Smog

Mexico "The Sinking" City

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October 9th 2009
I slowly groped my way into the middle of a pitch-black room. After several 360-degree turns I heard a sleepy female voice murmur: "Take any one you want". The sound came seemingly from nowhere and everywhere at once. What? Who was that? I tossed my pack onto the first top bunk my eyes fell on and hurriedly stumbled out of the room. The airplane navigated through clouds of smog. It to ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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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