Thursday Oct 24-28 – pre tour plus Day 1 to 1 - Arrive Mexico City Up at 4.30am departing the Cranky Croc Hotel at 5.00am arriving at the Bogota Airport at 5.30am (traffic was starting to build even at that time of the morning) we departed on time with the Colombian-owned Avianca Airlines at 8.30am. The 4-hour flight was very, very comfortable with excellent service. Mexico City is the world's most populated city with over 20 million people (nearly 9 million in the city-propper). Founded by Spanish conquerors in 1521, Mexico's capital sits at 2309 metres above sea level and was built on the site of the ancient Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The extensive metro system and trolley buses make getting around easy and there is certainly plenty to see and do here. We stayed
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