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Getting Robbed but Staying Happy in San Cristobal

Sarit Reizin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:39:00 +0000

A quick stop in Sumidero Canyon which was not that impressive even if there was no garbage floating in it, and a night in Tehuantepec, where I dared not take pictures of the locals and instead just went around the market to snap a shot of their colorful clothing which is still worn here every day, and we were in San Cristobal.

( in San Cristobal )

And then there were two

Sarit Reizin — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:47:00 +0000

No Sergey, no Gombergs, only us dos to face the road and – with it – Mexican traffic. We would have set out of Mexico City a day earlier, right after visiting the ruins of Xachicalco with Nadia, but it turned out to be a hoy no circulo day for our GreenGo. In effort to reduce smog and traffic in the city, each day of the week cars with license plates ending in a particular number cannot drive. And our final number 3 meant no go for GreenGo.

( Four day road trip to the coast )

Mexico – The City

Sarit Reizin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:56:00 +0000

It’s nice to have friends, who have friends (or relatives), who don’t mind trying you in the role of friends who stay over. Especially for as long as a week. The Gombergs (kon_ka,gomberg, and little Masia) have returned from their ten month long sabbatical in Spain the same day we rolled into Mexico City, and in two days were already ready to receive guests! My hat is off to them. Also was my backpack and the rest of our stuff now washed and resting outside the cramped space of our packing-cubes.

If I didn’t know better, I’d say Frida Kahlo to Mexico City is like Tango to Buenos Aires – it’s everywhere. You cannot escape it. Our few first days in Mexico City that is all we saw. Even on our first night we managed to grab the twenty last minutes of her exhibition in the Fine Arts Museum, and, I bet, this is just as much as sereshka could handle of her work. His vacation time was ending, and in few days we waved goodbye as he went back to his life in Canada, and we continued to explore Mexico City. It was such a shame he couldn’t stay longer! The Gombergs were not only ready to host, but to take us on the town. We spent day after day chasing Andrey down the streets, multitasking between snapping pictures and listening to his vast knowledge of architecture, politics, and economy.

It’s all a big mess in my head now, but I will not be waiting till the dust settles (places to go, people to see, as you know) and try to at least jot down a photo report of the architecture, crafts, and food we’ve experienced in the past week. One particular segment should be really interesting as it is an excursion to a small local food market where we ate quesadilla with everything from Calabaza Flowers to Corn Mold. Yum.

( seven days in Mexico City )

Getting down and dirty

Sarit Reizin — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0000

We came back to La Paz completely exhausted and famished, checked into a hostel with a good shower and decided to give our aching muscles and lungs a little rest. We slept all day and it worked like a charm. By the end of the 5th we were ready to move on and caught a night bus to Potosí — the highest city in the world at 4,090m — where we planned to visit its famous silver mines and get dirty climbing inside narrow shafts.
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Most expensive meal

Sarit Reizin — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 06:59:00 +0000

La Paz turned out to be a beautiful city with a huge and busy market where Shurik almost got pickpocketed; very political street art not only in form of highway side graffiti, but also on huge canvases displayed in public parks; and even something called the Witches Market, which turned out to be quite disappointing since, apart from bunches of dried up frogs and lama fetuses, it did not differ from any other market we have seen in South America so far.

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Titicaca Mall

Sarit Reizin — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:34:00 +0000

We heard from other travelers that it might be possible to actually spend a night on the islands staying with a local family; yet, the book warned us that this experience might be very touristy and quite cheesy. However, nothing prepared us to how kitschy and prearranged this excursion was.
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Pisac, Peru

Sarit Reizin — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 02:57:00 +0000

Another day of nothing but ruins and bargaining. Pisac is about an hour away from Cuzco where you can see one of greatest ruins aroud: Temple of the Sun.

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Cuzco, Shopping Day

Sarit Reizin — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:07:00 +0000

Exhausted but happy after Machu Picchu, we came back to Cuzco and declared a shopping day. We did less shopping then walking, but in the end we met some very cool people.
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