My Journey Round The World

Yesterday was pretty hard, I didn’t expect it to be so difficult… Small cultural choc I would say! Not easy to be in such an unknown environment where I’m not able to communicate properly. I guess, I need to accept that I look like a tourist not as in Boston or Vancouver, where it was easier to look like local people.

Luckily, today was already a bit better! Thanks to a nice evening with Gabriela & Beto, I discovered some Mexican food: molotes de tinga & de cochinita pibil with Agua de Jamaica – a non-alcool drink from hibiscus flowers, in a local restaurant. Really good!

Today I was already a bit more confident while walking around the city. I tried to speak or asked people if needed, ok, only few words & most of the time hard to understand the answer but it’s a start! I also had a great family lunch & taste a regional home made dish: mole poblano – sauce made with chocolate, peanuts, 10 differents peppers type… cooked by Vanessa, Gabriela’s sister. Lunch included also a free Spanish course with Enrique, Gabriela’s Dad Tonight little chat in Spanish – more or less – & diner cooked by Marta – Gabriela’s Mum: Quesadillos. I must say I’m really spoiled!

I finally decided to skip Mexico city. I wanted to stop by but I realised that I might run out of time! I have a flight in San Jose – Costa Rica on 13 November & I still want to visit Oaxaca, Mazunte, Chiapas, Guatemala, Nicaragua & Costa Rica… Not sure I’ll manage all that in 1 month! Don’t want to rush…
I guess it would be easier to come back to Mexico city another time – I hope so!

So I’m leaving tomorrow for Oaxaca. No more support to rescue me in the afternoon… Third step in the big adventure… Let see how it goes!