alberto und Arianna. Mehr zur Ihnen unter Veracruz persönlich.
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  • Progreso

    February 6, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

    I came to Progreso to take of my braids. People told me that in Progreso there are Hippies which do that work.
    I find a woman on the beach, negotiate the price and let’s go! After one braid she said it’s to much work there are so tiny....so are just leaving me with ohne braid taken off? She said she needed to work.
    We agreed she would come back at 2pm..... let’s hope for the best.
    Progreso a insignificant town, but since cruiseship stop her the village is gearing up with infrastructure! The beache is quite nice and anyway from then tourist kilometers of virgin beach.
    Progreso is on the sea 70 kilometer to he north of Mérida. I thought of it as a small, laidback, quiet town.... Which it would be if it wasn’t for the TONS of tourists flocking in to town like a huge herd of sheeps!
    At first my ceviche would cost 14 dollars and I’m like WHAT!!! He ease me if I’m not from ship. Nope.
    He brings me the Mexican menu and the price dropped miraculously from 14 to 7 dollars🤣🤣🤣.
    Please let me buy this place!! The ceviche was huge and good.
    Who new; The beverage called tequila is really a variety of mezcal, made wholly or mostly from the blue agave plant. This plant is native to the TEQUILA AREA so this version of mescal was named after the town. Use of the agave plant goes far back into the pre-Hispanic period.
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  • Gran Museo del Mundo Maya de Mérida

    February 5, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    The built of the museum promise a spectacular experience - it was a void promise to me.
    The building is huge. I don’t like particularly the architecture. Too big. It’s also way out of town. Not an easy access for tourists. The inside of the building is quite... sober,linear. I like that.
    Of course they have many precious artifacts but the problem is the order how they display them.
    As a viewer the easiest thing is to have the different periods one after the other grouped in different themes. Nope. Here they put them all in one place with no apparent order. Periods, artifacts, themes all wildly mixed. There is one consistent theme at the beginning - Mais. Actually well done.
    The green structure you see is a Mayan symbol as in it’s the way the build their houses.
    For the size of the building they could have fit the NEW YORK MET and the Louvre.....
    There is more building then actual museum...
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  • Schreibstube

    February 4, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Das ist zur Zeit meine Schreibstube. Es ist eine Spanisch Schule, angenehme 25 Grad, das Essen ist europäisch leicht. Es ist in der Nähe meines AirBNB, total lauschig. Jeden Morgen komm ich her, verarbeitenden Eindrücke beim Schreiben und kann sie so loslassen.
    Je nach Uhrzeit esse ich Frühstück oder Mittagessen, einen frischen Fruchtsaft und los gehts.
    Die hohen Gehsteigränder sind für meine Fitness gedacht aber nicht für barrierefreies Reisen🤔
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  • Uxmal und schöne Begegnungen

    February 3, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Im Bus nach Uxmal bin ich auf den Pensionär Jonathan von New York City, Manhatten getroffen. 72 Jahre alt. In den 60ern länger mit allen möglichen Drogen experimentiert, durch joggen im Central Park davon losgekommen. Studierte Musik, Piano und Gesang. Es liess sich kein Geld damit verdienen, also verdiente er seine Brötchen mit programmieren. Verheiratet seit 36 Jahren, weil er jemand braucht auf den er sich im Notfall verlassen kann......
    Das Reisen kann er sich leisten weil sein (offenbar Arsc...)-Chef in seinem letztem Job Angst vor ihm hatte und die ganze Zeit sein Salär erhöhte. Er bekam viel zu viel für das er am Schluss praktisch nichts tat.
    Sein Chef war nicht sauber (Psychopathen boss), unwusste das Jonathan das wusste und hatte Angst dass er ihn anschwärzen würde. Er steckte die ganze Rente in die Altersvorsorge!
    Auch ein plan!

    Uxmal hat mir super gut gefallen. Die Details sind fantastisch. Soviel ist erhalten. Die meisten Leute gehen nach Chitzen-Itza weil berühmter. Habe den Typ für Uxmal bekommen, hat sich gelohnt. Dadurch dass es wenig Leute gab war auch die Energie besser zu spüren.

    Auf dem Rückweg haben wir auf den 40 Minuten verspäteten Bus gewartet um dann keine Plätze zu bekommen. Als der Bus ankam war schon all Plätze besetzt. Ich dachte ich benütze einen Trick, warte bis alle reingemostet sind, steige als letzte ein und setz mich auf die Eintrittsstufen damit ich nicht stehen musste 🤔. Es war ein guter Plan! Aber leider liess er die letzten vier nicht mehr rein. Die letzten standen auf den Eintrittsstufen und haben sich dann sicher gesetzt😫.

    Dafür haben Jonathan und ich Sophia und Juan aus Monterrey kennengelernt. Wir haben uns ein Taxi geteilt, zusammen Cocktail getrunken und hatten einen super Abend.

    Sophia hat mir ihre Liebesgeschichte erzählt, dass was Juan nicht hören durfte hat sie mit geflüstert (oh lala😳) ! Unter anderem; Juan hat 8 Jahre gebraucht um sie zu fragen ob sie seine Freundin sein wollte. Sie wollte von Beginn weg. In den acht Jahren hatte sie Partner, lebte in Austin, Texas und Melbourne, Australian mit Ihnen. Am Schluss hat sie Juan gewählt als erste gefragt hat. Die Geschichte kommt mir bekannt vor:-).
    Monterrey sei zur Zeit die gefährlichste Stadt in Mexico weil sie an der Autobahn liegt welche die Drogenkartelle für ihre Lieferungen benützen😲.
    In ihrer Stadt habe jede einzelne Person, also alle die sie kennt oder mit den sie spricht, einen sehr engen Freund oder Familienmitglied durch Schiessereien oder Bomben verloren. So traurig.....
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  • To make good laugh tell him your plans

    February 2, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Got up on Sunday and decided to see two museums. One makes plan to have a plan - but then goes with the flow!
    In plaza grande was fiesta, market and dancing competition. Who can resist that.
    Igor (Mexican form Merida, artist) texted me with interesting information and after a really interesting chat Maxime (Switzerland, Sion) asked the hang out. Waiting for him I met Milena again so we had dinner together. (Video)
    Super Sunday.

    So I met with Igor and Hector (architect, professor and sponsor of Arts and social projects).
    Hector stated the Arts in Merida and Yucatan have not much chance to be sold on the European market. He wants to change that. The project was to build an art school in Merida. He will have Art teacher in their respective field from all over the word come teach for a semester. Next semester new teacher. They also will have a gallery to sell. The teachers will be responsible to present one Art peace of every student. The teachers, not the student! Interesting concept! The school opens the on March first!
    He linked this project to another one below.

    There is Alberto who in the wake of his divorce was accused of a crime (he did not specify). Alberto spent 16 years in jail, wrote two books and plans now to make a movie about the conditions of women with their children in prison.
    Hector plans to bring Art to the women in jail - he will have art teaching classes and sponsor materials to keep them somehow occupied.
    The movie directors and the Art teacher will be from the school.
    Hector works with Igor. Igor is from Merida, studied Art and graduated in NewYork.
    Igor is Hector’s adviser when it comes to Art.

    This is just the summary of a 3 hours conversation. They also spoke about the segregation of the Mayas. The racism from white Oligarch government seems to be pretty bad.
    They also spoke how the mixed individuals,meaning one parent white/one parent from Mexico in the sense of Mesoamerica and all that is in between, are in search for their identities.
    Like today’s black Americans who are in search of their identities.
    And a lot more. I learned so much!

    Hector is one networking/finding sponsor genius.
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  • Celestun

    February 1, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    We went on a tour in a forest which is a renaturation project from the Mayan people to save a red mango forest. It started in 2003. They dug a canal of 9 kilometers to transport water from a nearby river. It’s impressive what they accomplished. All the green you see in the pics wasn’t there.
    They left an an area, called the “dead forest” (see pics) , to show the devastation of Hurricane Gilberto 10 years ago but also to provide a space for specific birds to come back every year.

    We had a great day, although we saw the pink 🦩 only from afar. Doesn’t matter, the Zoo in Basel has pink flamingos😬.
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  • Digital nomads and couchsurfers

    February 1, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    As a group of four we went to Celestun to explore the pink 🦩.
    - Becket Prada, 54, from California, traveller. Tries to make a living. Changed legally his name because doesn’t want to be associated in any way with his family.
    - Matthias, 41, South Tyrol, digital nomad, digital marketing
    - Milena, 27, Bosnia, digital marketing

    The stories from digital nomads are always interesting. They use Couchsurfing for social contacts.
    Beckett and Matthias together were like a stand up comedian show. Hilarious.
    The former group was nice but not more than that. With this group I felt connected to every single member. It’s so nice to meet likeminded souls on your travels.
    I invited them to my place at the end of the tour and had a couple of beers.
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  • Ein ruhiger Tag.........

    January 31, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Was die Reisende so tut an einem ruhigen Tag;
    - Sie setzt sich in ein Uber, fährt eine halbe Stunde und holt sich den Fotoaparat zurück, welche sie im Auto der Fahrerin vom Vortag vergessen hatte. Und eine halbe Stunde zurück. 12 bangende Stunden weil ich dachte ich hätte ihn verloren.
    - Suche nach einem neuen Badkleid weil die superkluge Reisende das Mitgebrachte verloren hat am Vortag. Hat sich in einer der Grotten aufgelöst. Die Suche war erfolglos - ich hatte mir aber keine Hoffnungen gemacht. Wie soll das gehen in einem Land wo Frauen die Durchschnittsgrösse 156.6 cm ist...🤪😳
    - Danach zu einem Arzt weil das eine Ohr verstopft und entzündet ist. Praktisch auch hier; Die Apotheken bieten durch einen Arzt medizinische Dienstleistungen an. Auch in diesem Land bin ich nicht einig mit dem Doktor. Wir haben unterschiedliche Vorstellungen wie die Behandlung aussehen soll. Ich lass ihn gewinnen weil er gut aussieht, sehr nett ist und total witzig. Dafür muss ich nächsten Dienstag nochmal hingehen.
    - Danach sucht die Reisende einen Ersatz für die Hikingboots welche sie im Bus vergessen hat.
    Ich brauche eine 44 wegen den Einlagen. Männerschuhe gibt es hier nur bis 43. Bei den Frauen habe ich natürlich gar nicht gesucht😩. Es hat einen Schuh der mir gefällt aber natürlich ist er nicht da in 43.

    Fertig. Ich gehe mich in einem lauschigen Garten erholen von diesem ruhigen Tag.
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  • Cenotes - http://www.cenotesyucatan.info

    January 30, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Yesterday we spent the day visiting two Cenotes. A couchsurfer group of five.
    Jenny (California), Nikolina (Bosnian, living in Berlin), Duarte (Spain) and Felipe (Colombia).
    The first cenote, called St. Maria, was really difficult. We basically crawled through tiny-tiny whole in she cave. The (very hard) rock beneath us was totally muddy and slippery. Stil can feel my knees and elbows.
    It was a totally worth it. The cave arch 40 meters under full of cleaning water and incredible silence. The fun we had..... just take a look at the pictures!
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  • Exhausted in Merida

    January 29, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 29 °C

    I felt the 22 hour bustrip wasn‘t that bad but when I arrived I had to sleep 4 hours. Forgot my hiking boots in the bus in overhead compartment. Went to ask for them... nada... Don’t think they will return to me. 😡I hope at least men shoes have my size... not sure.
    Finally I can put on a sommer dress and flip-flops!
    The AirBnB I have for the next to weeks is amazing. Very big, sparkling clean, good location.
    Went out for dinner. Jumbo Mojito 2.50 Sfr., the plate with typical food of Yuacatan 5.00.-and I can eat two days from it. Love the prices here.
    Again no idea what I’m eating...
    Tomorrow going to see the see the cenotes with a group of couchsurfers.A cenote is a natural sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.
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  • Mercado, Coyoacan y Mariachi

    January 27, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Ich warte auf den Bus der mich in 22 Stunden Fahrzeit nach Merida In Yucatan bringt.
    Gestern waren wir auf dem Markt, wie immer alles bunt. Ich wollte unbedingt nach Coyoacan.
    Fahre hin mit Uber...... und war dann zu erschöpft um rumzulaufen. Habe mich einer der vielen schönen, riesigen Pärke gesetzt, mich ausgeruht und bin zurück gefahren.
    Mit Mike sind wir am Abend auf die Piazza Garibaldi gefahren. Da versammeln sich jeden Abend die Mariachi Singer dieser Stadt. Für 130 Pesos singen sie dir ein Lied vor. Wir hatten Glück unsere Band war wirklich gut!
    Apropos Mariachi; Ursprünglich kommen sie aus Guadalajara. 1912, nach der Revolution (1910-1912)
    Suchte der damalige President ein „Brand“ welches alle Mexikaner verbindet. Etwas was alle Mexicaner mochten und sie sich zusammen als Land darüber identifizieren konnten.
    ET voilà, so wurden sie im ganzem Land berühmt.
    Der gleiche President hat auch die Murales geschaffen. Also die vielen Wandmalereien in Mexiko.
    Die Idee war, dass man das Volk mit Wandmalereien „erziehen“ kann. Also die Menschen über wichtige soziale Themen zu informieren und sensibilisieren.
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  • History and Art

    January 26, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    We went to see the Residence many Presidents of Mexico resided. It was surprisingly simple.
    Pottery, paintings, craft was again so beautiful. I‘m just so impressed. Somehow I like this art, old and contemporary, much better than the general European Art.
    We went to see an exhibition in a Gallery for children The theme was Panda bears 🐻 and 🍩 !
    What a combination! Of course we went again to a park to relax.

    On Sunday covered: 9 km.
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  • Got lost in the Park Chupaltepec

    January 25, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Ich schreibe ab jetzt abwechslungsweise auf Deutsch und Englisch.
    Ich wollte das das Museum del Historia del Castillo de Chupaltepec sehen gehen.
    Das Schloss liegt auf einem Hügel inmitten dem riesigen Park Chupaltepec (678 Hektaren!)
    Trotz Google Maps, Wegweiser und immer wieder fragen habe ich mich verlaufen.
    Es war aber auch sooo schön in diesem Park rumzulaufen, dass es nichts machte.
    Als ich endlich ankam, gab es eine sehr lange Schlange und ich war völlig 😕.
    Auf der Suche nach dem Ausgang habe ich mich nochmal verlaufen.
    Ich bin überzeugt dass sie die Wegweiser verstellt haben, die Leute mir falsche Auskünfte gaben und Google Maps mich nicht mag. Ich glaube sogar das Orientierungsgenie Claudia Eller hätte sich verlaufen.
    Am Sonntag erholen sich die Mexikaner in ihren vielem, riesigen Pärken der Stadt.
    Alles ist bunt ihn dieser Stadt, sogar die Zuckerwatte und die Bändel um Kinder anzubinden damit sie nicht verloren gehen!
    Auch hier gibt es Pfadfinder!
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  • Mezcal Festival

    January 25, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

    Well, I learned that for Mexicans fiestas are very important because it‘s a good occasion to mingle with people from other social classes. Everybody is the same in a fiesta.
    It certainly helps that for 2.50 Sfr. You can have as many shots of Mezcal as you want. Each state of Mexico is at the Festival with their Type of Mezcal. Finally I did not eat the 🐜 Torta....
    We had fun!

    Covered on this Saturday 7.7 km
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  • Pyramids yet not Pyramids

    January 23, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    I took another toor and was yet disappointed. We were visiting the „Pyramids“ of the sun and the moon in Theoticlan. We could hardly understand the guide because of his really thick accent. Also he did not seem very motivated. Talking he walked ahead without caring weather we would here or not what he was saying. At 16.00 he sent us alone on tour because he had to accompany the driver to take bus from gate 3 to gate 2. We were supposed to meet at 17.15. So he needed 75 minutes for 1 kilometer???? However, we were a small group of 5 and had a lot of fun.

    I learned from my guide of the trip the day before; The „Pyramid“ in Centralamerica are not called (and are not) Pyramide because they are different in built and purpose. (Forgot the right name)
    They are round/flat at the top and have stairs. They are built for the gods, observe the stars and developing their knowledge in Astrology.
    Au contraire the Pyramide in Egypt are pointed at the top and are graves for the dead loved ones.
    Only the base of the construction is the same.

    I climbed the pyramid of the sun but did not make for the other pyrami which is three times higher.

    On the way to the Pyramide we passed the Favelas of CDMX.It must have been for about 20 kilometer. They sit on the mountains. The young Brasilien couple said: „We have favelas but we never saw something like this. Apparently the favelas have basic infrastructures as well as school and healthcare. It was a shock.

    Two ease the shock I had two very good corncobs covered with Mayonnaise, cheese, chilipowder and salt. Mhmmmm, niammi.

    Will write very bad review for the lazy tour guide.

    Covered 7.6 km
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  • Interesting facts in CDMX

    January 22, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    The Xochimilco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochimilco and Coyoacan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyoacán tour was disappointing.
    They took us onto the canals of Xochimilco. We were supposed to first ship around one hour on the canals. It took us 90 minutes to get there because of the heavy traffic. I was lucky enough to sit in front next to the guide.
    What actually happened was that there were floating kitchen, bars, mariachi singer and vendors and we were encouraged to consume. Our guide Sergio was very knowledgeable and funny, but the group was not interested in facts but kept eating, drinking and chatting away.
    Once we got the Coyoacan (historically very wealthy neighborhood) it was dark and we couldn’t see anything. One (not so) not so fun fact; Only Ex-Presidents, politicians and big time drugdealer can live there:, it is so expensive:-).

    More facts;
    - The metro in CDMX transports 7000000 people every day.
    - In 1818 the acting president of Mexicos (and his politician friends, of course all white Spaniards) pushed through a law that land could now be bought and owned. Before that the ones who worked the land were the owner. As soon as they left it, they weren’t any more. The consequence was that the President and his friends bought all the land around CDMX for 300 pesos and then sold it for much more. There was no urban planning and hence the city spread out in all directions. It’s is one of the reasons CDMX is so big.
    - CDMX is in a valley and before the city was build there was water and lagoons. Until today houses are build on platforms. The indigenous had a perfect water cleansing system. The water was perfectly clean. Shortly after the Spanish invaders arrived, there was a cholera breakout...

    Covered 2.1 km
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  • Hop on and off bus tour

    January 21, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    I always use such a bus in a city, it helps you get oriented. But no - not in CDMX!
    This city is so huge - there is now way for a orientation dummy like me to get oriented.
    One of the main roads is 64 km long in the south and 53 km in the north. So basically the city is as big as from Basel to Bern! 2 hours a day commute to work is considered lucky, 3 hours is normal, many do 4 hours.
    I wonder how does one manage such a big city? CDMX without the surroundings suburbs is 8‘000‘000 people. That is the number of people in Switzerland.
    With big cathedral I also have mixed feelings. One one hand I admire the artistic value and in awe of craftsmanship, and that they left us signs of their culture. On the other side I think of the people who did the hard work. Suffered, died, were hungry and sick. I suppose most of laborers were slaves.
    Impressions of two different kind of arts.

    Covered 7.7 km
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  • Central Library UNAM

    January 20, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    The underground where the library stands is lava because of the nearby volcano. The ground is 60 deep! The architect thought best to mostly use the lava to build the library, As the ground was uneven, he had to first build terraces and the buildings.
    When I stood in front of this building I was both in awe and I did not like it. A weird feeling.
    In awe because of the vision the Architect had, the thought of so many little lava pieces, all cut and painted by hand and the time it took to build. Overwhelming.
    At the same time I found it to be very ugly. I learned that the builder was a functionalist architect. Meaning that it is all about the function of the building not caring about the esthetics. Not my cup of tee!
    But it’s cool that such a iconic building host’s a library!
    If you wanna know more read here https://en.mxcity.mx/2016/03/juan-ogorman-mural…
    Side note. The University campus is so big (770 hectares!) that they have a bus to transport the students. Of course for some unknown reason I was standing at the psychology stop:-)

    Covered 8.6 km
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  • Diego Riviera

    January 19, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    One of Diego Rivieras most famous Mural is Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park.
    He was a gifted painter and Muralist as you can see from the painting.
    The mural 15.6 meter wide, 4 meter high, weighs 35 tons!) represents three principal eras of Mexican History: The Conquest, The Porfiriato Dictatorship, and The Revolution of 1910. In chronological order starting from left to right we meet numerous prominent figures from Mexican history.
    Now Diego Riviera was also a Don Giovanni and Machista. The picture with the yellow lady and the open legs represents Diego’s opinion about woman. He thought that in order to obtain a hus-band, make start a business or succeed in live she had to open her legs....... No comment.
    The lady in yellow is a famous and wealthy singer at her time. Nonetheless the men in front of her won’t let her pass because she is indigenous.
    At the very left you see Hernandez Cortes, the Spanish conqueror who landed in Veracruz, Mexico in the 1400. The blood on his hand symbolizes the pain and horror he brought the Mesoamerica. Little up and right the symbolization of the Inquisition Cortes also brought the continent (only to be seen in the movieclip.
    A side note; Riviera did not include his long term affair Frida Kalo in the Mural. She got offended and demanded that he would. He did!
    Posted movieclip on facebook.

    Covered 10.4 km
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  • Impressions of 10.4 km walking

    January 18, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Guabana for 0.98 Rp.....
    With Uber App you can also rent a bike!
    People gathering with friends and family for brunch.
    Poverty and the monster that has a wise saying!
    Wanted to visit the Palacio des Artes. Queued up to enter for about 20 min., then I realized I had to cue up again for the exhibition, decided it wasn’t that important. Again the building is amazing. The Spaniards really knew how to impress- then again it’s easy when you don’t pay for labour...

    Covered 1.9 km
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