Back from Mexico

Hello hello,

I'm back from the country of tacos, tortas and tamales (you could add tostadas, tamarindos, totopos, tinga, toritos but I'll leave them alone this time)! What a hot trip it was indeed. Here's a little account of the days gone by...

First, we had to physically get to the country of the T-diet. This, in today's world, means taking an airplane and defying the gravity for a considerable amount of time (11hrs). Luckily, we got upgraded in class and for once I had a decent space for myself on one of these flying tuna tins.

So, the flight was ok and as Xinola's uncle was at the airport to pick us up, we were up for the business. For me, however, the first evening was not such a successful one as I suffered from bad headache. Well, a little sleep and some tacos and I was as good as new (as a 30 year old can be).

Next morning we set off to the city of Taxco which is know of its silver shops and markets. It was hot but the city was really beautifully located in the mountains, its streets and narrow alleys circling the mountain sides. As I was with good company and the food was good, silver cheap and beer cold, I was happy!

From Taxco we returned to Mexico City via Cuernavaca. This is a lovely colonial town with a nice restaurant scene. The food I had was one of the best I've had in Mexico even if I thought the restaurant was too fancy for my liking. For the record, in Mexico it's not necessary to go to the best and the most expensive restaurants for excellent food but in this case I'm glad to say it was flipping good.

Over the Monday night, we took a bus to the coastal city of Coatzacoalcos. Now, I'm not overly keen with this city as it's a bit boring and too hot. They have a semiclean beach. Period.

This was family time and as such very enjoyable. I read a book and relaxed under a fan and with some ice cold beer. We did make a daytrip to Palenque which was cool. This is an archaelogical site from the Mayan era and very impressively set in the middle of a lush jungle. Monkeys, birds, tourists, you name it...

The weekend was spent on the coast again. This time in Lago de Sontecomapan and Rancho Los Amigos. It was picturesque and beautiful, I think the whole family enjoyed it. The beach was one of the nicest beaches I've been to (Isla Mujeres still clearly #1) , with clean and clear water and a nice wave break.

During the week we took it easy and enjoyed being lazy as much as we could from the heat. Then, the time to go to Orizaba arrived and so we took off. There, more excellent food and nice and relaxing time was consumed. Weather in Orizaba was not such great, being cloudy and rainy at times but that was ok after the heat of the coast.

It was time for me to come back. I tried to upgrade my seat at the check in but instead was offered a emergency exit seat which I gladly accepted.

This is a hasty outline of our holiday and I'll try to give a little bit more detailed account with some pictures at some point too. Now, back to work. I have a nice little drive from London back to the periphery ahead of me. Let's hope M25 will not prove to be worth its reputation once again...

until next time.