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Mexico City Plus


For those of you who are first-time visitors, I’d like to tell you there are other Collections on this website about Mexico: Oaxaca (#40), San Cristobal (#53), and Baja California (#9).

Mexico is the first foreign country I ever went to. Since then I’ve returned many times– to Oaxaca, San Cristobal, Acapulco, Monterrey, Baja, etc. Mexico City remains in memory as one of the first cities I went to. It blew my mind to see buildings that had color. The people were kind, beautiful and patient with me.

Monterrey was my first bullfight and in that afternoon I witnessed something that I couldn’t photograph that was extremely rare (I found out later). The bull had fought so bravely that the crowd screamed to spare him. The bull walked around the arena until a gate was opened for him to exit. Before he left he turned back and snorted, as if to say, “I won, you bastards!”

I went to Jamiltepec, which at that time could only be reached by plane. I think it was Lausa Airlines. It was a DC-3 plane and as we were about to take off I thought it would be a good idea to mention to the pilot that they’d left the door open. I could tell he was the pilot because he had on a baseball cap. The co-pilot didn’t have a uniform.

There’s not much to do in Jamiltepec so the locals would line up in two rows on the airport runway as close as possible and the plane would land between the two rows.

I was later told they always did that, but all I could think of was what if the pilot dips his wing, or swerves. Everybody was fine with this.

“They do it all the time.”

Me? I was scared shitless.

Door and Two Steps, Mexico
Door and Two Steps, Mexico
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Blue Wall, Doors, Mexico
Blue Wall, Doors, Mexico
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Stone Wall, Wood Door, Mexico
Stone Wall, Wood Door, Mexico
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Wall with Diagonal Shadow, Mexico
Wall with Diagonal Shadow, Mexico
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Boy, Flash of Red, Mexico
Boy, Flash of Red, Mexico
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Two Women, Lacework, Mexico
Two Women, Lacework, Mexico
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Cafe Colon, Nursing, Mexico
Cafe Colon, Nursing, Mexico
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Girl in Window, Boys, Mexico
Girl in Window, Boys, Mexico
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Child Looking Out of Cab, Mexico
Child Looking Out of Cab, Mexico
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Cattle, Dust, Vaqueros, Mexico
Cattle, Dust, Vaqueros, Mexico
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Three Men, Mexico
Three Men, Mexico
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Asleep in Bananas, Mexico
Asleep in Bananas, Mexico
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People Backlit, Mexico
People Backlit, Mexico
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Girl Dancing, Accordionist, Mexico
Girl Dancing, Accordionist, Mexico
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Museum of Anthropology, Wide Shot, Mexico
Museum of Anthropology, Wide Shot, Mexico
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Museum of Anthropology, Detail, Mexico City
Museum of Anthropology, Detail, Mexico City
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Man in Bus Eating, Mexico City
Man in Bus Eating, Mexico City
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Woman, Wall, Red Peppers, Mexico
Woman, Wall, Red Peppers, Mexico
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Woman Head, Blue Shirt, Mexico
Woman Head, Blue Shirt, Mexico
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Boy and Baseball Scoreboard, Mexico
Boy and Baseball Scoreboard, Mexico
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Bulova 606 (Building), Mexico
Bulova 606 (Building), Mexico
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Bullfight, Men in Costume, Mexico
Bullfight, Men in Costume, Mexico
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Wide shot, Bullring, Mexico
Wide shot, Bullring, Mexico
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Medium shot, Bullring, Mexico
Medium shot, Bullring, Mexico
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Picador Spearing Bull, Mexico
Picador Spearing Bull, Mexico
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Matador Holding Cape, Mexico
Matador Holding Cape, Mexico
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Bullfight Face-off, Mexico
Bullfight Face-off, Mexico
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Bull Charges 1, Mexico
Bull Charges 1, Mexico
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Bull Charges 2, Mexico
Bull Charges 2, Mexico
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Back of Bull, Profile of Matador, Mexico
Back of Bull, Profile of Matador, Mexico
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Cape Under Arm, Mexico
Cape Under Arm, Mexico
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Man in White, Jamiltepec, Mexico
Man in White, Jamiltepec, Mexico
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Head of Boy, Mexico
Head of Boy, Mexico
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Men in White, Jamiltepec, Mexico
Men in White, Jamiltepec, Mexico
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Man and Burro in Water, Jamiltepec, Mexico
Man and Burro in Water, Jamiltepec, Mexico
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Kneeling Men, Jamiltepec, Mexico
Kneeling Men, Jamiltepec, Mexico
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Musicians, Jamiltepec, Mexico
Musicians, Jamiltepec, Mexico
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Cowboy, Black Hat, Mexico
Cowboy, Black Hat, Mexico
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Cowboy and Horse, Mexico
Cowboy and Horse, Mexico
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Cowboy, Close-up of Head, Mexico
Cowboy, Close-up of Head, Mexico
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Cowboy, Crossed Arms, Mexico
Cowboy, Crossed Arms, Mexico
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Three Children, Mexico
Three Children, Mexico
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Figure in Road, Mexico
Figure in Road, Mexico
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