A few days ago I saw @slobberchops' post about Urban Exploration and I was a little bit inspired, not only because of the quality of his pictures but also because of the topic.
I used to walk a lot when I was younger, and during my travels I walked pretty much everywhere but recently I haven't been able to walk a lot - only between 5k and 15k steps per day, which is a lot but not nearly enough as much as I used to walk.
Yesterday I went to Mexico city, just like I do once a month, every month, to visit the grandmas, my brother and also because I'm the designated driver on the way back with my dad.
Between the visitation hours and when my dad got free, I had around 4 hours to spare between beers, eating or exploring. Guess which one I did?
The subway in Mexico city is always a mess. Every day at all times it is at least at 70% of it's capacity and at rush hour it is probably around it's 180% max cap - yeah, no Osha measures followed nor Covid safety but, after all, when you need to work in order to be able to put food in your mouth, you don't care about stupid covid measures.
I'm not wearing a mouthpiece - or muzzle, as I like to call it -, not to be a rebel, but because I don't see the point.
I saw this construction site and thought it would be interesting for you to see it for two reasons: we do have big buildings in Mexico and, we do close the streets and block the way for cars while doing so because well, third world kind of planning.
Some, if not most of our corner shops are improvised little spots that people just open up in their spare room. People just destroy their wall, create a small door and voila, they now have a store for the miscellaneous - in fact, in Mexico this type of store is called "miscelánea".
Notice the roof and how they have clothes left to dry right above the corner store. Ahhh, Mexico.
Every neighborhood has to have a street with a half ass, half finished repair or renovation which will take several weeks - or months - longer to be finished by an overpaid contractor. If your neighborhood doesn't have one, you are probably not in Mexico, double check your window.
Yeah yeah, covid-19 is still a thing at least for some people, but not for Mexicans. We already have street basketball happening, not only as a hobby but I found these guys training, with a coach and discipline and organization and all that crap. Who would've thought, right? Well, I'm not surprised, people are getting tired of not being able to do anything.
A lot of restaurants are rebelling against the government's stupid health and safety measures where they just bankrupt every honest - and dishonest - business and restaurant owner in the country. Several places are already opening at full capacity even though we are at yellow stage in the city. I'm glad the people are responding to these actions by the businesses and customers are visiting them and giving them their money. Restarting the economy no matter what the fools in charge say.
Of course there are some empty streets but they are not that common. Of course I had to take a picture, it's not all sand and cactus in Mexico!
This was an Actifit post but I'm thinking of making a similar one with more pics, better quality and way more text so you can get a glimpse at how Mexico looks :D
OH RIGHT, 41 THOUSAND STEPS. TAKE THAT FOREST GUMP!
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....and I thought you were going to explore some old Mexican tomb full of skeletal gunmen and such. How's the plans for HIVEFest 1 going.., in Cancun. Was that rumour of SF5 being held there.. true. You can tell us all now.
Oh man, HiveFest1 in Mexico would be kickass! I'm not even sure @Roelandp has thought about the venue yet but who knows, perhaps he is considering making it a live event this year since Covid might be slowing down by November.
Oh no, no jungles or tombs for me, at least not this year :P
I hope you're doing great man!
Doing well thanks, hope you are. I would be up for Cancun, and @goblinknackers keeps asking me when the next SF.. er HF is happening. If it ever does.
Very cool post . Was nice talking a walk with you. I feel you on the covid protocols and restarting the economy. Hee in South Africa we have the same troubles. Hope you had fun visiting the grandmas and big high 5 for 41k steps. You are killing it.
Also, in South Africa a miscelánea is called a spaza shop!
I wish I were in Mexico right now. Mexico City is one of my favorites that I have been to, even though we got pick pocketed the last time we were in the metro.
I love that the people are doing what they want. We have no open restaurants and an 8pm curfew. One by one the little shops are being boarded up in this city.
I hope Mexico hangs in there and waits for me.
Excellent expedition, Mexico City is a wonderful place, and the food is very tasty.
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I tend to skip over actifit posts so I'd be more inclined to read them if I knew there was going to be interesting stuff inside XD
Seriously people can just punch holes in walls of their houses to make shops, there would be so many problems if that happened over here O_O
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