On the Road Again

Welcome all to the blog of my latest journey, this time to Mexico. Yeah, I know, it's only been a month since Central America, but darn it feels good to be back on the road. I've had this urge to see Latin America ever since my last trip, and I mean, geez, it's right there underneath my home country. Why not!? Especially because every time I encountered something crummy in Central America (honestly quite often), I would start saying under my breath, "That's Mexico for you..." - only to realize that it was indeed not Mexico I was in. In fact, my culturally-instilled bias to the contrary, Mexico has so far proven to be extraordinarily nice. Of course I had only seen Tijuana, so go figure.I left Atlanta Wednesday March 1st and arrived in Mexico City on Thursday afternoon. What took so long? Namely the fact that for a cheap ticket I was willing to spend ten hours sleeping in the Detroit airport. This may sound like the most awful experience imaginable, but as most of you are aware of I can sleep just about anywhere so it really wasn't that bad, just uncomfortable. On the actual flight to Mexico I sat by this Mexican guy who has been living in the US. He apparently gambles tens of thousands of dollars and has seduced near as many women, and insisted on giving me twenty dollars to "enjoy myself with." I got a room in a nice hostel right downtown with stupendous rooftop views (note the top picture). So far I've really enjoyed exploring a bit of the city, and ate the cheapest, most delicious taco of my life. It was a clear day, apparently a miracle in Mexico City, so I went up to the 42nd floor of a building to watch the sunset. I can't get over how great this place is! I'm really digging being back on the road.