hello there! apologies for the delay in writing, but we have been super busy (lying on beaches, partying hard etc etc!!) so this wil be a long one.... the evening of the previous message we went to a jazz festival which was pretty good, these three boys from california playing their own compositions. we felt very cultured!! it was also a relaxing evening to prepare ourselves for the long journey with bamba the following day to palenque. it was an awesome day - s...

and we go on.... the salsa dancing didn't happen or the bike ride as sal was too tired so i spent a couple of nights/days by myself with other people from the hostel. we went out drinking and dancing (where i ended up dancing "salsa" aka being flung round the dancefloor by a bald german bloke!) which was alot of fun. the fri i went to monte alban with a couple of people from the hostel - very pretty but quite similar to teotihualcan which we'd seen bef...

Ok so I'll continue from where Sally left off.... On the Tues morning we visited the Palace in Mexico City in the Zocalo where there were many murals from Diego (famous muralist in Mexico) as well as the Art Museum which was displaying an exhibition from Frida (Diego's wife and also a very famous Mexican artist - she is proper idolised out here and we had to queue for ages to get in!) was interesting but obviously didn't affect as much as some of the mexicans as...

so day 2....feelign slightly like dal 20 due to tiredness!!! another early start as we booked oursleves on a tour to teotihualcan, the pyramids just outside mexico city. after a little conufsion as to where we were going and which bus we were going in our journey began. We quickly discovered it also included visit to some others important sites on the way, including Plaza de las tres culturas- the 2nd oldest plaza in mexcio city and the main aztec market, now r...

We arrived in Mexico City early this morning after three very tiring flights and an extensive tour of the Spanish airports! We have put the day to good use though and feel just about ready to collapse (after we have negotiated our way round the Metro back to our hostel!). Our plans to spend time in the Zocalo - the main square (where we are staying) - were quickly thwarted when we realised all the surrounding streets had been closed due to a manifestacion (politi...