Mexico City

Mexico City is one of the most crowded places on earth. More than 22 million people live here, with more than 2000 daily entering the city, seeking work.

This famous City lies in the heart of the country. The Mexicans are warm people, but their four major problems are pollution, congestion, crime and subsidence (parts of the ground have sunk to a lower level).

North and northeast of the city are Tula and Teotihuacan - two of the country’s most famous archaeological sights. The ruins of the great Toltec City, Tula, lie 96 km north of the City. Some of the Toltec rituals, including mass human sacrifice to appease the gods, were later incorporated into Aztec culture when this city was conquered by the Aztecs in the 14th century.

About 50 km to the Northeast of the City lies the largest ancient city of Mexico - Teohihuacan.

South of the City lies Cuernavaca and further south, Mexico’s famous silver town, Taxco.

Southeast of the City lies Puebla - built on a hill so that the Spanish could keep on eye on their trade.

Louis and I drove through the City by accident (we actually wanted to avoid it because of the immense congestion and traffic). It took us about 3 hours from the one end to the other, where we got lost for nearly an hour searching for the exit to Puebla. It was one of those instances that you want to forget as soon as possible. We saw nothing that we wanted to remember in Mexico City. All I remember from it today was how big and how busy... and how poor on the outskirts of the city it was …………..

We were very happy when we eventually were on our way to Puebla, late that day - basically spending one whole day driving through that big City.

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