Mexico City

Location Description

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The Palacio de Bellas Artes near the Parque Central in...
Detail of the frieze above the main entranace.
Nice art deco interior.
Some of the architecture looked almost Arabic. It...
Another shot of the same up closer.
A beautiful apartment building near the Zócalo.
Cool retro bus.
Apartment building lining the Zócalo, the main plaza in...
Cathedral in Mexico City. Sorry for the fish-eye. I...
Inside the Cathedral.
Mexico City is built in a giant lake bed and thus all...
Pulpit in the cathedral.
You can see how much the church is leaning by comparing...
Mexican couple in the Zócalo.
Another shot of the Cathedral with less fish-eye.
Heh. No one wanted to stand in the sun apparently. ...
Street off the Zócalo.
Inside the National Palace, there is a peaceful cactus...
Inside the National Palace. Looks like we might be in...
Another shot of the interior of the National Palace.
Winged horse fountain in the National Palace
Another shot of the winged horse.
Dia de los muertos display and Diego Rivera mural in the...
Dia de los muertos is a pretty big deal in Mexico. The...
Diego Rivera mural of Mexican history.
Diego Rivera mural of Aztec history. Note the severed...
Murals in the National Palace.
Murals in the National Palace. More body parts.
Winged horse fountain.
I think this room is where their legislative body meets.
Traditional Aztec dancers at the Zocalo.
More Aztec dancing.
Just like Rome and Athens, Mexico City was literally...
They accidentally built this sewer without realizing it...
The black thing is an actual stone used for human sacrifice.
New and old, juxtaposed.
Unearthed Tlaloc god (rain god).
Templo Mayor with the cathedral in the background.
Aztec painting.
Sorry for the blurry picture. There are only women on...
All-woman subway car. The Mexico City metro has rubber...
Will and Graham, on our way to see pre-Aztec pyramids of...
Jon and John.
Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Sun.
Pyramid of the sun, looking southwest. It seems to have...
Up on top. No, I don't know these people.
Sarah and Graham. Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
Jon and Will. Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
John, with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background. ...
Jon, with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background.
Will, Graham, Sarah and Jon, at the top of the Pyramid...
This is our rock band photo. Now we just need to...
Climbing back down the steep steps.
Fun with photos. Pyramid of the Sun.
Woo hoo! Jon, Graham and Will.
Pyramid of the Moon, over in the east.
Y M C A.
Jon Sarah (Will is obscured) and Graham walking down the...
Pyramid of the Sun. I like this shot.
Mexican corn on a stick: Blue corn (boiled) with...
At the del Norte bus stop. Playing with night...
¡No, Papa, no!
Beer purchase fail.
Desayuno on Domingo.
Chapultepec Park on Sunday. The Chapultepec Castle...
It was a large park, much like Central Park or Golden Gate Park.
Looking out of the park down the Paseo de la Reforma.
Really neat inexpensive recycling canisters cheap, which...
Luchas Libres masks for sale.
Oversized lollipops for sale in Chapultepec park.
Colorful cotton candy for sale in Chapultepec Park.
Wow. Do you think they have enough pictographs of...
Mexico City skyline looking north: smog, skyscrapers,...
Looking east from Chapultepec castle down Paseo de la...
I stayed somewhere visible from this view. Looking west...
The Aztecs were not very kind to their prisoners of war,...
Chapultepec Park almost looks like a jungle when viewed...
A lake in Chapultepec park and new high rises going up near by.
Chapultepec Castle viewed from the gardens.
Some statue in the gardens at Chapultepec Castle.
The castle was a very popular destination with the...
View of the castle.
Juxtaposition of Spanish colonial and International modern.
New and old again.
I was pretty happy with this meal. I bought it off a...
John taking a picture of a roundabout on the Paseo de la...