Elevation Details

• DC - 300 feet above sea level
• KC - 800 feet above sea level
• Mexico City - 7500 feet above sea level
• Top of Mt Washburn, Yellowstone - 10,000 feet above sea level

Weather

• Average high in August - 76
• Average low in August - 54
• Windy in August
• 40% chance of rain

Administrative functions

• Let your bank know your travel plans so they will pay any bills charged to your card in a foreign country
• Currency Exchange - 20 Pesos to the Dollar
  1. 100 pesos=$5
  2. 200 pesos=$10
     
     
     
     
• Vendors prefer Cash
• Use the Taxi app
• Get Local Phone Service as soon as you arrive in the country
• Get Passport/Bring it
• Mexico City Map

Places to Visit

• Popocatépetl (Popo)
• Great Pyramid of Cholula
• Xochimilco - painted boats where the flowers grow
• Teotihuacán Pyramid
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• Angel of independence
• Chapultepec CASTLE and forest
• Soumaya art museum (REALLY COOL Building)
• Roma neighborhood
• Mercado Medellin
• Frida Kahlo museum
• Museo del juguete antiguo Mexico (TOYS!)
• Street Food tour
• Metro cathedral
• Monument to the revolution
• Mercado Jamaica
• Volcán Xaltepec (right in the city, cable car/bus)
• Dentist
• Iztapalapa cable car ride
• Alas Wings
  
  
  
  

Travel Info

• Let your bank know your travel plans so they will pay any bills charged to your card in a foreign country
• First Leg of the Trip is bus to BWI airport
1. Metrobus B30
2. Weekdays 6:45 AM to 10:44 AM Greenbelt Station to BWI The Bus trip takes 40 min
3. Weekends 9:35 am to 10:45 pm The Bus trip takes about 40 min
4. You will need a Smart trip card for the metro and the bus. If you do not have one Matt, we have an extra one.
• For transportation we can use Uber or cabby. There are apps for Both and We have an account.
• Ecobici CDMX is the Bike sharing app for renting bikes at bike stations
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