Line 4 (Light Blue)

Station / Estación 137: Fray Servando

Today’s visit to Fray Servando represents two milestones in the MCM Project. I have finally completed one line of the system in its entirety. The unpretentious light blue line (4) is the line in question. Martin Carrera, Santa Anita and all stations in between – done. With just ten stations, it has less stations than […]

Station / Estación # 128: Candelaria

Sin intención, esta visita, # 128 a Candelaria (#127 en realidad cronólogica), llegó a ser un asunto de tres partes. La primera parte ocurrió en una manera principalmente convencional. La segunda parte fue basicamente un fiasco. Por fin hoy, la tercera parte restituyó lo que podía y añadio por los cimientos. Explicaré. Miercoles de […]

Line 4 (Light Blue), Line 9 (Brown)

Station / Estación # 110: Jamaica

¿Qué pensamientos y visiones rebotan alrededor de tus cavidades craniales cuando ‘Jamaica’ entra a tu mente? ¿Kingston? ¿Bahía Montego? ¿Bob Marley? ¿Críquet? ¿Red Stripe? Bueno, también es el nombre de una estación del metro. Toma su nombre del mercado cercano que especializa en flores. Durante la visita me chocaron con unas lluvias fuertes, algo que […]

Line 4 (Light Blue), Line B (Grey)

Station / Estación # 84: Morelos

The inner city urban vibe is certainly in the air around Morelos. The bad and old joke first told to me by my great old pal Mel Cabral ‘What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball? – Juan on Juan’ came to mind as I faced up to the two-dimensional hoop shooting aficionados. I stared […]

Line 4 (Light Blue)

Station / Estación # 82: Canal Del Norte

There was a sizeable earthquake in Mexico today. Luckily no deaths (that I have heard of) occurred. Life and the MCM Project go on. I visited the neighbourhood around Canal Del Norte, aka home of the encased Grim Reaper. Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a big thing in Mexico and death related […]

Line 4 (Light Blue), Line 6 (Red)

Station / Estación # 27: Martin Carerra

Martin Carerra is an end of the line station. There is yet more colour in the street but food was on my mind and the set meal for 40 pesos at ‘El Lechón’ did the trick. Only fitting that at the end of the line you can shop for a coffin if you’re getting on […]

Line 4 (Light Blue), Line 8 (Green)

Station / Estación # 23: Santa Anita

So, you have a horse in need of some psychotherapy, physiotherapy, psychoanalysis and counselling, right? Well, this is the station for you. You see, there is an extensive Equine Therapy Centre. What was that? Ahh, ok. Therapy for people using horses. Ok, I get it. I am sure they do fantastic work but don’t horses […]

Line 4 (Light Blue)

Station / Estación # 20: Bondojito

Empresas multinacionales grandes y exitosas suelen querer presentarse como ciudadanos corporativos ejemplares comprometidos con el bienestar de las comunidades en que se operan. La acumulación de riqueza inmensa a través de exponencial crecimiento de ganancias es solamente otra consecuencia, un subproducto. Sí, claro! De todos modos, Crown Holdings, una empresa global de envasados, aparentemente la […]

Line 4 (Light Blue)

Station / Estación # 17: Talisman

So, Talisman, what luck will you bring me? ‘I grant thee with a hexagonally-partioned metallic view of the wheels of Mexican industry in motion.’ ‘I present thee with two antique cars in states of disrepair.’ ‘However, my greatest gift to you is a landscape full of all the fun of the town fair, albeit in […]

Line 4 (Light Blue), Line 5 (Yellow)

Station / Estación # 13: Consulado

The visit to this station was a bit gory and consequently so is this entry so I’ll keep it short. I don’t want to lose any vegetarian readers. The station is ‘Consulado’ (Consulate) but my posting is somewhat less than diplomatic. Anyway, enough of the quips! I strayed a bit of a way from the […]