Around noon today on a makeshift cement field in a small square in downtown Mexico City a competitive game of futból was underway between two teams of homeless guys, eager for next week´s bragging rights.
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JOURNEY THROUGH THE AMERICAS IN MÉXICO DF: #3 REPÚBLICA DE BRASIL
It´s a different experience walking in certain streets of the historic centre of the city on a Sunday as opposed to a Saturday or any other day of the week for that matter. Things calm down markedly, even in a megalopolis of this magnitude. While you won´t notice any difference if you join the throngs marching down […]
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ALL THE BULLETS ARE GOING TO COME BACK
On the streets of central Mexico City – 5 months since the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa teaching students.
Read moreStation / Estación #163: Lomas Estrella [FINAL STATION VISIT]
On July 19 2012 I published my post of Zocalo. At the time it was the completion of this project. Line 12 of the metro had just opened after a series of familiarisation runs but at the time I decided not to include it in my blog. Line 12 would have to wait, pending, to […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 162: Tlaltenco
Without an operational metro system to ride I decided to continue on foot from my previous visit to Tlahuac. Consequently the visit did seem to merge with the previous one. As I walked I thought ‘Am I closer to Tlahuac or Tlaltenco?’ Station delineation has long been a quandary. I found bright birds, a church, […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 161: Tlahuac
I made it down to the end of the line today – Tlahuac. The metro got me to Atlalilco but then I had to get on one of the RTP buses that have been providing a free replacement service since the middle of last week. As today was a public holiday (Juarez’s birthday) I thought it would […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 160: Olivos
I jumped back on a train after my visit to Tezonco, satisfied with the tacos and set off one further station down the line to Olivos. Looming large, just a few blocks from the station is ‘El Cerro de las Minas’ (The Hill of Mines) so I set off towards it, determined to get a […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 159: Tezonco
Metro station Tezonco: Station icon is a human skull. I was ready to fill my own with come what may. It was early Monday afternoon when I arrived and the streets were quiet. I arrived at the church to observe, inside and out; a 6 point plan ‘how to be a saint’, papel picado fluttering against a […]
Read moreStation / Estación # 158: San Andrés Tomatlán
Another trip down the golden line and it was a trigger- happy affair. With the camera, that is. Old JC was there, painted on a wall near the San Andrés Church. The first thing that caught my eye was a seagull stretching its wings, in street art guise, and I set off to broaden my […]
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THE MCM PROJECT: WELCOME AND REVIEW / BIENVENIDOS Y REVISTA
WELCOME TO THE MEXICO CITY MEXICO PROJECT! ¡BIENVENIDOS AL MEXICO CITY METRO PROJECT! In whatever way and for whatever reason you have arrived here I hope you enjoy or find what you are looking for. Please read on to find out more about the MCM Project. I would love to hear your impressions. En […]
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LATIN AMERICA FOCUS 