Spent the weekend in Mexico aka el D.F aka el distrito federal aka la ciudad de mexico aka the city where police salaries are supplemented by "mordidas/bribes" aka the city where you can find a Bentley dealership within only a few miles of mariginalized neighborhoods filled with people working for less than a few dollars a day. Look who's talking. I spent the night in a 5 star hotel, ate Thai food in a restaurant that was so fancy they looked at me strange when I walked in with a plastic cup half full of tequilla and a large smile on my face (had to subsidize my meal, it's in my blood)
Anyways, quite an adventure traveling with a group of 20 gringos in a city that isn't exactly equipped with the modern niceties that we've become accustomed to. No kidnappings, no trips to the hospital and no diarea. Success!!!!!
Highlights of the trip:
Ballet Folklorico! Who would've thought that watching a bunch of costumed dancers prancing around a stage for a couple of hours could be so much fun. No joke it was actually breathtaking. The women were beautifully graceful and even the guys put on quite a show of grace and power. The dying dear scene was probably the most artistic live entertainment I've ever scene. Google it! It's famous
Museums: We got to see all sorts of Diego Rivera's, Frida Kahlo's and Diego Olmeda's. Quite the threesome!
La plaza/El zocalo: Spent some time wondering around the center of town checking out the churches. They love their virgin Mary here and don't mind getting splashed on the head with a little holy water that's getting tossed around. Got a little on my shoulder and it didn't even catch fire. What a miracle.
There was also coincidentally a protest while we were there with thousands of frustrated Mexicans who believe that the last election was a fraud and that their candidate is the rightful leader of the country. So many fraudulent elections in this country's short history. They had a war for independence in 1810, a revolution in 1910, and a ____________ in 2010. Hopefully it doesn't happen in the next 10 days.
Just spent the last 9 hours becoming educated so I'm a bit tired. Adios
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