yanks and mariachis

this first photo is of one of the many mariachi bands in garibaldi square in mexico city. they are a group of between 3 and 6 say with at least a violin and a guitar if not a trumpet, tombone, bass, another guitar, singer, piano accordian, and drums. they ask passing couples or groups if they´d like to buy a song, and then play for them. i got there a bit early, so headed down further into the dodgy part of town to a cantina whihc is a bar full of men where women arent welcome, basically. its usually cheap and simple and it was pretty dark and dank.... i drank some beers and watched futbol highlights until it was about 9 and then headed back to the square, a little tipsy, so that i could watch the mariachis. awesome sight. some wear proper embroidered sombreros and full length woven ponchos, but at the least they wear white or balck suits with silver bondage straps down the side, and a white 10 gallon. this is nate (californian, heading down to guatemala to learn spanish), myself and 2 frenchies. after garibaldi and the mariachis i headed with these 3 ( i think i was the 4th wheel) out for a drink in teh zocalo. we ran into a group of architecture students who we took with us to 7-11,a dn then they took us to their penthouse (not quite) apratment and view over the city from the balcony. this the the photo below. you can see the back of the church int eh zocalo lit up.