Ready for Your Next Great Travel Adventure?
To help get you started, and to set the scene, below are descriptions from my books of some of the world’s most amazing destinations. These clips are to help you learn about the location, prep for your travels and drive up your excitement about a specific place.
Mexico City
…Descending down into the sinking lakebed that holds the biggest city on this side of the world, we entered the Federal District of the Republic of Mexico, commonly called Mexico City or El DF by the locals, el Distrito Federal. We landed in the Zócolo, the city square in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral, the very center of the megalopolis…
We had walked out into the city from the main square. Mexico City was a vibrant, pounding drum. Its middle class and above skeleton of fast cars, high rises, restaurants and shopping functioned around pockets of ramshackle poverty. Its busy roads and freeways were punctured by squeegee workers, newspaper and orange sellers. You could see the oil wealth and the corruption…
…Remarkably you could also point out the class differences as they saw it, los campesinos y los ricos. Rural people and the rich, torn from the pages of two-century-old English literature, the local culture still retained an unforced understanding for where one stands defined by the words and mannerisms of the people. But action also continued. “This is a country that believe it or not is a valid development example for the rest of the emerging world. They’ve hosted the Olympics, built an efficient metro, laid out beautiful parks and squares, you can get around really easily. It’s a city that just vacillates between well-educated with their private schools and low maintenance public schools. Crime drives fear and lots of private security guards help dissipate it. In other words, it’s a continuous struggle to get things right…”
Coming out of the streets of the old city center, we joined the broad avenue Paseo de La Reforma as it met de Guadalupe and led us directly to the shrine of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a church dedicated to the country’s patron saint…
…You know in the Basilica is a miracle apron with the image of the Virgin. People come to stare at it, pray to it, make promises, and repent. Faith and tourist curiosity prompts them to stand in line for hours to have a look…
– Describing Mexico in Walking with J by Karsten Quarters
Place: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, United Mexican States (yes, the official name of Mexico also translates as United States), the southern portion of North America and the northern portion of Latin America.
Visited: Multiple times, including twice as a student for a semester
Most Recent Visit: TBD probably early 2000s
Original sites: Manageable: More extensive if you add the beach cities, or if see something original in every former colonial town
Familiarity: High
English usage: Scattered
Surprise: The art. Take a look at the stunning Diego Rivera murals in city halls all over the country.
For Rising Entrepreneurs Expanding to Global Markets: Family, cultural and athletic exchanges across the U.S. border open this exciting, vibrant population up to familiar influences, including a regular season N.F.L. game.
Country Details: U.N. Country Data Stats for Mexico
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