Day 1: Its all about getting there - Mexico City

Hola a todos,

Como estas...Its been a long journey here, and for me...a small guy from a small island even a few hours by car is a long trip..let alone a 23hr transition time..

..me and my friend, Stephen, set out on this trip at around 5 in the morning..at least that was the planned meeting time...for once I was late..and this trip already started with a surprise: steve preceding me at the airport.

We set out for our first flight to london..3hrs approx and when we got there...Mr. Ferfex (maltese thing) was taking me to the wrong direction...thank god i think before i act :p...then to Heathrow terminal 5 where the most modern airport in the world shows you that the new airports are now not travel-centric but business centric..after all the checks (quite fast) Its sincerely a shopping mall with planes attached to it...still a nice experience.

...next are the 12hours of flight from london to mexico city..thank god we had good seats and my neighbour was a young french (i got something for french) lady visting mexico for 4months...met a new friend and had someone to chat between a movie and the other with since mr. Company (steve has so many nicknames) slept all the way to london and half way to mexico...oh well I was sleeping many times too..

Once landed at the airport, the first thing which impressed me is the CALMNESS of people, how laid back and relaxed they are work. The imigration officer (those who stamp your passport) was taking all his time to view all my pages of the passport until he deemed that tha last page was nice enough for the mexican stamp (this was awarded after viewing our passport and ´another Id from ¿Malta? please'...

..the taxi ride to the hostel was smooth and it took maybe a maximum of 10minutes..the hotel is situated exactly next to the Zocalo' the centre (or something like that..) where today is all adorned with lights and some traditional folklore people dancing to celebrate the National Independance..a nice thing to experience..i must say..steve has just informed that there are about 82,000 lights (ejja gonzi!)

..the place in general feels safe, many police around but still some people imo look fishy..so im still aware of the surroundings all the time...first street-eat was from this street vendor selling boiled sweetcorn (dont know the local name)..who while preparing it with mayo and chilli is all the time moving around with his cart (away from the police..'cute')

My body's system time would be 0600 in the morning right now..however here its still 2300 so by my standards its too early to go to sleep..dont know about any good clubs or party place around..didnt do any reasearch about that..partying will be saved for Cancun probably..

..time to upload some pics