México Mexiquito: a few photos from the magical country

in personal •  8 years ago  (edited)

Here are a few photos I've taken over the last 8 months around Mexico.


The view from my roof

In Santa Tere, Guadalajara, on a beautiful brooding grey day.

Graffiti

Life is a piece of shit beautiful.

Graffiti

Now do you feel better?

The Roxy

A cultural symbol in Guadalajara for reasons I never lived, and therefore I will probably never understand.

A few skulls

From an exhibit full of skulls.

aaron and benny looking through the fence at the forest

Centinela

Aaron and Benny stare through the fence to the forest over yonder.

French toast

With fried honey bananas.

A peculiar menu in DF

Grasshoppers, agave worms, ostrich, wild boar knuckle (?), crocodile, pheasant, duck in date sauce, frogs' legs, chrysanthemum in mango (?). All for under u$d 20. AND the best pulques!

Acapulco

A view from the Grand Acapulco Hotel.

Vegan Verde, Acapulco

Smashed avocados on toast with sun-dried tomatoes. I forget what the drink was, but I do remember that it was amazing.

Prawns

Coconut shrimp at "El Carnal" in Santa Tere, with a michelada on the side.


Puerto Vallarta

A restaurant full of sand and good times.


Parque Rojo

In el centro, Guadalajara.


Making Estefanía cry

I guess she was upset because I ate more than my share of dessert, the "pan vasco".
Not really, she's just camera shy. Delicious!

Bitcoin

Say goodbye to bills and credit cards.

The Miyagi method

Car wash.

Anarchist graffiti

If nobody works for you, nobody can decide for you.

That's all

That's all for now; hope you liked them.

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Beautiful pictures, and it's really nice to see you hitting paydirt, I've just looked over your blog and you've been patiently improving.

Hopefully, more people will learn from you.

Oh and I wish I could speak Spanish as beautifully as you speak English...

CG

Haha thanks. English is my native language, but I have been known to craft a few words in Spanish too, with a little assistance.

When I got $20 from a post, I was grateful. Well, sometimes I was disappointed, but on the whole I was grateful. I'm continually amazed by the opportunities life has to offer us, and Steemit is definitely one of them.

Respect!

Mexico is a Beautiful place... Its sad to see so much violence over drugs.... The Country and the culture is rich..

Yes. The rumour is that the war on drugs is going to be winding down over the next few years. And when it does, Mexico is only going to be more beautiful.

Yes I really hope so...

I also really want to go there! , @churdtzu

Well, Mexico is always welcoming!

Day of the Dead art style is so beautiful.

Nice ツ, amazing food and scenery

Great pictures, the graffiti is amazing.

nice photos @churdtzu hope I'll go someday 8]

Love your graffiti photos!! Mexico city seems like a centre of art and culture. I would definitely love to pay a visit.

Yes, Mexico city absolutely is; there are so many museums and art galleries there. However, only one of these photos is from Mexico City - the one with the unusual menu. The rest are from Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco.

Which part got you? Was it the crocodile steak?

I s Benny really pissing through the fence?

Haha... ah I didn't realise it looked like that until you pointed it out. Nah, I'm pretty sure he was just breathing in the forest air and admiring the view.

viva mexico

¡Sí hermano!

I'm surprised you eat vegan food when you're not vegan. Most people avoid it like they'll die from lack of protein.. that is unless they're vegan.

If they went to that restaurant they'd probably understand. It is so good

Ahhhh I hope someday I can do this travelling with my family. Im 39 years old and have not made any travel yet maybe due to being less fortunate. I think crypto avenue is the best way.

Yes, cryptocurrency is making more and more opportunities available. The key is to find ways to offer value.

By the way, I'm sure a lot of people would like to see more photos of the tropical paradise in which you live.

Have a good day!

Nice job dear churdtzu . your country is beautiful .

Churdtzu, beautiful photos. Upvoted ;)

Nice pics. Some interesting graffiti. I agree, the skulls are creepy. No offense to anyone intended.

Haha. When I first came to Mexico, I was a bit puzzled by their obsession with death. I grew up in Australia, and so naturally my conception of death was very different. One of the important messages is that, even though the dead are no longer with us, the effects of their actions live on. That's a message that any artist or poet can take to heart.

Beautiful insight pictures from Mexico. Thank you for sharing.

Another GDL Steemian! Nice, bienvenido! Where's that pic of the car wash, on Hidalgo? Swear I've seen it before pero no me acuerdo.

Hey buddy, it's actually on Calle Marsella, around the corner from Chapultepec, near El Agüita Agavería if you know it.

Ah ok. Wow never been to Aguita but I will have to go, I love mezcal. Pare de sufrir is my fav bar.

Yeah that's a great one. Are you on Slack?

I set up a personal slack channel just to get my steemwatch.com notifications. But I'm also waiting for them to re-open the official steemit slack channel so I can get on there too.

Thanks for sharing @curdtzu. Coconut prawns by the beach? Brilliant, I can taste them now.

Great photos and great graffiti! I've been in Mexico recently and I loved all the street graffiti! I took quite some good photos too with a GoPro Hero 4 Black. Here's one I use as background for my PC.
MexicoCity

And my first post in case you want to say hi! :) http://steemurl.com/Z3GVYet8

Nice photos mate!

ostia tio me parece que has pasado buen tiempo no? Graffiti a parte! :D

I live in Japan. Thank you for the very beautiful photo

nice photo :)

great photos

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It's just a bunch of photos. Put a story behind, your original point of view, something making it unique.
Now it's more like a collection of images but for that there's Facebook.

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