A couple of weeks ago I went to the Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato and then took a day trip to nearby San Miguel de Allende. They’re both beautiful colonial cities, colourful and built up the side of hills to really test your stamina in the mid-day heat. I went with a group who had hired a bus with a driver among friends, and we slept on said bus to save money on accommodation. It was very effective in terms of saving money, though the attempted cleansing in the nearby gas station was less so. Sleeping on a main road, it was perhaps not the prettiest location (and the dead dog at the side of the road didn’t help with the ambience) but the cities in themselves were truly beautiful. With big parties from the Colombian hosts and tons of walks and museums to see, my favourite being Diego Rivera’s house in Guanajuato, which also had a special exhibition of contemporary Latin American artists. It was a great, tiring weekend!
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Exploring Coyoacán, Mexico City
3rd August 2016–
We spent most of this day exploring the area of Coyoacán. I had been really looking forward to this day. Frida Kahlo was born, lived and died in Coyoacán and I had dreamt about visiting La Casa Azul, her house turned museum, since reading about it in a book about her life.
Coyoacán, in the south of the city, was once a separate village but, with the ever-increasing expansion of CDMX, it has now been consumed in and expanded beyond. We met up with a family friend, Ben, who’s been living in Mexico for the past 10 years and he took us to the Zocalo/main square of Coyoacán to have a look around. It is a truly beautiful area and, once you move away from the motorway, you can really tell it once stood apart.
Moving to Mexico – The Arrival
I left London feeling excited, tired and with a sneaking suspicion I might be coming down with a cold. Sure enough, half way through the 11 hour flight, I could not stop sniffling! Seems like bad luck to feel ill before you even land but, then again, I did get tonsillitis on my birthday so I guess my body just does not rate me.
A World Afar 