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Mexicable Cable Car in Mexico City Jan 18. After Irmante finished her studies at lunch time, she skipped her afternoon Spanish class so that she we could hang out. We caught the metro to the end of Line 3 to Verdes Indio. From there we caught the free Mexicable Bus for 20 minutes through Mexico City traffic to the start of the Mexicable system. Mexicable is cable-car gondola transportation that just opened in October 2016, and runs over the...
Punk Market El Chopo in Mexico City Jan 14. At 14:00, Irmante and I went to Tianguis Cultural El Chopo in Mexico City which is the punk market that happens here. It is amazing! El Chopo in Mexico City is packed with the coolest people you have ever seen in your life. When you walk to the market from the metro, you can tell when you are getting close to the market because suddenly everyone and everything begins to look...
by The Beave · Published January 13, 2017 · Last modified January 30, 2017
The Mexican Monarch Metal Brothers in Mexico City. Jan 13. At 21:00 I went to meet Sara at a metal bar in Mexico City called Metal Brothers. The website said there was no cover charge and stated that live bands play every night. I was worried that it was going to be some lame ‘Cruise Ship’ band covering a version of ‘Hotel California’ for the eight-kajillianth time and fill me with regret. Nope! None of that at all… Metal Brothers was...
Tequila Distillery Tour in Tequila, Mexico. December 20. Up, breakfast, buy some new shades that turn my face blue because of the color, and head to Jose Cuervo for the tequila distillery tour in Tequila. It cost 220 pesos each for a one hour tequila distillery tour of Jose Cuervo! 220 pesos is essentially a king’s ransom for a one hour tour in Mexico. Over 1/3 of the tequila consumed worldwide is Jose Cuervo and the other 65% is the...
by The Beave · Published December 19, 2016 · Last modified December 20, 2016
Santuario Nacional del Angel de la Santa Muerte: Mexico City. December 15. It took us a while to get out of the house. Everyone is exhausted. We have been hitting Mexico City hard for about two weeks now. Eventually all three of us were ready. My date from last night had asked me what I was planning to do today. I told her that my friends and I were going to visit Santuario Nacional del Angel de la Santa Muerte,...
by The Beave · Published December 13, 2016 · Last modified February 19, 2020
Teotihuacan: Pyramids Close to Mexico City. Dec 13. The house got moving around 10:00. I thought Irmante, Clint and I would tackle the day earlier, but everyone was tired. Irmante made breakfast and we headed for the Teotihuacan pyramids close to Mexico City. Teotihuacan was an ancient Mesoamerican city which was the largest city in the Americas…pre-Columbus. The city is thought to have been of 125,000 inhabitants and was built from 100 to 250 CE. To get to the pyramids...
Mexico 2016 / Sports / Writing
by The Beave · Published December 11, 2016 · Last modified December 20, 2016
Mexican Bullfight in Mexico City. Dec 11 At 17:30 we headed to Plaza de Toros in Mexico City for the bullfight. Plaza de Toros is the world’s largest bullring with seating for 41,262 gore fanatics. I had been to a Mexican bullfight (‘Corridas de Toros’ in Spanish) once before in Mazatlan when I flew in for the millennium. I said I would never attend one again, but it has been nearly 17 years and my friends Clint and Irmante have...
Mexico 2016 / Sports / Writing
by The Beave · Published December 9, 2016 · Last modified December 20, 2016
Lucha Libre Mexican Wrestling: Mexico City. Dec 9 (cont’d) After the scorpion eating, Irmante, Clint and I stopped for some wine and cheese in the market, but my stomach was pretty wonky. We dropped into Mercado de Artesanias La Ciudadela and by the time we had dinner in a local traditional dive restaurant, I was in tip-top shape again. We headed for to Arena Mexico for tonight’s event of Lucha Libre Mexican Wrestling. The three of us had purchased masks...
Extreme Adventure / Mexico 2016 / Writing
by The Beave · Published December 9, 2016 · Last modified December 20, 2016
Scorpion Eating in Mexico City. Dec 9 Clint showed up just after Irmante and I had breakfast at out AirBNB and we all headed to Insurgentes, an area of Mexico City, to change our American dollars into pesos. It is a good time to be in Mexico as $1 is worth 20 pesos. When I was here in 2010 it was about 12 pesos for $1. Get to Mexico right now people! Irmante was in charge and she lead us...
Mexico City: Museum of Frida Kahlo. Dec 3 Soft taco breakfast. Black tacos. They come from blue corn. Regardless of the color, it is so nice to be able to walk out into the street and there is a canopy and under it is a congregation of locals eating tacos together that two senoras are proudly making. Mexico City is great. This entire country is great! Irmante and I decided to visit Casa Azul – Museo Frida Kahlo (The Museum...
Luck in the Flow of Life in Todos Santos. Nov 20. I got really lucky in the flow of life! I am living in an incredibly beautiful house in Mexico for a week. Life is a really great ride when you swim with the tide. One day you are in Eugene, Oregon, trying to figure out how to get to another town called Grants Pass, but you do not want to take the bus. So, you put up an ad...
Dogs Partying on the Beach in Todos Santos. Nov 19 We were up early to get to the realtors place to collect the keys and be lead 15 miles out of Todos Santos to Casa Tortuga, which is Kristen’s new habitat for the next six months. The $1,200 a month house during the high season, secluded on the beach, has 6 meter ceilings and is a beautiful home that self sufficiently runs itself on solar energy. The walls are 8...
Nov 18 Baja California Roadtrip, San Ignacio to Todos Santos. It can be scary, riding shotgun across Baja, Mexico, with a girl who nearly runs a stop-sign in a town and then nearly rear-ends a truck slowing down for a speed-bump…all within about 30 minutes. But, you make due, try not to pay attention, and you seem to get through it. I ended up behind the wheel for our Baja California Roadtrip from about 15:00 and drove for the next...
Nov 17 Driving in Mexico – Camalú to San Ignacio. It was an early start. A free breakfast courtesy of Hotel Margaritaville in Camalú, Mexico! They sorted me out with an omelet. Two of us stay at the hotel. One free breakfast. Mexicans make up their own rules! Back on the road. Driving in Mexico is a semi-truck passing another semi up a hill through on-coming traffic. You are behind those semis thinking about what you would do if you...
Nov 16 We got a late start, and by the time we were ready to cross the border, it was noon. We left San Diego and headed for Tijuana. Crossing San Diego to Tijuana… Signs along the side of the road as we neared the border said, ‘Guns are Illegal in Mexico,’ and ‘Medical Marijuana is Illegal in Mexico.’ At the border, I saw the sign that Fatty and I mostly missed the last time I did this, 14 years...
Nov 14 It was about noon by the time my friend Kristen and I had made goodbyes to our new friends and headed out on the road. It felt so good to get going. We stopped in a gas station on the way and I experienced running water for the first time in 11 days. I seem to have failed to have appreciated it in my normal life where it is usually present. It is pretty great. You just put...
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