Considering Mexico City during Dia De Los Muertos - good or bad idea [speak only from EXPERIENCES] UPDATE: my impressions

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Ed MOTHERfukkING G said:
So nobody visits America during 4th of July, Mardi gras, etc? I'm not planning on intruding on any religious events or spaces of course.
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You know damm well you gone be drunk in a Michigan Univ. hoodie walking up to families mourning loved ones that passed and spilling Hennessey and ya taco fillings on them nikka! :beli:
 
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BOOKED :blessed:

Staying in Polanco (ended up staying in Centro Historico)

flying to Michigan to kick it for the family first for 5 nights, then staying to Polanco for 5 nights. I weighed the pros and cons of Oxaca and Polanco, and rationalized that I think i'd like more of the luxury / night life type vibe than the pure Dia De Los Muertos feel of Oxaca, for a first visit.

I can't wait.

Thank all of yall for the advice. I'll (cautiously) chronicle my trip when I travel (...when I return
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Ed MOTHERfukkING G said:
BOOKED :blessed:

Staying in Polanco

flying to Michigan to kick it for the family first for 5 nights, then staying to Polanco for 5 nights. I weight the pros and cons of Oxaca and Polanco, and rationalized that I think i'd like more of the luxury / night life type vibe than the pure Dia De Los Muertos feel of Oxaca, for a first visit.

I can't wait.

Thank all of yall for the advice. I'll (cautiously) chronicle my trip when I travel (...when I return
full
)
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Congrats!

Also, pack a carbon monoxide monitor just in case ♡
 
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About to fly back to Seattle. Loose, free form impressions.

Note that almost all of my impressions will be from Centro Horistico (where i stayed), Polanco, Roma, and on Reforma. I’m a city guy and was dolo so I didnt go in the hills or anything.
  • I had a fukkin blast. I absolutely need to do a “never been before” trip every birthday. This is an amazing city, and i will absolutely return.
  • They say this is one of the best food cities in the world and got damn are they right. Both high end and street food,i had zero bad meals over 6 days. Best meals: RosaNegra…had my birthday meal there, some king crab bisque, duck tacos, and octopus…way too much, paired with some phenomenal mezcal, and they gave me a free shot and desert for my bday. Class act.
  • Speaking of, i got great service everywhere, even with a brutal language barrier (more on that later). I was impressed everywhere i went with the friendliness and professionalism of everyone. Contramar: i am a serious seafood and fish snob. This place mad some regular ass shrimp tostada, and an octopus tostada a straight 10. The civece was outstanding. fukkin fire. Saks. Had a phenomenal breakfast, and again 5/5 service. :wow:
  • This city is CLEAN. Even grimier blocks didnt seem dirty and the main streets (incuding in Centro Historico) were cleanly.
  • There is a fukkin ton of money in Polanco. I went shopping there and the gucci stored hit me with a heavy pour of prosecco and got the english speaking rep…it, the cartier store, the boss store, etc were all world class. The mall was even crazier…its on some Serious baller shyt and the restaraunts were all A1 :ahh:
  • I treated it like an away game, but i was wearing buffs all city wide and didnt feel threatened. :manny: During the parade (will get to) i had my wallet in a pair or shorts under my shorts because the crowd was wild, but i never felt danger in the air. That said, i’m street smart and wouldnt go to where the smoke is in the first place and can waive off randoms.
  • Language barrier: in Reforma and Polanco it was a non issue…many workers were bilingual. Elsewhere, it was definitely spanish only. God bless google translate and google lens (to translate text on walls and signs). It helped a lot in museums especially. I will definitely give international tourists in seattle more grace now. I was struggling at times but google translate saved a brotha :heh:.
  • Speaking of, the museum of anthropology was amazing. The ancient mayan and other culture structures in tact, telling the entire history of mexico was awesome. I went to the national museum of art as well, and they had some amazing exhibits. A block away i found an interactive exhibit / museum about FINANCIAL LITERACY…they were warning people (targeted at kids) about the sleeping monster of debt and financial ruin…mindblowing really. :wow:
  • Nightlife: i went to bars and restaraunts late, but I didnt go to clubs for a couple reasons: im solo and would stand out like crazy..and honestly outside of my bday wednesday, i didnt drink at all. I honestly don’t know if I will again…had a bit of an epiphany and realized that it would stunt my ability to enjoy the city, country…and life in this moment. I likely will on special ocassions but i think i’m casually sober now. :ld: We’ll see.
  • The Dia De Los Muertos parade: fukkin great.like Mardis Gras but with new years eve level crowd. So many kids and families, people from all across the globe, but all seemingly respecting that this is their celebration…it was a real experience last night. A great cap to the trip. My hotel was a few blocks away too so that made it easy lol.
I’m going to significantly improve my spanish and plan a group trip here next here, as well as a solo trip to another spanish speaking nation (colombia or spain?).

To those you encouraged the trip :salute: i will rep you. This was a great time, and a great way to celebrate my gday.
 
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Ed MOTHERfukkING G said:
About to fly back to Seattle. Loose, free form impressions.

Note that almost all of my impressions will be from Centro Horistico (where i stayed), Polanco, Roma, and Reforma. I’m a city guy and was dolo so I didnt go in the hills or anything.
  • I had a fukkin blast. I absolutely need to do a “never been before” trip every birthday. This is an amazing city, and i will absolutely return.
  • They say this is one of the best food cities in the world and got damn are they right. Both high end and street food,i had zero bad meals over 6 days. Best meals: RosaNegra…had my birthday meal there, some king crab bisque, duck tacos, and octopus…way too much, paired with some phenomenal mezcal, and they gave me a free shot and desert for my bday. Class act.
  • Speaking of, i got great service everywhere, even with a brutal language barrier (more on that later). I was impressed everywhere i went with the friendliness and professionalism of everyone. Contramar: i am a serious seafood and fish snob. This place mad some regular ass shrimp, and an octopus tostada a straight 10. The civece was outstanding. fukkin fire. Saks. Had a phenomenal breakfast, and again 5/5 service. :wow:
  • This city is CLEAN. Even grimier blocks didnt seem dirty and the main streets (incuding in Centro Historico) were cleanly.
  • There is a fukkin ton of money in Polanco. I went shopping there and the gucci stored hit me with a heavy pour of prosecco and got the english speaking rep…it, the cartier store, the boss store, etc were all world class. The mall was even crazier…its on some Serious baller shyt and the restaraunts were all A1 :ahh:
  • I treated it like an away game, but i was wearing buffs all city wide and didnt feel threatened. :manny: During the parade (will get to) i had my wallet in a pair or shorts under my shorts because the crowd was wild, but i never felt danger in the air. That said, i’m street smart and wouldnt go to where the smoke is in the first place and can waive off randoms.
  • Language barrier: in Reforma and Polanco it was a non issue…many workers were bilingual. Elsewhere, it was definitely spanish only. God bless google translate and google lens (to translate text on walls and signs). It helped a lot in museums especially
  • Speaking of, the museum of anthropology was amazing. The ancient mayan and other culture structures in tact, telling the entire history of mexico was awesome. I went to the national museum of art as well, and they had some amazing exhibits. A block away i found an interactive exhibit / museum about FINANCIAL LITERACY…they were warning people (targeted at kids) about the sleeping monster of debt and financial ruin…mindblowing really. :wow:
  • Nightlife: i went to bars and restaraunts late, but I didnt go to clubs for a couple reasons: im solo and would stand out like crazy..and honestly outside of my bday wednesday, i didnt drink at all. I honestly don’t know if I will again…had a bit of an epiphany and realized that it would stunt my ability to enjoy the city, country…and life in this moment. I likely will on special ocassions but i think i’m casually sober now. :ld: We’ll see.
  • The Dia De Los Muertos parade: fukkin great.like Mardis Gras but with new years eve level crowd. So many kids and families, people from all across the globe, but all seemingly respecting that this is their celebration…it was a real experience last night. A great cap to the trip. My hotel was a few blocks away too so that made it easy lol.
I’m going to significantly improve my spanish and plan a group trip here next here, as well as a solo trip to another spanish speaking nation (colombia or spain?).

To those you encouraged the trip :salute: i will rep you. This was a great time, and a great way to celebrate my gday.
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thoughts on the airport?

Did you hit Pyramid of the sun?
Did you take the subway?
Explore the big park (Chapultepec I think) that surrounds the museums ?

The women ? :lupe:

Also do Colombia :Noah:

But skip medellin and bogota :camby: do the coast instead
 
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Noriega said:
thoughts on the airport?

Did you hit Pyramid of the sun?
Did you take the subway?
Explore the big park (Chapultepec I think) that surrounds the museums ?

The women ? :lupe:
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The airport seemed half under construction and everyone seemed :unimpressed: including customs lol. I’m heading back for my departure in about 30 or so minutes, i’ll get a better sense then.

I walked a LOT, and went thru that park quite a bit. Very peaceful and beautiful. I stumbled into it after the museum on my first day and was impressed. Whats funny is i had no idea about it but was like “hmm this looks nice” and kept going. Next time i’ll bring my running gear (i packed it but walked so much i didnt get a run in).

The women were either :krs: or :huhldup: not a lot of :ld: in between haha. I bet if I went to more clubs i’d see badder girls though. Women on Reforma and in Polanco clothing stores were bad though.

Didnt subway, uber was cheap as fukk especially compared to expensive ass seattle uber. And, i didnt want to mass transit if i ddint have to solo with bad spanish. Speaking of:

  • Exchange rate: very favorable for food and uber…goods were mostly the same though…clothing stores definitely price in the exchange lol. Food and drink was cheap though.
 
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