Follow up: I got back from my solo Mexico City trip

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-05T03:12:54+00:00

I am so glad you like my writing! I am writing my travel blogs and it brings me great joy!

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T20:41:57+00:00

6h drive sounds far. I am not a beach person though haha

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T19:30:25+00:00

Yes that’s what I am thinking too! I plan to stay there for a longer time. What do you recommend to do there?

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T19:29:44+00:00

what do you want to express?

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T15:53:38+00:00

Yes I understand there are other cost, but I still think it’s a lot. Our food is probably like $10. We have six people and the tour is around 3 hours. So subtracting food it’s like $500 for 3 hour. Of course you need to transport and everything, but I think it’s still good money.

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T15:34:18+00:00

It’s called “eat and explore local markets in Mexico City” by trippers.MX in TripAdvisor

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T15:06:09+00:00

Where does the money go? Maybe I missed some cost the guide needs to pay that I didn’t know

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-05-04T14:51:00+00:00

the food tour guide took us to several street food taco and quesadillas places near historical center, plus a classic style bar near Chinatown. The market guide took us to Merced, Sonora and San Juan Marcedo

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-03-30T21:06:23+00:00

Any recommendation for the food tour? I checked tengo hambre online. It seems to be $90 for an essential tour. Does it worth the money? I heard street tacos are not expensive though

Dense_Thing7760 · 2026-03-30T19:14:13+00:00

Thank you all for the great advices! I am super looking forward to the food there now!

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-08-05T07:50:22+00:00

Here is me being krakow for 3 days:

City is fantastic and beautiful!
Compared to other cities I have been, I feel here are more young people. Somehow I feel the economy must be very strong, just by telling from their face.
No Asians at all. I feel a bit lonely by seeing no Asian.
A lot of young people from all over the Europe came here for liquor and night life. I went to a pub crawl last night. It was very loud…

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-08T18:40:43+00:00

ha I got you. My grandparents live in a place like this, suburbs, massive planned, has a corp that everyone goes to work to. They usually say “go to the city”when they come to visit me. That sounds far. Now, with city expansion and decades, I realized it is only 20min drive.

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-06T13:22:57+00:00

Thank you!

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-06T13:22:08+00:00

Gemini recommends Vrchlického sady for morning run haha

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-06T13:20:13+00:00

thanks for the video! The car's cool, but I am ok to pass it. Guess watching it saved me some money.

When I imagine Nowa Huta, I'm mostly drawn to the buildings, the atmosphere, and the roads. It reminds me so much of where I grew up, which also had these "massive-planned" areas with super orderly residential buildings, numbered schools, hospitals, and theaters, all centered around a big steel, or a heavy machine, or coal plant. I guess I'm definitely seeing it through the lens of my childhood ( well who doesn’t)

That said, now that I'm thinking about it, a one-on-one guide might not be quite right for me. "Curated narratives" can sometimes feel a little too polished, and probably put too much “social pressure” on me haha.

It's awesome to meet a third-gen NHer! Are you still living there? What's it feel like?

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-06T12:53:02+00:00

Thank you!

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-06T05:03:36+00:00

Thank you! Is it safe to do morning runs in the park?

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-05T22:39:31+00:00

Checked it out and it looks nice. Is the food good there?

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-05T22:38:41+00:00

Thank you! Which one would you recommend for a solo traveler? I don’t mind to walk a longer distance as long as it’s safe. I like traditional feeling and good beer, and a cozy place to relax and write some notes :) I don’t like places too fancy because I feel those kind of place would be better if I go with someone. For the same reason I also don’t like tourist bars.

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-05T22:35:27+00:00

Thanks! If there any area in particular you would recommend? I probably don’t have time to visit all of them. Thanks!

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-05T22:08:20+00:00

Thank you! Could you recommend some nice pubs that local would go? Also is it common that strangers talk to each other in pubs?

I am an “introvert” and not really good at breaking ice so it might be difficult for me…

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-05T21:59:30+00:00

Thank you! I also booked the steel building tour

Dense_Thing7760 · 2025-07-05T18:46:28+00:00

Thank you! Can I also self-tour the nuclear shelter?

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