CDMX

We were both in Mexico City (separately) about 

fifty years ago. There was more air pollution then,

but it was less crowded. The subway had just been started

 and the Templo Mayor had not yet been discovered. 

It is an amazing city with so much history and so much art!

Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Aztecs in their capital
city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City.
The Museum at the site and the Anthropology Museum
near Chapultepec Park house a vast collection of pre-Columbian
artifacts which have been unearthed here.

Just a few of the artifacts at the Anthropology Museum:

You really need to spend most of a day here.

(FYI: there is a very good and reasonable

restaurant at the museum)

There are murals in most of the public buildings

in Mexico City. Diego Rivera was our favorite

and also the most prolific:

This is "Man Controller of the Universe" in the
Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Another of Diego Rivera's many murals. This one has
Frida Kahlo holding a rifle. It's in the Secretary of Education
Building.

The official CDMX taxis are pink and
have meters.

Mexico City takes "Street Art" to a new level:

There are parks and monuments everywhere:

Alameda Central

Monumento a la Revolución Mexicano

Views from the Torre Latinoamericana Building:

Palacio de Bella Artes

Madero Street - a very popular pedestrian street just around the
corner from our hotel

The Zocalo
(Plaza de la Constitución)

One day we spent the day in the

Coyoácan neighborhood where

Frida Kahlo grew up and then later

lived with Diego Rivera.

Her house is now a museum:

Coyoácan is a quiet, residential neighborhood with lots of 

trendy restaurants and nice homes.

The Coyoácan Market

It was Palm Sunday when we were there.
All kinds of objects made of palm fronds
were being sold in front of most of
the churches all over Mexico City.

Coyoácan is a nice neighborhood to take a stroll.

Teotihuacán is about one hour northeast of CDMX and

is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

This is what Unesco has to say about it:

The holy city of Teotihuacán ('the place where the gods were created')

 is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the

 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast size of its monuments – 

in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids of the Sun

 and the Moon, laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. 

As one of the most powerful cultural centres in Mesoamerica, Teotihuacán 

extended its cultural and artistic influence throughout the region, and even beyond.

It really is awe inspiring...............

There is quite a dog population living in Teotihuacan!

From Mexico City we went to Taxco by bus

for two days and then back to Mexico City

to fly back to Mazatlan.