Latin American city life in Mexico City
The fascinating thing about Mexico City is the fact that it is a very international but then very destinctly latin american city with the typical latin american streetlife!
And one important thing about Mexico is food - all the time and everywhere!
Like this Taco booth:
(Tacos are small soft corn tortillas with usually meat and finely chopped tomato-onion-cilantro (coriander leaves) and spicy green or red chilli sauce. And they are just delicious, nothing like the super heavy Tex-Mex-food that some of you might know!)
Or anther one:
Fruits in any colour:
(most fruits are sprinkeled with chilli powder here in Mexico and this really brings out the taste of these sweet fruits even more)
Another typical thing that I have seen in all central american coutries as well: drinks are often served in small plastic bags.
An indigenous woman selling corn on a cob, which again (of course) is sprinkeled with spicy chilli powder!
(nice sun hat, huh?)
Anther important thing are music CDs and movieDVDs
(by the way, The DaVinci Code was available on DVD in several languages two days before it's international release... for 110 Pesos which is just under 10 USD or about 7,5 Euros)
Nothing special really, but I just like these over-filled latin american newsstands
And one thing that is always in the news and that is present in dayly life is the so-called Lucha Libre... wrestling! Yes, mexican wresting! The special thing is that almost all of the wrestlers are wearing this really silly masks. And it is a real family happening, from little kids to grandma's, everybody goes to the wrestling matches:
Pretty stupid, as expected, but quite athletic sometimes:
And one important thing about Mexico is food - all the time and everywhere!
Like this Taco booth:
(Tacos are small soft corn tortillas with usually meat and finely chopped tomato-onion-cilantro (coriander leaves) and spicy green or red chilli sauce. And they are just delicious, nothing like the super heavy Tex-Mex-food that some of you might know!)
Or anther one:
Fruits in any colour:
(most fruits are sprinkeled with chilli powder here in Mexico and this really brings out the taste of these sweet fruits even more)
Another typical thing that I have seen in all central american coutries as well: drinks are often served in small plastic bags.
An indigenous woman selling corn on a cob, which again (of course) is sprinkeled with spicy chilli powder!
(nice sun hat, huh?)
Anther important thing are music CDs and movieDVDs
(by the way, The DaVinci Code was available on DVD in several languages two days before it's international release... for 110 Pesos which is just under 10 USD or about 7,5 Euros)
Nothing special really, but I just like these over-filled latin american newsstands
And one thing that is always in the news and that is present in dayly life is the so-called Lucha Libre... wrestling! Yes, mexican wresting! The special thing is that almost all of the wrestlers are wearing this really silly masks. And it is a real family happening, from little kids to grandma's, everybody goes to the wrestling matches:
Pretty stupid, as expected, but quite athletic sometimes:
Peppo - 31. Mai, 18:33
