Mexico!!!!

Hey all! Well, I had a crazy summer. You know me- I never have a free minute- but this summer was super crazy. I went down to Mexico. Basically, I posed as a young guy traveling solo on my motorcycle. I started in Tucson and followed the coast all the way down to Mexico City. My first stop was Nogales, Mexico and boy was that fun. Senõr Frog’s rocks!!!!!! To make a long story short, my head hurt a bit the next day but I still managed to hit the road early.

Traveling through Mexico is more different than I would ever have imagined. The people were really friendly, the scenery was really beautiful, and the roads really awful. As always, an adventure! You know the scenario- it is 2 in the morning and you are wondering if you should really buy a taco from that humble looking mid-aged woman, and just after you decide to purchase the taco you notice that there are no dogs on that particular street. The woman grins at you, says something in Spanish, and two guys on the street start laughing hysterically. Oh well… I ate the taco and I don’t care.

The lifestyle here is a lot different than in the U.S. or Mt. Olympus. Basically, everyone is pretty mellow; they hang out talking all day and there is a real sense of community-everyone seems to know everyone. Oh, and the locals have no problem telling you your flaws! Like “you look fat”, “you are so ugly”, or “oh, you are a short one!” Not that they ever said that to me, of course, but I…umm…overheard them saying those things to other people. Yeah.

Anyway, after about a month of hard travel I finally made it to Mexico City. Let’s just say that Mexico City is NOT a small place. When I started riding into Mexico City, I was like “finally I am here” and then I looked at a sign saying that Mexico City was still 30 Kilometers away! I thought I was in the middle of the city! After an intense 2 hour ride to the middle of the city, I was enwrapped with pollution, too many people, and let’s just say that they should probably have had more taco stands because there were stray dogs everywhere. Just Kidding (but there were a lot of dogs). Anyway, I spent about a week in Mexico City visiting museums, historical areas, etc, etc. It was a lot of fun. There were a lot more tourists in Mexico City, so I had more people to go out with and we had a blast. If you’re heading to Mexico, though, overall I would recommend the pueblo over the city any day.