Missing things

Life has been so busy lately. I think the last week has been my worst one in Mexico. But, I'm not here to talk about the shitty stuff, so here's the fun/interesting stuff I've seen as of late:

Another trip to the pyramids of Teotihuacan. This was a special day though, where you're supposed to get energy when you climb the Pyramid of the Sun. As it turned out though, we were already really tired by the time we took a long sweaty bus ride there, & walked beneath the blistering sun from the road to the site, and then along the walkway to the main pyramids. We decided not to climb the Sun because we'd already lost a lot of energy, and we wanted to be able to get the bus back home without collapsing from heat exhaustion.


Corn on the cob with cheese, chili, and stick:


Love notes for someone on their car:


I love being able to get a big cup of fruit or freshly squeezed OJ for a dollar or less.


An innovative statue-man in the Centro. He 'took' pictures of those who approached him, then took a paper with a cartoon of a princess, wrestler, or other, from his silver file folders to give to them. He always chose a cartoon that resembled the subject.


El Chopo's goth market:




Hail! in Mexico! This world never ceases to amaze me.




I'm pretty sure I just passed a rooster loose in the streets of Mexico City. Um... OK.

Mexican things

These are to keep dogs away. They see their reflection and saunter on past.


Mall Chinese food, complete with a fortune in Spanish.


Mexican Japanese food. It came with chopped onion and peppers in soy sauce.

No soy Marie

On the metro yesterday morning a man approached and asked if I was Marie. Nope, not at all!

Later I was walking from a bathroom at a mall when the same man approached and reminded me that we spoke on the metro that morning. Small world, since the metro an the mall aren't that close.

Good news: a new friend who doesn't speak any English, a.k.a. a person I can practice Spanish with.

Zombies

Perhaps the closest thing to zombies - glue sniffers.

I've had the fortune (?) of seeing people who've gotten high off of paint thinner, and they truly are eerie. They approach strangers and try to talk with them, even try to take things from them - albeit at a slow pace. They get really close to you and half mumble something while their vacant eyes gaze into you.

Pic next time!

The Metrobus

A new Metrobus station opened near where I live.

This has got to be the city's best form of transportation. No traffic worries (due to Metrobus-only lanes), new buses, lots of stops, less crowded than the metro, and cheap. It's also above-ground so you can see the city a bit too. Truly awesome.