I was considering those two cities based on a homie’s travel history, but, your advice has been sharp so farAlso do Colombia :Noah:
But skip medellin and bogotado the coast instead
, i’ll consider the coast as well
Considering Mexico City during Dia De Los Muertos - good or bad idea [speak only from EXPERIENCES] UPDATE: my impressions
- Thread starter Ed MOTHERFUCKING G
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, i’ll consider the coast as well
Just got back last Wednesday. Totally went for day of the dead parade and they moved it a week (for the first time!!!), smh.
Accomodations - Roma Norte (a placed called sonder) - LOUD AF. Damn between the exhaust pipes, random fireworks, and random live music - 10th floor was loud.
Meals - I had a ton (and I'm dealing with the consequences now).
- Tacos Orinoco - A "chain" restaurant - Tacos was on point.
- Entremar - sister restaurant of Contramar - Had the fish grilled 2 ways, octopus tostada, "aqua chile". A michelada, and it was all good. Could not get into Pujol though.
- Sud 777 - Tasting Menu - Some real high class food. I've had plenty of "degustactions" over the past 5 years, but the chef put his foot in this one on the art type tip.
- Los Amparitos - Machete Tacos - prolly the best "real" meal I had in CDMX. It was either on Netflix or Mark Wiens, but it was locals only. All the hole in the wall restaurants and street food was full of actual Mexicans, not Polanco/Condesa/Roma Norte transplants.
- El Moro - Really damn good Churros. And Mexico makes better Churros, than Spain makes Gofres.
- A couple of food tours - Might of got too adventurous, cause Montezuma has your boy in his clutches.
Sites
- Pyramids - I should have bought the "obisdian" aztec calendars - Impressive, but took a tour (which I don't recommend), and left at 8 am got back at 8 pm. Way too long - 5 stops. Next time, I'd just hire a driver to go out there, find a tour guide on site, and skip the tourist traps. How can I have MID mexican food in damn Mexico?
- Anthropology Museum - very dope. Way better than the Native American museum. Up there with the Louvre, that modern art museum in Paris, and Air and Space and that one NYC museum that has the dinosaurs.
- Museo de Chocolate - Had a triple chocolate tamale - it was aight
- Library Vasconcelos - My personal favorite site. Very 60's/70's architecture, inside and out. What was really popping was they were having some type of Goth/Emo/Classic Rock/Grunge swap meet right next to it. I was gonna by a "Policia" jacket, but I was on a time crunch
Despite uber being hella cheap, I had to walk a fair amount of places, and ol boy could not take it. Missed out on F1, Lucha Libre, Fine Arts Museum, Soccer Game, Record Shopping, Cologne Hunting, taking the train, taking the bus, going to the "hood" (Tepito) to get Micheladas - once I figured dude couldn't handle walking, getting lost (which is a big part of the fun/discovery) - zipping from place to place in an air conditioned car is not good traveling in a city.
This was a trip I was gonna do on the solo, but my homie's never been any place and wanted to roll with your boy...NEVA AGAIN. It'd be one thing if it was an SO, but a homie...
Good to add for my next visit. Yeah this is definitely a walking city and thankfully I'm built for that walking a lot in Seattle. I just touched down actually.
I was hoping to find a lucha show but didn't. I'll plan for that. AAA doesn't run in CDMX much I know that.
And yeah lmao @ the height of everyone. I was standing at the parade and towering over people and I'm a regular height ass guy
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’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?).
- 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.
- 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
- I treated it like an away game, but i was wearing buffs all city wide and didnt feel threatened.
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
- 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.
- 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.
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.
To those you encouraged the tripi will rep you. This was a great time, and a great way to celebrate my gday.
nice I keep putting off CDMX, will prob do 10 days there and then spin to Colombia
Lucky_Lefty
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Saw on IG you were there. Would’ve linked you with my homegirl who lives there. She lives in Polanco and has been there since 2020. She loves it and uses it as a jump off point to other spots in central and South America
Been to Mexico City on business but not Dio Delos Smuertos(sp?)...
...was the parade anything like the opening scene of that Bond movie?
...was the parade anything like the opening scene of that Bond movie?
BaileyPark31
Love, Peace, Health, and Wealth
Good to add for my next visit. Yeah this is definitely a walking city and thankfully I'm built for that walking a lot in Seattle. I just touched down actually.
I was hoping to find a lucha show but didn't. I'll plan for that. AAA doesn't run in CDMX much I know that.
And yeah lmao @ the height of everyone. I was standing at the parade and towering over people and I'm a regular height ass guy
Hola!
Glad you had a good time in cdmx! Sounds like they treated you well.
I'm not exactly sure when I'm going back but im looking forward to it. I continue to work on my Español. I'm hoping to do a cooking class and a dance lesson next time.
I was looking at a condo space for rent in Roma Sur.. not sure if I wanna do that or go for a regular nice hotel a little further away. There's a couple places near and around that area I wanted to walk to.
Re the walking, there's a chance a friend that uses a wheelchair may come along. Do they have the sidewalks with the dips at the intersection??? I never took notice.
Also what mall did you go to?
Thanks.
Givethanks
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@Ed MOTHERfukkING G when you were landing in CDMX we're you amazed about how big the metro area was?
I remember the plane as soon as the plan hit the metro area, I thought we were gonna land in a couple of mins....nope the plane kept on going and going and I was when are we gonna land
I've read it was the largest city on North America and the biggest city I've been to before was Chicago and this blew it out the water.
I remember the plane as soon as the plan hit the metro area, I thought we were gonna land in a couple of mins....nope the plane kept on going and going and I was when are we gonna land
I've read it was the largest city on North America and the biggest city I've been to before was Chicago and this blew it out the water.
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Sex Cosplay was on point? Like, you fukked any chicks that were dressed up as skeletons and shyt?
Nowhere near as fancy (though a whole ass wedding party happened in front of me
and was more for kids…kids where everywhere which was fun to see. It was more like a mardis gras parade. The floats and puppets were like that, but there were more marching bands and stuff than the tuxedo stuff you see in bond.
I’m not a sex tourish breh
i’m a man with a passport, not a passport boy
I kind of expected it, but i didnt expect the neighborhoods and parts of town to be so different and have different character. It was like NYC in that aspect for sure.@Ed MOTHERfukkING G when you were landing in CDMX we're you amazed about how big the metro area was?
I remember the plane as soon as the plan hit the metro area, I thought we were gonna land in a couple of mins....nope the plane kept on going and going and I was when are we gonna land
I've read it was the largest city on North America and the biggest city I've been to before was Chicago and this blew it out the water.
BaileyPark31
Love, Peace, Health, and Wealth
Any pics?