Street food: It seems pretty clear that one eats food on the streets, indeed not only eat, it seems that Mexico City lives on the streets. Houses are often built right up to the footpath with little or no outward presented living space, they’re often just walls. So Mexicans live life in the streets, they […]
Author / stevecharlie
TOP-10… Things to know about Mexico City
1- Great street food. Whatever the vendor says… Just say ‘si’, it’s gold. Street tacos are about 70c each and they’re a tiny little orgasm in a tortilla. 2- Don’t expect to find a public toilet anytime quickly. I managed to use a cafe toilet and nearly started a punch up. A very proud Mexican […]
Show me a Casino!
The sun we’ve been racing towards threatens the horizon casting a hopeful halo slicing a line in the darkness, this time behind us rather than before an untrodden path. Trapped in a sliding moment between two lives we occupy a space too small that offers too little light; of any tone. Time passes and time […]
When does this thing start?
We’re on the plane, in the hazy din of air travel, very little in this world is more than a blur. We’re somewhere in that phase between the hubbub of excitement our lives have been and the mental vacuum that is leaving life somewhat behind. It’s beginning to tip over the edge but the question […]
Tell us where to go….
You’ve wanted to for years, go on, admit it… now’s your chance to finally tell us where to go. Not the wisdom of the interweb, 12 downloaded versions of Lonely Planet or the might of a Charlie Winn spreadsheet juggernaut has helped. It turns out that the world is a fairly big place and there’s […]
It’s a Lonely Planet…or is it?
We’ve bored everyone to death for years now about our great adventure and now, amazingly, it’s finally happening. So come to the farewell that is not a farewell at all. Joint us in a pre-emptive window to our journey, and yours. The Lonely Planet party is set for Saturday the 13th Sept 2014 at Playbar, […]