Mexico City, modern, colonial, huge, colorful, funky, sometimes tacky, lol

[Hector]

Those photos are great! I love Mexico City, It's such a rich place. The Anthropology museum in Chapultepec park is just freakin' AWESOME. The museum next to the Templo Major, the ceremonial centre of the Aztecs is amazing too.

Wow...you went there all the way from Australia???



Yes, that museum is indeed awesome...and I just love Chapultepec park...home of the former military cadet castle where the last stand against the invading U.S. army was held (at the end of the Mexican-American War)...home of los Niños Heroes.

[samurainoir]

Those photos are great! I love Mexico City, It's such a rich place. The Anthropology museum in Chapultepec park is just freakin' AWESOME.

We only had a few hours at the Anthropology museum, and I could have easily spent an entire day there. We totally ran out of time, and basically had to choose between the Anthropology Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum in Chapultepec Park. Of course on our way out we also noticed that there was a fun park filled with midway rides as well. Plus that huge concert venue.

We did managed to pack in an incredible amount in our extended long weekend in Mexico City, but if I were to do it again, much more City and much less Cancun Resort. The diving was pretty good, but I got really squirrelly basically trapped on a resort for week. It just don't feel "real" to me.

[babycyclops]

Wow...you went there all the way from Australia???

Yes, that museum is indeed awesome...and I just love Chapultepec park...home of the former military cadet castle where the last stand against the invading U.S. army was held (at the end of the Mexican-American War)...home of los Niños Heroes.

You bet! I think I may have been an Aztec in a previous life! That museum is just amazing. My girlfriend does not share my fascination with ancient Mexican cultures, though she climbed alot of pyramids with me, she got to rest her feet the day we went to the anthropology museum while I ran amok using up multiple batteries in my digital camera!!
I have to say that we both felt very comfortable in Mexico City, and caught the subways all over. We both took some Spanish language classes so we weren't completely dumbfounded when folks spoke to us, which helps alot when you're trying to get around. Also, if you're travelling all the way from Australia, it pays to be prepared

We only had a few hours at the Anthropology museum, and I could have easily spent an entire day there. We totally ran out of time, and basically had to choose between the Anthropology Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum in Chapultepec Park. Of course on our way out we also noticed that there was a fun park filled with midway rides as well. Plus that huge concert venue.

We did managed to pack in an incredible amount in our extended long weekend in Mexico City, but if I were to do it again, much more City and much less Cancun Resort. The diving was pretty good, but I got really squirrelly basically trapped on a resort for week. It just don't feel "real" to me.

Yes! there is so much to do and see that you do have to make some hard decisions.
I visited Mexico very briefly back in 1993, and had always wanted to return.
Our trip in 2008 was really the trip of a lifetime, in case you guys think I'm some kinda globe hopping jets-setter, it was a really very big deal for me to return and see and do so much stuff.
And yes, we did go to the wrestling too

[Hector]

Thanks for the info, Baby...

[Hector]

Lets not forget Estadio Azteca...








...and here's the Azul soccer stadium and the Plaza de Toros stadium (bullfighting)...






Chapultepec Castle...this is were the Niños Heroes made their last stand against the invading American forces in the final days of the Mexican-American War...



Niños Heroes monument...

[The Bat]

Wow...those are really great Pic's Hec! I never pictured Mexico looking like that.

[Hector]

Glad you enjoyed them!

[babycyclops]

Thanks for the info, Baby...

I'm full of it

[Hector]

[Hector]

Mexico as a whole is not as deadly as people think.

But in the northern border towns like Juarez and Tijuana, yes, it's pretty bad.

But Mexico City, believe it or not, it's relatively safe, especially for such a huge city...

Here's a reality check on Mexico's actual murder rate...you'd be surprised...

• The most deadly state in Mexico was Chihuahua, the sparsely populated Texas and New Mexico border region where Juárez is located. It was followed by the marijuana- and heroin-producing states of Durango, Guerrero and Sinaloa.
• Sonora, the state bordering Arizona, saw its murder rate triple from 2002 to 2009, from seven to 20 per 100,000. But that’s still lower than in the late 1990s, when the rate was about 24.
• Six Mexican states had a lower murder rate than Arizona’s rate of 6.3 per 100,000 people in 2008. They include popular tourist destinations like Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located, and Baja California Sur, where Cabo San Lucas is located.
• The state with the lowest murder rate is Yucatan, the Gulf of Mexico state known for its Mayan ruins. Its murder rate of two per 100,000 was comparable to the rate for Wyoming and Montana.

• The rate in Washington, D.C., was nearly quadruple that of the Mexican capital, Mexico City. Washington’s murder rate was 31.4 per 100,000 people in 2008; Mexico City’s rate in 2009 was eight.

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So don't be so afraid to travel south of the border...just stay away from border towns...