Bienvenidos a Mexico

I know it´s been a while since I last wrote. My last week in Xela (the last week of October) I tried to spend it with my friends, rather than on the internet. Karen and I left Xela Nov 2 for San Cristobal de las Casas, an old colonial tourist town in Chiapas. We were going to take a night bus (16 horus) to Mexico City, but a one-hour flight was about half the price at $39 US, so we opted for that. Turns out, Mexico City is BEAUTIFUL. Really. We stayed in the historical (touristy) part of the city where there is a huge cathedral and a palace around a huge public square, all in magnificent European architecture. I hadn´t actually read much about Mexico before arriving so I was stunned when I stepped out of the subway.

The next day Karen, an Irish girl named Charlotte who we met in our hostel, and I went to Teotihuacán, a huge city of Aztec ruins. There are a number of pyramids there, and one of them, the Sun Pyramid, is the thrid largest pyramid in the world (including the pyramids in Egypt). We climbed its 250 steps and it was pretty awesome. Unfortuneatly I don´t have pictures up yet, sorry.

Being in Mexico City also made me realize how much I love subways and how much I miss it. I never would have expected it, but its true. I was also taken aback by how comfortable the first class buses here are, with more leg room than in any bus or airplane I´ve ever been on and really comfortable seats that recline a lot. I read in a guide that Mexico has one of (if not the) best bus systems in the world. I belive it.