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June 21-22 2014 - Micro Brewery Crawl

I spent this beauty of a weekend training for the Iron man competition and servicing my insatiable thirst for Craft Beer.

Black Kettle Brewing Company
Green Leaf Brewing Co.

Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers

Bridge Brewing Company

Powell Street Brew

Deep Cove (not really Deep Cove) Brewery.

Bridge Brewery

Hurricane Grill on Marine NV

Awesome Mushroom Swiss Chicken

Great view from First Narrows

And on Sunday...

Mexico City Tuesday April 29th - Museo de Anthropology

Tuesday April 29 we went to breakfast at La Vasconia on Tacuba street. This was a solid meal, once again. They were nice enough to make tacos for the ladies, even though it was desayuno. We jumped on one of the topless buses constantly circulating the city and arrived at the Museo de anthropology.

Later, we visited Chapultepec Castle which housed royalty and important dignitaries throughout history.

Afterwards, we rode the topless bus and looped back to the metropolitan cathedral, close to our hotel. It was rush hour, which in Mexico is a complete chaos. For some reason, drivers all lean on their horns continually until arriving at their destination.

We had dinner at a Mexican Italian diner style cafe. Yes, Mexican-Italian, and we agreed to eat there. I ordered a Mexican sub and French fries and the ladies had pasta. We gave up trying to eat and we just watched the end of Spider-man 2, which was blaring from the 4 LCD screens in the room. La cuenta, por favor!

After contracting an intestinal virus I spent the next 3 days in bed. Sorry, no pics.

Mexico City Monday April 28th - Xochicalco pre spanish ruins and Cacahuamilpa caves

Xochicalco pre spanish ruins and Cacahuamilpa caves with Jonus, our Belgian tour guide. The fortified city of Xochicalco was built some time after the decline of Teotihuacan (100 B.C. - 650 A.D.). Allthough its heyday only extended between 700 and 900 A.D., Xochicalco is considered the most important center of the late classical period of the central Mexican high plateau, due to its splendor and cultural development. The ethnic origin of the inhabitants is not known. The city ended destroyed, burnt down, and abruptly abandoned around the 900 A.D.

Lunch at a roadside kitchen.

Refreshing drink on a hot day.

pork stew with beans, rice and freshly cooked tortillas

Much lower elevation than Mex city, so HOT!

The Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park in Guerrero, Mexico, is best known for the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa Caverns, which are one of the largest cave systems in the world. Pictures don't do it justice. The highest cavern we entered was 80 meters. They apparently have concerts in here on special occasions. The Spanish guide who conducted the tour talked primarily about the funny shaped rocks. Jonus translated.

Afterwards we arrived in Tepoztlan which is a great little town inside the Federal District of Morelos that's used more as a local get away and and seems to attract the hippies. Our objective is a 2km climb to the top of a local hill which seems comparable to the Grouse Grind. Jonus and I made it to the top just before closing.