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Felicidades! Felices Fiestas! Feliz Navidad! These are some of the greetings and goodbyes you may hear during the holiday season in Mexico City, the most populous Spanish-speaking city in the world. As you may already know, the population of Mexico is overwhelmingly Catholic (87.9% in the 2000 census). For those of you who celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day, you may find it interesting to learn that December 25th is not the biggest day of the holiday season for many families in ...

My last day in Mexico City.  I had originally planned to fly out Tuesday afternoon but when I was trying to buy the flight in Puerto Escondido, either the airline site kept crashing or the flight I selected came up as unavailable.  I was getting frustrated and anxious to get to Peru so when I saw a night flight on Monday that left at midnight and landed at 5:30 in the morning with no 4 hour layover in Bogota, Colombia, I jumped on it, even though it cost more than the other but $150...

Estoy muy bien pero es exageradamente caro el internet por acá...la gente es amable...subiré fotos hasta que llegue a Máxico acá es casi imposible.

Woohoo i met someone my age!!! There were 2 girls living in Los Encinos as well..14 and 16 so finally i had someone to talk to! I was fed up only talking to ppl over 35 or babies under 1!!!!;) So once i went for a walk with the girls and met Emma on the way...she told me that she was going out that night and asked me ig i'd want to go with her! jaaa finally something else then babies and boooooring dinnerparties with old ppl!:P of course i had to ask my hostmom first but she was very happy ...

So we have arrived at the hotel and realised something was going on in Mexico city!!   After a careful look we realised it was Viva La Mexico, which is the celebration (once a year and we picked the weekend) of the independence of Mexico. It was madness but also amazing to be part of the crowd. The friday night was just partying and lots of music, but the saturday was spent getting ready when the president speaks to the Zocalo (city centre square) and shouts Viva La Mexico. There was t...

A month in Cuernavaca, Mexico, studying Spanish and exploring La Ciudad de la eterna primavera (The City of Eternal Spring). My first real travel experience-- an amazing time spent with unfamiliar people who quickly became some of my best friends!

In november 2006 we travelled aproximately 4.000 km from the really crowded Mexico-City to the relaxed city of Antigua. Not only beautiful nature, friendly people but also al lot of experiences during the 21 days traveling through the Central Americans. Because it is a lifetime experience my page is called jacqinmiddenamerika :-)

3 weeks traveling from Mexico City to Cancun (feb 2007).

Actually not one of my favorite places originally, but it definitely grows on you the more you get out and explore. The second time I visited, I was able to feel more relaxed and I'd like to get out of the city on my next visit.

While in Mexico city, we travelled out to Teotihuacan, which are some amazing pre-Aztec Pyramids 50 km north of the city built between 100-1 BC. We were quite impressed with ourselves for getting there and back without a guide book (our one doesn´t start until southern Mexico) and not enough spanish to pronounce the name of our destination.  The ruins were pretty spectacular and Tris managed to trick Arlene in to climbing all 3 Pyramids!   

11 days of slumming around in South Mexico. Mexico City-Oxaca-Peurto Angel-Zipolite and back.

...back in Mexico...sticking with the state of Oaxaca only this time...sticking with the coast, good-hearted happy locals, simple life, yummy food, and lots of sunshine :))) Heaven on Earth...

Mexico City 2004

I was 4 times in Mexico. And i was living there, too. I lived there for 6 months (april-september 2002). In 2003 and 2004 i returned for vacations.

     My photos from Mexico City are now up in the last post.  The first group is from the hostel (free breakfast and dinner!) and the next is from the downtown walking tour.  We also paid the 45 pesos to go to the top of the Latinoamericana tower, which is where the night photos came from.  Today was the temples at Teotihuacan.  pretty self-explanatory.city is okay, a bit smelly.  sinking in an unbelievable way.  buildings are crooked and some...