Gilt Menagerie

So my previous summary of DF as being very loud was accurate but not nearly sufficient. It is also the second largest city in the world, and has loads of cool stuff, including beautiful parks, people from all over the world, a very extensive metro, and a FREE public zoo. It also has a mind boggling market (Mercado de la Merced) which is literally acres upon acres of both indoor and outdoor commerce. We loaded up on dried fruit and nuts, and saw more fresh produce and slabs of every animal imaginable. I even got to pet some rabbits.

We met some people giving out free hugs in the Zocalo (main square). They were very sweet.

We also went to the major archaeological site known as Teotihuancan. The pyramids and ruins pre-date the Aztecs. The largest one that we climbed is called the Temple of the Sun, and it had many, many, many stairs. The view from the top was so worth it though.

The Torres Latinoamericano has a sweet view of the city. I highly recommend finding a place where you can get a good look at any city you are visiting. We went just at sunset, which was a perfect time to see both the amazing expanse of lights as well as exactly how freaking huge the city is.

The free zoo had so many animals that I have never seen in american zoos! There were Tiny Monkeys! And Tiny Monkey Babies! I nearly had an aneurysm from the cuteness. Also pandas! And lobos! There was an adorable little boy who kept howling at the wolves. The wolves themselves seemed awfully confused.

Please don´t think I´m too terribly juvenile for posting this picture, because the story is too funny not to.

I was all like, snow monkeys! Sweet! So I start to take a picture of the closest one, and I see another one running towards us. I was all like, sweet ass! Two monkeys in one picture! So I click the button and look at what I captured, and this was the result.

People, the agility and speed with which the dude took advantage of the situation was pretty admirable.

Honorable mentions include awesome street vendor food, Oaxaca cheese, learning Spanish, drinking on the window ledge at the hostel.

Well, that´s it for now. Sorry for the epic post, but internet connection is Very Slow here. For example, it took me two and a half hours to make this post. We are currently in Puebla, and we are going to see how close we can get to the volcanos tomorrow.

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