Day four in Mexico City, Mexico

Having arranged to stay in Mexico city for at least another ten days after returning from Cancun, my time here now it at a much more relaxed pace and there is no need for me to be rushing around and taking photos of the slightest things ever few minutes, and instead I can properly relax, enjoy a home cooked breakfast that I can prepare myself and perhaps even take time out to do a little more studying of the Spanish language and of Mexico City itself.

Thus armed with my laptop, a large detailed and informative map of the country I sat down this afternoon after drafting my latest blog updating and just amused myself with learning more about the culture, the people and the history of a country often misunderstood and misadvertised through the media and hollywood movies.

For most of the morning and the early afternoon I read and drafted emails so that by the afternoon I was freed to go to a restaurant where K' had promised me some fish and chips like they serve back home. I think that I had forgot to mention that in Mexico City for around 20 pesos in most of the bigger restaurants you can get them to park your car for you, thus saving you time and running around trying to look for parking spaces in a city with 25 million other people.

Although I was half expecting a fish and chips to be similar to the ones I am used to in the UK, what I experienced was even better, with thinner batter, tastier fish and chips that were closer to twisted fries that potato wedges, very scrummy and really set me up for a great nights entertainment.

After the meal we headed on up to the local cinema where we had planned to watch the latest sci-fi flick 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' in the VIP screen and this place was like no other cinema I had ever been to in my life.

The drive to the cinema should only have been a mere ten minutes but due to the heavy traffic it was more like forty five minutes, which gave us plenty of time to chat in the car on the way, and had it been daytime I could probably have taken a few nice photos while we were sitting still in traffic.

For 70 pesos you get half of a pair of large comfy recliner seats with so much leg room you can't even reach the seat in front of you, a side table that slides over your seat and a downlight so that you can see the table and your drink without ruining the atmosphere of the film. On top of that you get to wait in a nice comfy lounge before the film, order there from a wide selection of snacks and food even Sushi, from one of the waiters who will then bring the food to your seat once you are properly seated.

The film itself was good, made us both think quite a lot, in fact the car ride back was fairly quiet as we were both deep in contemplation and our own thoughts.