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dinesh/day 15/mexico city
When it comes to traffic light antics, I like to believe I’ve seen them all. Astrologers, kids selling jasmine garlands, guys offering to wash windshields, and once in Poona, a Nigerian holding the infamous scam letter informing me that I … Continue reading
dinesh/day 14/mexico city
Today has been a day of technical glitches. We are trying to upload our images to New York but the internet gods have not been smiling. I need some food therapy. Its been a few days on the road and … Continue reading
dinesh / day 13 / mexico city
Precariously standing on a thin strip of concrete, four feet above an angry bull, I wondered what my insurance deductible would be if I slipped. Earlier in the morning we had driven down to Lienzo Charro Regionales de la Villa … Continue reading
dinesh / day 12 / Mexico City
In his book Maximum City, Suketu Mehta explores the countless threads that intertwine to weave the fabric of mega cities. Driving in and out of these cities I can’t help but think of them as giant looms. Where euphoria sleeps … Continue reading
dinesh / day 11 / mexico city
Sitting at a table in the middle of a huge Cantina in Plaza de Garibaldi it finally hit me. There are two kinds of men in Mexico City. Mariachis or those who wish they were Mariachis. I’d heard stories about … Continue reading
dinesh / day 10 / xochimilco
It’s pitch dark. We have been floating on a raft in a never-ending canal. Jesus steps out and signals us to follow. We head to a tarp covered green house. I hear the grunting and snorting of an animal nearby. … Continue reading
dinesh / day 9 / teotihuacán
24 hours with Piñatas, Pyramids and a Ballet. Four year olds with large tears in their eyes reluctantly approached the syringe. The brave twitched, others broke down. Mexico City was the eye of the H1N1 hurricane not very long ago … Continue reading
dinesh / day eight / mexico city
Buenos Aires to Mexico City took about 10 hours. Spent the day at airports and in an airplane. Siesta over Bolivia. Dinner in Mexico City. There were a lot of vacant seats so we used it like our very own … Continue reading
