I travelled to Mexico City with friends Loryl and Susan in 2005, for a week. I was terribly surprised by how much the city had to offer. Markets, colonial spanish architecture, amazing museums and galleries, tourist neighbourhoods with expensive drinks, slums, markets, a fine subway system, and ancient ruins. I found more like Rome than I thought, but then, I've never been to Rome. The city is definitely under-rated as a destination, and is well worth a visit. When we were there, the weather was great, too.
Photo List (Total 314 Photos)
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Central city (135 photos) - Includes large modern buildings, city parks, the market area, the Mayan Templo Mayor, old churches, square and an art museum a bit out of the central area.
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Hunting Buildings (72 photos) - I went off on my own one day to locate a list of buildings that I had compiled, these photos are the result. They are mostly of the wealthier south side of the city, and also include the fabulously tattooed University City buildings. There are some city views from the Torre LatinoAmeria (I can never resist a tall view), and at the end of the day, the Anthropology Museum.
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Teotihuacan (51 photos) - This is an ancient Mayan city, somewhat restored, about an hour out of Mexico City.
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Mexico City Interlude in 2026 (56 photos) - I was in the city for a few hours after my flight landed and before I met Clint & Robb to take a bus to San Miguel, so we went downtown for a quick walk around before meeting them at the Autobuses. This also has a bunch of photos out of the window of the bus as we passed through fairly sordid parts of the city in a great and unending traffic jam. Finally, a few photos from my even briefer stay on the return home when I spent a night in a hotel attached to the airport.
