One Man Band

YESTERDAY:

• woke up a bit late
• head to Frido Kahlo museum in Coyoacan
  • pretty interesting and sad story of this artist’s life
• walked around the various food and art markets
  • found a dance group performing a traditional dance balancing bottles on their head
• ended up at a taco restaurant for lunch
  • skirt steak tacos were delicious
  • Bernice came by and had a few
• explored more of the area
• took an uber back to Parque Mexico
  • found the one man band playing here “El Hombre Orquesta”
  • most of his repertoire was rockabilly style songs, but it worked well with his voice
• dropped by a bachata social in the park as well
  • led one song
  • followed Hector (one of Bernice’s friends) for another
• started raining in the park!
• took an uber to Lucha Libre
  • bought some tickets at the location
  • awesome acrobatics and performers
  • very easy to follow who’s good and bad just from body language
  • stayed for about 4 fights and then left
• took an uber to a hot pot place called Longmenzhen Hot Pot
  • tasty flavors although a bit expensive
  • fish was very fresh!
• walked around the Polanco neighborhood
• ended up at a Churerria El Moro
  • chain but very populate for churros
  • shared one with Jackie and Bernice
  • super sweet
• more walking around the Polanco neighborhood
  • ended up a bit chilly since I gave up both jackets to Bernice and Jackie
• uber back to AirBnB
• bit of stomachache
  • maybe too much hot pot
  • maybe got too cold

TODAY:

• head to cafe for breakfast
  • acai was more liquidy than I’m used to!
• Jackie and I took an uber to the aquarium
  • located about 45 minutes from Condessa
  • entrance is inside of a mall!
  • had to ask a shop vendor for directions
  • secretive entrance ends up in a massive three story aquarium!
• kid-friendly museum with lots of interactive exhibits!
  • ticket seller said that the capybara interactive experience is unavailable today since they are new and shy
  • lemurs and tarantulas were pretty neat
  • tank seemed a bit small for the number of sea creatures in there!
  • capybara exhibit was outside by the flamingos and tortoises
  • turns out that you can pet the capybaras through the (relatively wide) bars of the enclosure
  • saw two tortoises fighting and two tortoises mating on the way out
  • so many kids on field trips
• wandered through the mall a bit looking for presents
  • started raining pretty hard
  • mall had certain rainforest areas that were open to the skies above
  • decided to wait out the rain before going outside to catch an uber back to AirBnB
  • Jackie found a relatively cheap Brazilian churrascaria
• waiter was very shy about his English
  • he did a great job of explaining everything though
  • chorizo was delicious!
  • brisket was also pretty tasty
• head back to Condessa through traffic
• hang out with Bernice
  • started playing a game called Monikers
  • ended up playing with Lea (Bernice’s roommate) and Jesus (her love interest)
  • we played 3 vs 2 and Jackie and I destroyed them xD
• Jesus took us to a nice restaurant called Mux
  • took a fun bike ride to get there
  • little sketch biking without helmets through the rainy streets
  • cars were very patient though
  • mole had very complex flavors
  • tostadas were delicious with excellent chicken
  • so stuffed after this meal
• head back to take a shower and pack
• got to airport with plenty of time to spare

LEARNINGS:

• apparently Coyoacan means land of the coyotes
  • there’s a statue of coyotes in one of the big squares