Oh what a night. I’m a convert. I’m not sure of the names or who won or many other trivialities, but i do know that I smiled the whole way through. It’s like panto without the nagging suspicion you’re going to be dragged up on stage and made to sing the birdie song because you have a birthday in January, and it’s a lot better, natch.
I took tons of photos, at first, furtively, then getting more brazen and using the flash a bit, then they told me I needed a permit which you have to get in advance, so i watched for another 20 minutes, then sneaked another picture in. A lady came up and told me I’d be escorted out if I continued so that was that. I’m definitely going back and getting a permit next time so I can take some proper ringside pics. The place was packed and full of hardcore fans with their gimp masks and all. Something I’d not seen before in mexico was the class warfare. The people in the cheap seats (3 bucks) were chanting for the rudos and the folks where i was (6 bucks) turned around and chanted ‘pobres’ (poor people) back at them. There was a fence in between… Shocking… Besides all the action there were vendors selling beer, chicharron (deep fried pig fat/skin), pizza, crisps, fags and of course, masks. It was a great spectacle, I can’t believe I’d never been before.
Well, Sita, Jose, Jana, Victor and Cesar, you missed a treat, but I’m well up for going again. Oh, how I spoil you with options for seeing the pictures… first off there’s a Flickr Slideshow, Flickr thumbnails then there’s an all singing, all dancing, Windows Media File (4670k) (Recommended, broadband especially).
Some bright spark has converted all the series of QI (Stephen Fry & friends) to MP3s so i’ve been listening to them non stop. I love how what started as a harmless panel game has gradually descended into a primary school classroom with Fry as the teacher and the rest of them misbehaving. What other country could this format work in?
Excellent Gwyn, glad you finally made it to the wrestling and had a good time. I never thought I'd go to see it but I really enjoyed it, a very daft spectacle that has you laughing and shouting right through. By the end we were jumping out of our seats, fists in the air shouting for 'Mystico' who was the hero of the night. I never took my camera so it's good to see your photos here. Also liked the one of your (almost) invisible car in a previous entry, though not sure about your car/house colour project, strange ideas but very Gwyn I suppose 😉
Can you give me any tips on getting good photos of both very bright shots (the sun etc) and very dark shots where the flash won't do the job (like night landscapes)? I found it difficult to get good photos of the sun overthe pacific last week, and despite seeing some perfect sunsets onto a cloudless horizon of the ocean, that damned elusive green flash still didn't materialize – has it been switched off? I guess I'll get another go when I make it to the west coast of South America.
I hope your blog switch has sorted out the russian spam problem, I got one of the same on my comments, probably came through a link from here, but the wordpress system sends me a mail asking for me to approve some comments it thinks might be dodgy, so i caught it and marked it as spam and they haven't returned.
Now in São Paulo, Brazil and loving it. Looking forward to moving up the coast to Rio eventually but having such a good time here it might take me a while.