Journal go back
Tuesday 15th November
Today I had some wonderful tourist action. Firstly in Coyoacan, which cannot really be part of DF, it is quiet, with shady plazas and small streets. I couldn’t hear car alarms or see any flyovers with yellow fences. It even got to the point where I was surprised to see cars with DF number plates. I made my way to the “Museo de las Intervenciones” where I tried to figure out once and for all when Mexico lost half it’s territory and why the US intervened in 1914 and 1916. Well, they lost Texas first in 1836 after the Alamo and all that. Then in the proper war with the US in 1847 they lost California, New Mexico and some other land. In fact what now remains of Mexico is only 45% of what they once had.
So I figured that one out, but I couldn’t see why they invaded in the 1900’s.
My next stop was Cuicuilco, one of the oldest ruins in Mexico, started in 600BC and a bit special because it is a circular pyramid (that would be a cone then). Why then did it end up swamped by a massive shopping centre and a junction of Mexico City’s M25 motorway equivalent?
Oaxaca to San Cristóbal, July - 9th August Some more Honduran villages and Lago Yojoa, 4th Oct - 11th Oct
San Cristóbal, 10th August - 24th August More San Cristobal, Oct 21st - Oct 27th
San Cristóbal and the Zapatistas, 25th Aug - 31st Aug Veracruz and back to the city, Oct 28th - 5th Nov
Guatemala and another Zap meeting, 1st Sept - 14th Sept Guanajuato and some more time in the 'hood, 6th Nov - 11th Nov
The last zap meeting and back to Guatemala, 15th Sept - 21st Sept Mexico City-Coyoacan, Pachuca and around, 12th Nov - 20th Nov
Honduras - Santa Rosa and some villages, 22nd Sept - 26th Sept Xilitla, Huasteca and Real de Catorce, 21st Nov - 28th Nov
Honduras - La Campa, Caiquin and Gracias, 27th Sept - 3rd October Uruapan, Paricutin and Nexpa, 29th Nov- 5th Dec