When I abbreviate this city, it is to speak as one with millions of defeños– EL DF. What I breathe in this city, I do not really know. My larynx admits oxygen and all manner of airborne particles – It doesn’t seem to bother me much. When I cough in this city, some […]
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Aguascalientes is the third smallest state in the Mexican Republic. Only Morelos, which borders the Federal District, and nearby Tlaxcala are smaller. I didn’t know that until I looked at a map of Mexico earlier today and assumed that it would be the second small state after Tlaxcala. Some quick research told me otherwise. The […]
Read moreOn 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 […]
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All photos taken between 6:40 and 7:40 am on Tuesday March 18 in the Centro Histórico of Mexico City
Read moreWithout 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 moreI 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 moreSince midnight last night the southern section of line 12 has been closed due to safety concerns. Maintenance will be carried out on the elevated section of the track rendering 11 stations out of operation. So with just 3 stations left to update this project I can not ride the metro to visit them. Free […]
Read moreI 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 moreMetro 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 moreHere is the third and final clip from the recent series CCTV did about the Mexico City Metro. This one deals with the fair increase which came into effect late last year. The 2 peso (15c) increase, elevating the cost of a ride on the system to 5 pesos, doesn’t seem like much but when […]
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