Well for the last couple of days been holed up with a cold! That said yesterday managed to go for a walk in a local park known for its squirrels! In Mexico the squirrels are actually black! About 10 yards into the park we were being stalked by 2 such squirrels. One landed quite near us and Iras daughter cackling with childish glee ran straight for it - obviously making it run away. They carried on walking but the said squirrel was eyeing me with unsquirrel like ...

Wow - after a 10 hour flight sat next to a guy in his 40s making his first ever flight I finally landed in Mexico City. Well despite it being in the middle of the hurricane season and raining pretty non stop - still love the city. The first day was spent eating - EVERYTHING. The great love of the city is its food and you can get food pretty much anywhere. On the bus, outside the metro, outside your appartment! Where there are people there are food vendors. This ...