Katy enjoys a lengthy hammock session from time to time. The season is coming, the beaches are getting busier. It's nice to see some life come to town, but before long we'll want the beaches and restaurants back to quieter days and nights.
The Fall in Mexico
A few photos from the fall here in Mexico. Nothing much going on lately other than the piling up of work on weekdays and the emptying out of some bottles on weekends. Some sailing coming up which will involve some more bottles, sunsets, sea and air.
A few of these are from Mexico City, a few are from our beach. You can do the math.
He's new here and his name is Tom Nugent
Good friend, drinking buddy, music lover and all around Top Shelf Human, Tom Nugent is joining Love & Rum. He'll be heading out with his camera to document music being played and alcohol being drank around Vancouver. Look at that damned photo of Willis Earl Beal above. Fantastic stuff, my man. Expect more like that real soon.
His personal site, tomnugent.ca can be found here.
Don't know Willis Earl Beal? Watch this video below. The boy's got chops!
A Trip to Mexico City: Plane, Bus, Taxi and Foot
Mexico City is big. 8,857,188 big if you're only counting the centre (Distrito Federal). If you look out to Greater Mexico City, we're talking about 21,163,188 people.
As you fly in, the view is of buildings and neighbourhoods stretching as far as you can see until they become silhouettes in the distance and meet a landscape of larger silhouettes. Mountains and volcanoes surround the valley which rests in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The peaks reach up to 16,400ft in elevation while Mexico City itself sits at 7,350ft.
Let's wrap that up: 21 million people, 7,350ft above sea level compacted into a valley surrounded by volcanoes.
Note: Walking and talking with a cheeseburger in your mouth causes panting. Because of the altitude!
We stayed just over a week. It was a damned fine time and I've written a bit about arriving, walking, drinking, dancing. We were married in some fake ceremony in a dive while standing on broken peanut shells by the bartender with a giant sombrero and fake moustache. We met some new friends, checked out history, shopped at markets and did some more drinking to close it off. I'll wait for the lady to also summarize some of the pieces of the trip so if you're interested in heading to Mexico City, you'll have a head start on pricing, neighbourhoods, museums and markets.
For now, take a look at some of the photos we took. All images should be clickable to enlarge.
In both the left and right above, this woman was in the Zócalo (pictured below) selling hats and traditional garbs, but mostly sleeping. When taking the few pictures we have of some unique, senior nationals who looked a bit down and out, we gave them some pesos first and asked if it would be okay to take their picture before wishing them well.
These shots are all in or near the Zócalo. That brass dome you see is the Palacio de Bellas Artes It was hard to find a horizon for that shot. That thing is sinking.
"Why is Mexico City Sinking? One bad decision after another." — Ian Sample, The Guardian
Picture of pictures. They were mostly divided into sections. Movie stars, musicians, political rebels, pioneers and builders.
There are more pictures for another post. Maybe one about prices, specific places to see and where to eat. I highly recommend Mexico City for a visit. Hell of a time.
Trolls on Tour
A good old friend of mine, Kel Griffith is touring around Europe. She's started a Tumblr blog to photo document the trip titled, Euro Trolls.
On top of being one of my favourite people, Kel is a real class act. If I still had the photo of her face down, blacked out in a backyard I would have posted that. You're going to have to settle for these instead.
Update: I don't need to dig up the old photo of Kel passed out in the yard, I have this new one of a power nap at 5am in San Sebastian...