Mexico finally

Well I'm back finally and it feels great to be travelling through Mexico again. The flight here was terrible. I decided to get the cheapest flight possible: Delta with 2 stopovers totalling 12 hours for a nominally 7 hour flight. Of course one of the stopovers being Salt Lake City meant that weather interruptions were always going to be on the cards. I didn't anticipate that it would set me back 12 hours in total though. The life lesson is that you always get exactly what you paid for. Thankfully in this one case I apparently paid for a free business class upgrade and a cheque for 200 usd. Yes, the customer is always right.

Finally I'm here, marginally less indebted to Mr Visa, and with the party spirit(s) in my stomach I'm ready to sample the best that Mexico has to offer. After a couple days catching up on sleep and just generally hanging out with Angel we went to our second party for the cutting of the Rosca de Reyes. Without going into too much detail a rosca is a sweet bread in round donut like form (but magnified). The Rosca de Reyes is a rosca with mini figurines of baby jesus baked in. The tradition being that if you get a baby jesus in the piece you cut you are obliged to throw a party on the 2nd of February. I found 3 reyes (jesuses) over the weekend. After one of the parties we went out to a club. At the club we ordered a bottle of Bacardi in order to garner ourselves a table. It turns out that Bacardi does in fact come in 3 litre varieties. Viva la Mexico indeed.

My cultural exchange continues in Zacatecas where I've reunited with Martijn from the Netherlands. Good times are bound to ensue.