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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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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