We just got back from our evening out watching the Mariachi Bands. They gather around Plaza Garibaldi, all dressed up and ready to go, waiting for someone either pay them to perform a song right then and there, or to hire them last minute for a party or special event. For us it was quite fascinating to see so many groups in one place playing songs but, actually, it was a bit sad seeing so many groups just waiting around. There is no way they would all be hired th...

After breakfast we decided to go visit some markets around the city. We hopped onto the metro and made our way to a different part of the city. The metro is really great - it is clean, fast, really extensive and at 6 pesos (R5) a journey, it's a cheap way to get around. We found a great Artistian a market that had a huge variety of beautiful Mexican handcrafts. I chose two small bowls with lovely painted designs - perfect for salsa and gauc when we host our next...

We woke up with the sounds of Lucha Libre still ringing in our ears. After breakfast we dropped off some laundry and then headed to the Metropolitan Cathedral - the main church in the historical district. We were meeting some people doing a walking tour. We did a lot of these during our RTW trip and we found it gives you a great overview of the city and from there can help you decide how to spend the rest of your time in a city. We landed up being the only peopl...

Lucha libre is a form of professional "freestyle wrestling" that has developed in Mexico. The fighters all wear colourful masks and run around performing different holds and maneuvers as well as jumping off the sides of the ring - either into or out of the ring... It depends where their competitor is. The moves look quite slow and staged at times so it's hilarious to watch and you find yourself saying "C'mon.... really?" quite a lot. Other times they look like t...

We traveled through the night and arrived bright and night in Mexico City. We had some directions from our Couchsurfing Host but after about 20 minutes of getting lost we realized that he had given us directions from a different bus station to the one we were dropped off at. We searched for someone who spoke a bit of English to help us. Fortunately we found someone and, after 2 hours of wandering around and braving the metro in the morning rush, we arrived at our...