Since leaving Ecuador, I've skipped a few countries and flown ahead to Mexico City to meet up with Sara, one of my best friends from home. As much as I wanted to visit Colombia, Panama and Central America, the chance to have some great company for a few weeks was too good of an opportunity to miss, so Sara and I will be spending the next couple of weeks travelling through Mexico. After which I'll be meeting up with another of my best mates in Oaxaca, for the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival at the end of October. Then I'll head back down throughout Central America, and spend a good month or two in Colombia. A place I've heard nothing but rave reviews and as such am very keen to spend a while there.

With only a few days to get the most out of Mexico City, Sara and I exhausted our legs and Metro Cards in really only scratching the surface of what this enormous city has to offer. After a celebration drink and meal on Thursday night, Friday was spent downing several tacos at La Merced Market, and walking around the lively Zona Rosa district - where more tacos were had for dinner (I expect this to become the norm throughout our time in Mexico).

On Saturday we set out for Teotihuacan, the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas. It took a lot of trains, buses, walking and pushing through crowds to get there, but the photos were definitely worth the effort.

Falling asleep on the bus on the way back, we regained some energy to head all the way across the city to the Coyoacán district, where we visited the intriguing Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky museums.

We could have spent another week here and still not experienced half of Mexico City - it's huge. However, we squeezed the most out of each minute we had. Now it's time to head over to the Yucatan, where the real adventures will begin.