Traffic did not drive us ballistic

We have done it! We have been to Mexico City! 

Mexico City

We were not too sure about going there in the first place, traffic being our main issue: how to drive and park a 19 feet long van in the horrendous traffic of a city of 25 million people. And where to camp??? 
But we found a solution: we left the van at Ricardo’s place (a former colleague from Nestlé) a bit outside of the city and we booked a hotel downtown, close to the historical center. And we do not regret it. Mexico is definitely worth a visit. And traffic is not so bad after all… far better than expected actually, specially when sitting on an open-decked touristic bus. 
I know, this sound a bit mainstream tourism, but it is indeed extremely convenient when distances are huge. 

After the craziness of the city we chilled out for a day in Ivy’s beautiful ranch in Tenancingo and drove to the mountain to join Ricardo for a night at his cottage. 









 
We are now in Puebla, the fourth largest city of Mexico. Puebla is a gorgeous town, with beautiful houses and churches of all colours. We are expanding our collection of bleeding Christ (soon to be shown in our photo gallery). We took a “collectivo” to reach the historical center of Puebla, and it was really fun, much nicer than riding on a proper bus. A collectivo is the equivalent of a tro in Ghana, a van driving defined routes, there are plenty of them all the time and are the best way to get by. Soon, we will be on our way to the peninsula of Yucantan, where we meet our friend Beatrice next weekend!