If you happen to be traveling from Monterrey, Mexico to Moscow, Russia in low season and you have a US visa DO fly Delta via Atlanta. The small plane we had to Atlanta was very new, so smooth and far from full, I thought we were in a private jet. Then on the 767 to Moscow I had at least 15 seats to myself which meant I could catch the Atlanta city views leaving, have dinner watching the movie (which was somewhat fittingly, Greed is Good) from a comfortable seat, nap in the center three seats, have breakfast watching the sunrise over the artic somewhere and then see the Moscow city sights on the way in. Really very good and probably even better than business class. I couldn’t stop thinking how nice it would have been with all the family there too! Richard would have loved it, James would have explored the whole cabin, plenty of room for Ryan to sleep, Babuliya could have made nice beds for everyone out of the abundant pillows and blankets and while they are all happy Mum and Dad were certainly going to be happy.
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Monterrey to Moscow
Hurricane Alex – No Water???
What a lot of water!!! Hurricane Alex was very weak by the time it made it in to us here in Monterrey however, there was still plenty of water left to drop. Monterrey city had 619 mm (24.4 in) of rain while not too far away in Estanzuela they managed to survive through 1, 819.5 mm (32.26 in) of rain in just under 48 hours! The river was flowing at over 2,500 m3 per second and taking a lot with it as it went including our favorite Go Kart track which used to be on the dry river bed that hasn’t seen rain in 20 years.
Anyway, what happened to all the water? Just as the sun was starting to dry things out the main water supply for Monterrey was cut. By today most people had used up their tank water and bought the shops dry including the really over priced supa dupa brand waters that most people would never normally buy.
Although strange to see that wasn’t the real shock. That came on the way home. Along our street there is a pretty big hill, well OK it is massive. Anyway there were dozens and dozens of people filling up containers to take home, washing their cars and washing themselves.
Here is just one of the lines at one of the more accessable waterfalls.
This whole family made the trek up from a lower lying neighborhood to wash their hair.
Loads more Hurricane Alex photos here including before and during photos. Tomorrow I’ll go and get some after photos.
Hurricane Alex arrives in Monterrey
Here are some photos from this morning with Hurricane Alex still 6 hours away.
This used to be a great Go Kart track. The Marquee for the PIT has almost gone.
The speed of the water is amazing. Here it is about 2.5 – 3m deep and still the swell pushes up off the bottom.
PIT marquee almost completely gone now. 
