Apologies for not updating yesterday, I was just about to sit down and write up our first few days in Oaxaca when I went out on to the terrace and found a lovely Mexican lady sitting at the table that is there. We were talking, well trying to with my limited Spanish and I was [...]
Aurelie, the couchsurfer who stayed with Ana and I three weeks ago, who we went to Teotihuacan with, returned on Wednesday briefly before going to the airport for her flight back to France.
She was talking about her experiences in S.E. Asia and the usual stereotype of Thailand being the ‘Land of Smiles’ came up. She [...]
Before I made plans to come to Mexico I was as aware as everyone else of the high amount of kidnappings in Mexico City, so I decided that even though we would have to fly into Mexico City we would get out as soon as possible on the next bus or plane to another part [...]
Katie and I went back to the Zocolo today which is the heart of the historical centre of Mexico City. Otherwise known as Constitution Plaza, or Plaza de la Constitución, is built over the site of Tenochtitlan, the ceremonial centre of the Aztec Empire. It is the largest public square in the Western hemisphere, it [...]
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Oh my gosh! So here we are in Mexico City! Can’t believe it! The flights weren’t too bad, we had to connect in Miami where we ate hotdogs at the Nathan’s outlet there for one last time.
Getting through immigration was a breeze and we were granted 180 days and then made our way to Puerta [...]
Today I SKYPE’d my lovely sister back in England. After many months of nagging her and my nephew to install it they finally did. It was the first time I’d seen her and my nephew since leaving Blighty and it was wonderful.
It also got me thinking about all the things Katie and I have seen [...]
I found a fun new way to learn Spanish the other day. It’s an online website where you can either pay for premium content or just use the basic content for free! Live Mocha offers tutorials for various languages and then feedback from native speakers of your chosen language is given on your submittals. So [...]
We are really taking going to Mexico seriously! Yesterday while we were out we stocked up on a Spanish dictionary and a Spanish language course. We checked out Spanish for Gringos, yeah there really is a book by that name! But it wasn’t in depth enough. I whittled it down to a Berlitz book with [...]
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After travelling for a year with a cheap backpack through the Middle East and S.E. Asia my back was starting to feel the strain. I had previously bought a cheap $60 backpack for a short eight day trip to NYC in 2006 but when I left the UK after trying out more expensive packs it [...]
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