Mexican Mainland Adventures!

Mexico City - What a beautiful city! Our hostel was just beside the Cathedral in the main square with amazing buildings, all on a slights lean from the vatious earthquakes. We wondered around the historic city for the first two days soaking in the history. Next we took a day trip to the hugely impressive Aztec pyramids at Teotihuacan. the next day we relaxed on a gondola ride in Xochimilco and rambled around Frida Kahlo's old haunts in Cayoacan enroute to Ultimate training at UNAM. We trained with the University team 'Phoenix Ultimate'. We blamed our breathlessness on the altitude 'tis a very high city don't you know'. One of the girls and 3 of the guys played on the Mexican team at worlds, nice to see familiar faces. Afterwards we went with the team for flavoured water and then back to one of their houses for a few beers. We had a great time with them and are looking forward to hosting them in Dublin before World Clubs 2010!

Oaxaca - gorgeous town with colonial architecture and relaxed people. Checked out the churches and the local markets, particularly liking the bbq section! The Zapotec ruins at Monte Alban were very impressive. Closely followed by a death trap ride over the Oaxaca state mountains to Puerto Escondido we were ecstatic to arrive intact. The new slogan for the bus company should be - 'We'll get you there quickly or not at all'

Puerto Escondido - Pacific beach town with very laid back traveller (not tinkers) vibe. Days consisted of beach, pina, lunch, swimming, bodyboarding and surfing. Rob and I had our lesson with Godo the surf god who helped us do the standy-upy-thing! We were delighted and rented a board for the rest of our stay, Rob had some joy, I had a wipe-out on a bodyboard and hurt my back so lots my nerve and didn't catch much more. Leaving Al to explore more of southern Mexico Rob and I headed off to Guatemala via LA (long story). See you in Guatemala Al.

Mexico Mainland slideshow