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Mexico trip, November 2012

Visited Mexico for business and pleasure during November. We stayed in the Condesa neighbourhood in Mexico City and a short time in Acapulco. All the photos here in Flickr, as usual a selection below.

Day of the Dead candy
Day of the Dead candy

Day of the Dead altar in Plaza Satélite
Day of the Dead altar in Plaza Satélite

Bikers' pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Bikers’ pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Pancita
Pancita

Day of the dead altar
Day of the dead altar in the market square

La suavicrema
La estela de luz, a.k.a. la suavicrema

En camino
On our way

Day of the Dead altar at the hotel
Day of the Dead altar at the hotel

Parque México
Parque México in Condesa

Church
Church

Mexico Stock Exchange
Mexico Stock Exchange

Day of the Dead decor
Day of the Dead decor

Sushi street stall
Sushi street stall

Day of the Dead decor

Alebrijes
Alebrijes, nightmare creatures

Cochinita Pibil en Azul Condesa
Cochinita Pibil en Azul Condesa

Driving to Acapulco
Driving to Acapulco

Tough life
Tough life part one: coconut juice, coconut “fruit” and piña colada

Tough life
Tough life part two: the Mexican Pacific
Dawn sequence
Dawn sequence

Dawn sequence
Dawn sequence

Dawn sequence
Dawn sequence

Autopista del sol
Driving back to Mexico City

Autopista del sol
Guerrero State landscape

Saint Petersburg

Most Finns wouldn’t like to remember their country is next to Russia given the checkered history between both countries. Between that and the obnoxious visa regime, a tiny number of them visit Russia especially compared to the amount of Russians visiting Finland. I have been before in both Saint Petersburg and Moscow, and we decided to meet some friends in the Venice of the North for a day now that there is no need for visa if you arrive by ferry and stay up to 72 hours in the city. It is therefore as easy as taking the boat from Helsinki to Stockholm or Tallinn, and the experience is not too dissimilar either. We will have to come back and stay longer later, but for the meantime some pics below and the rest in Flickr as usual.

You are here
Live map of the Gulf of Finland.
Baltic Sea dusk
Dusk over the Baltic sea.


Sax in the Baltic night


Brass band welcome in St. Petersburg

Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac’s Cathedral.
The Hermitage
The Hermitage. Beautifully restored facade compared to my previous visit in 2001.
Singer Café in Nevski Prospekt
Singer Café in Nevski Prospekt.
Happy
Happy graffitti.
Cathedral of the Spilled blood
Cathedral of the Spilled blood.
Catering to American tourists
Matrioshkas catering to American tourists.
Russian fortifications in the Baltic Sea
Kronstadt, Russian fort in the Baltic Sea and former base of the Soviet Baltic fleet.