new york city

after a late arrival from mexico city, lots of rain and a short night's sleep we set out to explore new york city!

luke enjoying a bagel!
jane in central park.
with the empire state building in the background.

we arrived in washington DC last night at 10pm after a 5 hour bus trip from new york. had a welcomed good night's sleep at chris and tessa's place. maybe venturing out to explore some of the city today, but also trying to take it easy after a very enthusiastic 11 days of travelling so far!

goodbye mexico!

devotion

devotion is everywhere in mexico. from the aztecs who considered it an honour to be sacrified, to the mysterious "virgin of guadalupe" who seems to have captured the hearts of so many.

edgar, charlie and kathryn

in mexico city we had some encouraging time with edgar "el toro" and charlie, kathryn, jonathan and harry fletcher.

it included a superb lunch overlooking the zocalo -- the centre of aztec and mexico history.

mexico city architecture

the contrasts of mexico city -- spanish catholic cathedral and aztec temple.

and an obsession with death.

cabritos al pastor

our last night in monterrey, mexico was a really fantastic dinner with alex, monica, alex's mum. we had cabritos al pastor (baby goat).

you can see the cabritos cooking away above the charcoal grill.

i (luke) indulged in the whole head (including bones) and even tried one testicle. the latter had a very strong flavour which i wasn't used to.

that night we flew to mexico city...

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Sent from Washington, DC, United States

el santo

el santo with a giant bag of doritos!!