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Crab attack!
Today we did the best what you can do in Veracruz. Spending the whole day at a mostly unknown beach. Since we did no sightseeing and nothing else happened this entry is over with the next full stop. 
p.s. Carl the crab likes mattstravelblog.org and says hello!
Tacos el Pastor
We traveled around 600km from Queretaro to Veracruz. The streets have been very bad. Speed bumps and road holes on every single highway. Not to mention that you have to pay toll’s every few dozens of kilometers.
At the end we arrived in our hostel which is “Paris” style. Nothing more to say about the hygiene.
Highpoint has been our dinner. Tacos el Pastor, meat with cheese and different sauces. Yummy.
Living in Mexico City is insecure, especially if you’re kinda rich. One of Dieters friend is in this nice but somehow uncomfortable situation. As he picked us up to go to Papa Bill’s BBQ we have been quite surprised by the Hummer. But we have been really amazed as we heard that the Hummer is armored. It was like riding a tank or a very big truck. But comfortable inside.
Anyway, we made it to Papa Bill’s in a jiffy. This restaurant is kinda special in his offers. First there’s like a special deal from time to time. You get to know that if you’re following the TV sets. So a few minutes after we arrived we got two mochito’s for one. Nice beginning.
So for the food, or should I say for the drinks. It’s kinda the same over there, the cheapest way to combine both is to order a bottle of liquor and you get a plate of food for free. We ordered this combination for four people and successfully defeated our hunger. So there was this bottle of Tequila we took care of afterward.
Everything started very innocent, we played a dice drinking game and everybody took a shot once in a while. Due to the beery, the mochito’s and the first shots the fun level raised rapidly. Then Dieter and his friends called for the Jenga game.
So the seven of us started to tear the tower apart. The one who destroyed had to drink like a triple shot of Tequila.
This night the legend of the shredder has been born. Who and what it is will stay a secret. At least for now.
Auditorium
Crowded, loud, insecure and dirty. Not a nice place to live and no nice place to stay. Well, that’s not completely true. We really enjoyed the hospitality from Dieter and his family. They took very good care of usc and therefore our visit in Mexico City wasn’t that bad. 
The sightseeing though was pretty shitty, it’s hard to get around in this city and the tourist bus can be considered as total crap. So I got almost no shots from the city itself but a few from the National Anthropology museum. So without further commentary, here the shots:
Six Flags Mexico City
is a nice PS3 game but also that what we experienced during our visit to the Six Flags amusement park in Mexico City.
But,… before it started to rain we managed to ride every single roller coaster but the last one. That one we did during the heavy rain. And it was, of course 
, awesome!
That was pretty much what we did this day, because of the rain and the exhausting past days we relaxed the rest of the day in Dieter’s house. He’s also a former exchange student from Halmstad and we’re staying at his place during our time in Mexico City.
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan
After a modest driving time we arrived in Teotihuacan which is close to Mexico city and was the former home to the Teotihuacans and afterwards to the Aztecs. While the first tribe built these awesome pyramids the Aztecs used it later after it has been abandoned. The most possible theory is that the natural resource have been used up and either the Teotihuacans moved away or they simply died.
MEXICO
Today we received a call from Hector’s mum about an incident which had happened in his neighborhood. Drug dealers had been fighting drug dealers once more, but this time close to his house. The fight lasted for a long time and you can count on many victims.
To hold the police back from interfering they “closed” the neighborhood with big trailers. So the streets were blocked and the poplice had problems to get to the fighting rivals.
Lucky us we are far away.
Queretaro Acueducto
Queretaro Acueducto
First thing to do was to rent the car for the second half of the trip. After a long time we lost standing around and waiting for the car to be shown up we finally could check it out. It’s a VW GOL, never heard of it. By this time we finally signed the contract and moved forward. Next stop was an Indian pyramid in Queretaro. Though it is a small one it was pretty impressive to see one for the first time.
Pyramid of El Pueblito
Pyramid of El Pueblito
We took the free tour and a guide showed us around for about almost a hour. Sadly we couldn’t get up, because they have no money to build a secure stairway. We asked if there is there is a way to donate money or for them to get money from the government, but the answer was unsatisfying honest: “The government gives a sh*t. And there is nobody to manage the money from donations.”
Church of San Francisco
Church of San Francisco
The second part of the day we spend again walking around the old historic city center. In the night we hit an Irish pub called “Wicklow” (been there in 2008) which was somewhat disappointing. There was no trace of the typical Irish pub flair. Maybe it was fitted too much to the Mexican expectations. Anyway, after that we had an awesome street Taco again. Same place as yesterday. “Montezuma’s Revenge” still pending.
Historic City Center
Our Hostel
We started walking around in Queretaro until we noticed that on Mondays every single sight and museum is closed. After a short discussion we decided to visit nearby villages and get some Mexican-small-town-experiences. So far so good, back to the hostel and into the car.
Tequisquiapan
Tequisquiapan
First on the tab was Tequisquiapan. A small village nearby Queretaro. It almost felt like a south European village. With all the narrow streets, the colorful houses and the many souvenir shops. Besides the little chapel in the town center there was not really a lot to see. Except for the already described city views. After we met Mario and his girlfriend, both friends of Hector, we decided to drive over to Bernal.
MEXICO
… and we just hit Querétaro our first stop. We will stay here for 3 nights before we go to Mexico City.
On the tab for tonight: Dinner and drinks.
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