P1000179

1st day in Mexico City

---

January 13th 2011
7.30 PM. First of all, let's briefly go back to yesterday night. My final flight landed in Mexico City at around 11.05pm and after filling in a couple of forms I got through immigration with no questions asked. Obviously, I had missed the deadline for my hostel pick up, but I had discovered earlier in the day online that the airport have what seemed like a decent taxi system. They have authoris ... read more

North America » Mexico » Mexico City

---

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more