2008 November | Wouldn't it be nice if ...?

The altar of the deceased or Altar de muertos,

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Some pictures of the traditional Altar de Muertos a form of worship for the desceased.

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Mexico City Alebrijes Reforma Avenue

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments

These are some pics from Mexico City’s busiests avenues, Avenida Reforma, there was a street exhition of the world famous Alebrijes, which are a type of fantastic half animal half demon creatures.

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Guadajalara Jalisco Mexico

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Check out these pictures from a recent trip to Guadajalara Mexico, a beautiful city en Mexico, the 2nd largest city, with lots of folk and culture, beautifull buildings, food, people.

Guadalajara City Cathedral

One the most popular foods is the Torta Ahogada, a delicious bread filled with pork meat and a very hot tomato sauce.

La Torta Ahogada

The torta ahogada hot sauce ranks amongs the hottest foods in the world, that’s why you have to always have a Cold One (a Corona Beer in this case) at hand.

Another popupar dish from Jalisco is the Carne en su Jugo, one restaurant from Guadajalara famous for Carnes en su Jugo holds the Guinness Record for the fastest service in the world, you order your dish and in less than 10 seconds you are served.

More famouse than their foods, is the city’s Soccer Team Las Chivas. Las Chivas are the most popular Soccer team in Mexico, their tradition is only to hold Mexican Born Players in their Squad, check this picture from a match at the Jalisco Stadium versus UNAM Pumas.