The land of the feathered snake

Touched down in Mexico City and had flashbacks on places Id been like India and Thailand with poverty and corruption beyond anything we have back home. Arrived at the hostel which seemed pretty good. Didnt have to make my own bed for once which I have become pretty skilled at doing. Breakfast and Dinner are provided here but as I found out and as is consistant with the rest of this place: you cant get any good protein without a copious amount of largely corn based carbohydrates. Gyms are also few and far between so its not the best city on the CrossFit front.

The next day woke up and went to the teotihuacan pyramids which was cool. Our guide Allejandro (which was a laugh for us Gaga fans) had elaborate explainations e.g. there are 13 sculptures which represents the 13th day in the solar calender and if you add 26 to that and take away 4 then times the whole thing by 67 you get 365 days of the year, and that is how the feathered snake travelled from the north, the south, the east and west to the sacred grounds of the aztec people. Put on your best mexican accent and youll see it was a great laugh. Did a little workout on one of the smaller pyramids. Pictured.

5 Rounds
Max HSPU
Climb Stairs to top as pictured
20 Squats
then
3x 20 Pushups with 1 min rest.

total 31 HSPU

Good to have a workout at 2000plus metres of elevation and also in beautiful ancient surroundings.

Today was a walking tour of various Mexico City markets where we saw goats getting skinned, grasshoppers, mosquito eggs and a place where you could buy tiger steaks. Then back to the hostel after eating loads of corn tortillas in search for any kind of decent protein.

Had a little tabata workout in the hostel room using my gymboss time ipod app. Found a little ledge that I could kind of hang onto to do pullups then went onto pushups, squats and situps. Felt okay but with the crappy food, maybe elevation, alcohol consumption etc didnt feel at my best. Its going to be a tough little period fitness wise. Shower, some protein from KFC in the way of crispy strips then hostel dinner which was eggs vegies and a little rice (not too bad). Tonight we went to the wrestling which was a lot better than I had expected. Awesome acrobatics and theatre. The crowd were going nuts. Fews beers back at the hostel and I think Im just about ready for bed. Leaving for Oaxaca tomorrow. Rough plan now for Mexico. Oaxaca to puerto escondido to palenque to playa del carmen to cancun for the last three nights in the hyatt which should be a welcome taste of luxury.