HOLA EL DF

When me, Katie and Leggra first stepped out of the Mexican Airport I was amazed by Mexico City- it was not at all how I imagiened it to be. There are massive bill boards, sky scrapers, the roads are crazily busy and set out in grids, so it really reminds me of NYC. There´s alot of american influence but it´s mixed up with a really vibrant hispanic feel.

We´re staying in a gorgeous hostel in a 10 bed mixed dorm- everyone is so fun and friendly and we get breakfast cooked for us everyday.

Our first day was really cultural- we got the metro to chapultepec and made our way up Paseo de la Reforma, which is road that runs up this huge park. We saw the Anthropology Museam ,which has loads of amazing maya ruins, and the Mordern Art Museam which were both really cool but also really cheap.

When we got back to the hostel... it was TEQUILA TIME as they provided us all with a 3 litre bottle and wouldn´t let us leave the room til we drank the lot. It was so fun as it bonded everyone - I spoke to a group of Brazillians, some Spanish, and someone from south america. Then a group of 9 of us decided to go out clubbing in La Zona Rosa and ended up at this gay club called Lipstick. It was incredible, we danced so much and the music was amazing- a mix of english and salsa-ish hispanic songs.

Today we still woke up early to get breakfast and went off to Xochicala. It was an epic journey... well... for us- we got two trains at the metro and then went on the tren de linero (17 stops)- but it was so worth it. I was really shoked by the level of poverty when we arrived, the flats were all really run down with broken windows and there were alot of homeless people only wearing ripped clothes and no shoes- it was especially sad to see little children dressed this way.

However, we navagated our way through the streets and got to the river where they do trips in long, brightly coloured boats to a floating market. A man punts at the front of the boat and honestly i´ve seen anything like it before- the river was packed with sellers in boats offering ponchos, roses, food and one boat drew up next to us to serenade us. We bought lunch off this couple in a canoe and they made us two rice dishes- my favourite was chicken with mole (a mexican sauce made with chocolate and chile)

The boat trip lasted two hours and on our way back to the metro we found this market that literally stretched on for miles. They gave us so much free food- amazing! There were also animals for sale- little bunnys, chicks, ducks and birds... actually there were even mini terrerpins for sale.

So basically WE LOVE MEXICO CITY. Next stop... Oaxaca....