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06/06/2008 03:49:04 AM · #1
Hi all,

It took a while, but I finally made it through all my photographs from my second two-week business trip to México City, DF (Cuidad de México, Distrito Federal). Click on links at end of this message.

I took two excursions--one on Saturday (May 10th) and the other on Sunday (May 11th).

On that Saturday I went to the Centro Historico area where I visited the Zócalo, the Palacio Nacional (the National Palace), the Torre Latino Americano (Latin American Tower--the tallest structure in that area), and the Palacio de las Belles Artes (the performing arts center).

On Sunday I went to the town of Taxco, a former silver-mining center (incorporated in the year 1532) in the northern part of the Mexican state of Guerrero (two states away from México City) on the western arm of the mountains of Sierra Madre del Sur. It's a city built into the side of a mountain, so the cobblestone streets are very narrow and winding. The whole place looks like an artist painting. The local ordinances require all buildings to be white with the red clay tile roofs. All signs have to be white with black lettering. It's a really cool place to be. There are literally tens of dozens of jewelry stores selling anything silver (it is a silver mining town after all), at affordable prices.

On the way back to México City, we made stop in Cuernavaca, the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos (the neighboring state of Distrito Federal). The city's nickname is "The Eternal Spring City" since it has a fairly consistent temperature year round (around 80 degrees [F], or 27 [C]).

All links below go to the same destination, so it doesn̢۪t matter which one you click. . .

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(click to visit my México City collection, Part II)

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By the way, if you are interested, here is Part I of my México City collection (ruins, pyramids, basilica, etc.)


06/06/2008 03:58:32 AM · #2
Wow... awesome collection of images there, Les.
Thanks for the virtual tour - now I don't need to go! ;O)
06/06/2008 12:00:40 PM · #3
Originally posted by roba:

Wow... awesome collection of images there, Les.
Thanks for the virtual tour - now I don't need to go! ;O)

Thanks! It was an awesome experience. I would like to go back to the town of Taxco and spend more time there the next time I'm in that area.

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