Mexico (January/Febraury 2015) - Part II

COBRA

Doing a cobra on the front of our Xochimilco boat named 'Margarita'. Yet sadly, no margaritas were had.

Xilitla

In the surrealist dream, Sir Edward James Castle in Xilitla.

Isla de las Munecas

I spent a moment trying to blend in on Isla de las Munecas. The dolls were in place to scare away a persistent ghost. 

Handstand

Handstands in front of a wall of succulents. I touched one and it electrocuted me. Until that moment I did not know that plants could shock you. 

Sculpture

impersonating sculpture.

Scuplture

impersonating sculpture.

Sculpture

....

Hostess

Looking cool with hostess Andrea.

Museo Soumaya

Outside the dizzying spiraling Museo Soumaya, Mexico City.

Tree Lunging

n campus tree lunging in Mexico City.

Museum

The best thing about being alone in a museum is taking off your shoes and doing this.

SamLuisPotosi

'Sup. In San Luis Potosi mask museum, devil room. When it was not open.

Cave of Swallows

At the edge of the Cave of Swallows during the rapid fire decent of thousands of birds.

Arm Wrestle

My guide wanted to arm wrestle. I did not win.

Xochimilco

Less than a mile from dense interstate traffic, Xochimilco is eerily peaceful.

Mud

After plunging this stick deep into the mud, I was instructed to walk back to the edge, and push. I pushed...us closer to getting trapped in sea grass.

Photos by Kenneth Kao.

Mexico (January/February 2015)

During my annual journey to Mexico i had more adventures than usual. In Cabo I chased whale sharks and dolphins and floated near sea lions on their craggly rock beds. In Mexico City I tried (and failed) to steer our stick propelled boat through the waters of Xochimilco. There were more species of water foul in that small area than anywhere I've ever seen. The Island of the Dolls was...special. Many feel uneasy about seeing hundreds of ill-paired doll heads and bodies covered in cocoons and mud pinned to trees and wires. I also traveled to oil-rich Ciudad del Carmen, and the majestic colonial cities of Puebla, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi. 

Lastly, I visited two of the most amazing places on earth, The dream-fueled Sir Edward James Castle in Xilitla and the Cave of the Swallows. Hiking through the jungle to reach a massive hole on the earth where birds dive fast as race cars into a hole way bigger than any skyscraper is pretty epic.  And visiting a 20 acre complex of surrealist concrete architecture and sculpture that waterfalls drift through is... mind-bending; it is an opportunity to step into the mind of an artist. If you have the chance...GO.