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July 31: visited the Sunday tianguis again, plunged south of Reforma, to the east. Sunday, so lots closed. I'd left without water, bought some didn't have 9 pesos change but he took 8.50. Some guy tried shoe shining my Crocs. I went up Lucerna and Roma streets; looked like a nice area. Has wax and chocolate museums. Seemed to have an indigenous protest camp in the middle of Roma. Home for Massfilc (filking). Started reading Pox Americana.
Aug 1: Rachel and husband again, taking me to El Heuquito, with a reputation for good al pastor tacos. The reputation is fully deserved, but does not carry over to other tacos (arrachera aka steak then, suadero today.) We also tried Orinoco, with its own good pastor/res/chicharron tacos, and a red-white diner style decor and 1 liter of fruit juice for a dollar. Sadly, I do not want to drink a liter of fruit juice.
Aug 2: bad air, vegged inside. freecol, El Goonish Shive, Tolkien discussion. Rachel reported that not only are the park museums closed on Monday, but so is the entire park.
Aug 3: good air, out! Went back to El Huequito, had pastor and suadero, and horchata drink. I preferred the jamaica I had two days earlier. Got an Uber to the Anthropology museum, tried to use the coin lockets Rachel had told me about. They're weird: you put in 15 pesos, and are supposed to get 5 back, so it's 50 cents to use the locker. I failed to use it properly. Since I just wanted to preserve my water bottle, which costs 15-20 pesos anyway, I didn't try again. Emptied my bottle. Then realized the line was long and the place seemed crowded, and re-thought the endeavor. Bought replacement water, and went through the park/bosque. There's a free zoo, though the reviews aren't thrilled, and you apparently have to check bags. I skipped that in favor of wandering around. Found the 'Canadian totem'. Otherwise, nothing too special. Lots of trees and open space.
Oh, there's a biggish pond/lake, too, with pedal boats. I didn't try one, by myself in the high UV, but it was nice hanging out there.
Used my first public bathroom in Mexico. 5 pesos. Did not have to buy toilet paper, but did have to pre-take some before going into a stall, as in Chile -- except I, fearing such a thing, had a roll of toilet paper in my bag. Flushing was weird, basically you turn pipe water on, then have to turn it off again. There was a wastebasket, I'm not sure if used toilet paper is supposed to go into the toilet, some signs in Chile said not.
There's a botanical garden, but it was closed. In fact, the park was closing by then, 6:30, with a guard to let us out of the gate. You could actually get locked inside.
Got more tacos to go, which let me watch them getting made. Bare hands are used, to lay out the tortillas, scoop up sliced meat, and roll up the tacos. No gloves.
Diner and other photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720301037075
Bosque album, with new photos (totem, Quixote statues, long-tailed crows) https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720300744572
Cows, with 2 more cows https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720300640671
Aug 1: Rachel and husband again, taking me to El Heuquito, with a reputation for good al pastor tacos. The reputation is fully deserved, but does not carry over to other tacos (arrachera aka steak then, suadero today.) We also tried Orinoco, with its own good pastor/res/chicharron tacos, and a red-white diner style decor and 1 liter of fruit juice for a dollar. Sadly, I do not want to drink a liter of fruit juice.
Aug 2: bad air, vegged inside. freecol, El Goonish Shive, Tolkien discussion. Rachel reported that not only are the park museums closed on Monday, but so is the entire park.
Aug 3: good air, out! Went back to El Huequito, had pastor and suadero, and horchata drink. I preferred the jamaica I had two days earlier. Got an Uber to the Anthropology museum, tried to use the coin lockets Rachel had told me about. They're weird: you put in 15 pesos, and are supposed to get 5 back, so it's 50 cents to use the locker. I failed to use it properly. Since I just wanted to preserve my water bottle, which costs 15-20 pesos anyway, I didn't try again. Emptied my bottle. Then realized the line was long and the place seemed crowded, and re-thought the endeavor. Bought replacement water, and went through the park/bosque. There's a free zoo, though the reviews aren't thrilled, and you apparently have to check bags. I skipped that in favor of wandering around. Found the 'Canadian totem'. Otherwise, nothing too special. Lots of trees and open space.
Oh, there's a biggish pond/lake, too, with pedal boats. I didn't try one, by myself in the high UV, but it was nice hanging out there.
Used my first public bathroom in Mexico. 5 pesos. Did not have to buy toilet paper, but did have to pre-take some before going into a stall, as in Chile -- except I, fearing such a thing, had a roll of toilet paper in my bag. Flushing was weird, basically you turn pipe water on, then have to turn it off again. There was a wastebasket, I'm not sure if used toilet paper is supposed to go into the toilet, some signs in Chile said not.
There's a botanical garden, but it was closed. In fact, the park was closing by then, 6:30, with a guard to let us out of the gate. You could actually get locked inside.
Got more tacos to go, which let me watch them getting made. Bare hands are used, to lay out the tortillas, scoop up sliced meat, and roll up the tacos. No gloves.
Diner and other photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720301037075
Bosque album, with new photos (totem, Quixote statues, long-tailed crows) https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720300744572
Cows, with 2 more cows https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720300640671