Passionate life in Mexico City

Stairs leading to the 2nd floor restaurant Casa Grande (big house) along Calle San Luis Potosí almost midnight mania heat burst because of the music and the heel.

Brown wooden floor, the Mexican guy strummed guitar hand constantly on Jarana during the three girls standing in a circle and pounding heels drunk Son dance rhythm. Saturday night and they would dance until the sun rises. Because in Mexico City, people live is to love.

The city of lovers

Your local British name Mauricio said the city was born for lovers. Do not think that only the young men new balance of romance for a half-hour kiss.

In Mexico City, the love in every corner, on the roof top silver ones waist tightly clenched fist and the affectionate. In Mexico City, the love is not discrimination.

Try Glorieta de Insurgentes Square and see, what gay couples remain together tangerine wrap until well past midnight. Well, Mexico City where gay marriage supporters that.


Many tourists or think about how Mexicans think of life as one of the popular foods and most popular here: Taco. It is a dish made of lamb meat cooked on a very large pan, roll with onions, do not forget to spread a spoonful of spicy salsa and shredded tongue wrapped in tortilla pieces, before eating a slice of lemon squeezed remember aromatic stormed up to the nose.

It really is spicy hot, it's warm, then warm, then it is sour but sour. Everything must be pushed up to the peak. No half-hearted things spicy, warm half-hearted and half-baked sour.

October afternoon, as he stood atop the Torre Latinoamericana tower 44 stories high in the center of Mexico City, the city looked brilliant in color sunset late afternoon, visitors will not be surprised when wondering what crazy beautiful I still see this city come from.

Beneath the red roof is a city filled with vitality. On the road with the name Carmen charming, cry of hawkers would constantly noisy until night, the bars with long lines of people queuing dragon snake in the La Condesa will be busy until well past midnight, Salsa dance floor or the Son will thrill to the morning, when people were tired of sickness or because of dance.

Either way, the visitors again and live like a true Mexican: Fell in love, they must love to mad, but lived life to the end, they must pleasure.

But do not think that this city rich hearty joy noisy and lacking in depth history and culture. Guests love of knowledge can take up to several days to visit all museums of Anthropology National (The National Anthropology Museum), one of the museums of its kind in the world stand on the rich, detailed and the diversity of artifacts on display, as well as information about the Mayan civilization, Aztec

In particular, the museum is preserved a large sun stone Aztec. Not far from here, the old town is located in the heart of Mexico City is home to the archaeological site Templo Mayor, the Aztecs built XIV-XV centuries.

Old town is also where visitors can admire lots of beautiful buildings from the colonial period, such as the Palacio de Bellas Artes Theatre, monuments Monumento a la Revolución, the Catedral Metropolitana ...

Many visitors also spent the afternoon walking along the park avenue Paseo de la Reforma 3.5km long, one of the most beautiful famous road city with modern architecture and lots of sculptures placed between there.

And yet, the Museo Rufino Tamayo is one of the collections exhibited paintings and sculptures Best Mexico City. Architectural museum itself also worth admiring. And more attractive entrance is totally free!

Saigon in a halfway

Afternoon rain suddenly poured down on the first day to Mexico City reminded me of Saigon. At the half-way around the world, I found myself standing in the rain hustle even just a few minutes ago, it was still a surprise sunshine.

Mexico City from the rain as the concrete roofs huddled up together in high and low lumpy. First air is particularly true in the capital can not be unmistakable when compared to the city where I live the other side of the globe.

An authentic Mexican man laughed at my forehead frown when the rain suddenly poured late afternoon rush down: "If you do not like the rain, wait 30 minutes, then everything back into place immediately did that!".

One of the most interesting when standing next to Mexico City is a roadside hawkers stalls, inhaling the smell of frying meat in a large pan and wait servings fragrant with a very affordable price. Or choose a restaurant right on the sidewalk, then fell Sum slurp soup section at Mexican roads are in the midst of chaos of sirens rush hours.

Was 688 years of age, the oldest capital city of the Americas today become the hot spot of Mexican immigrants from all parts of the country. Up to 15 million people crammed in urban formed during the 1325, now Mexico's economy is the eighth largest urban world GDP growth last year reached more than 411 billion dollars.

Want to know how crowded Mexico City, just try catch a Metrobus or subway trips during peak hours, surely you'll only be watched and shook his head depressed when looking at the line of people pushing each other on the wagon which was no longer a void.

One of the beautiful architecture from the colonial period

Of course, there are things that I can not mistakenly believe they live in Saigon, it was the Spanish voice warbled her friend, local, and kiss a boy and a girl are exchanged in front of the Palacio de Bellas lovely singing Artes. If to Mexico City with a lover, do not forget to look at the lips in a passionate kiss, because here, fell in love, do not love half-hearted.

8 cities most beautiful single color

Every house in a city in Mexico with a bright yellow color, while all buildings in a city built by Indian pink marble.

1. City Chefchaoen, Morocco

Chefchaoen the northwestern city of Morocco. This is a haven for Jews when war broke out in Spain in the Middle Ages. Locals mostly painted with lime green buildings has become the dominant tone of the city.

2. City Ubrique, Spain

Ubrique, a city in Andalusia, Spain, known for the nickname "White City". Approximately 1,500 urban and white villages in Andalusia exist, the second largest autonomous region of Spain due to summer weather here is very hot and dry. People often whitewashed houses so they reflect sunlight better, keep cool space inside the house.

3. The village Piodao, Portugal

Portugal is famous for Piodao villages located on the slopes of Serra do Acor. Most of the materials that people used to build the houses here are brown. It is also a major factor making the classic beauty of Piodao.

4. City of Collonges-la-Rouge, France

City Collonges-la-Rouge is located from the city of Brive, France, 23 km south. It is famous because people use red sandstone (sandstone rocks due to the city) to build a house. Lots of tourists visiting Collonges-la-Rouge by a unique color, its natural.

5. Jodhpur, India

Jodhpur is the blue accents between the Thar Desert. No one knows the reason why the locals are always painted blue facades of all homes though nobody forces them to do it. The forts, palaces and churches are concentrated in the city center.

6. Jaipur, India

Nicknamed the "Pink City" Jaipur is the largest city in Rajasthan, India. All the buildings here are built of red marble. Who founded the city of Sawai Jai Singh II, this is 1727. They covered up everything pink in the town in 1863 to welcome the visit of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.

7. City of Izamal, Mexico

Izamal is a city in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. It is inhabited by people since ancient times, with a population of about 15,000 people. Many people call this place as the Golden City because most houses, streets are bright yellow. If you visit around the city, you can catch the old fashioned or Mayan pyramids.

8. City of Juzcar, Spain

Juzcar is a city in the province of Malaga, part of the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain. Spring of 2011, people use more than 4,000 liters of blue paint to paint all the buildings, including the cathedral and the tomb to celebrate the launch of the movie The Smurfs (Smurf Village) .

10 cities "old" planet

For humans, time and age is a scary thing and not to be expected; But for a city, while giving it the ancient beauty that most of us want to visit. The centuries to make up the greatness and majesty of the city; We left the mark of the era and civilization.

Here are 10 of the city is said to be the oldest in the world.

1. Damascus, Syria

Damascus is the capital of Syria's largest city with a population of more than 4.5 million people. Expected to be launched from panic 10000-8000 BC, but until now we still arguing about this time period. Situated between Asia and Africa, should the city have great advantage of its strategic location.

Since ancient times, the famous Damascus is the center of culture, commerce and administration. It is the preferred destination of traders and craftsmen worldwide.

Syria's capital features four created its civilization, including Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic. The city features quaint old walls, old architecture with white paint and green field.

2. Athens, Greece

As the cradle of Western civilization, Athens - Greece's ancient city with about 3 million inhabitants. This capital city has more than 7,000 years of history and civilization typical Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. It is also the birthplace and nurture more talents in many fields such as philosophy, literature, culture.

Modern Athens is central to culture, education, media, politics and industry of Greece. The temple is famous Parthenon and the Acropolis hill is also a defense of ancient Greece is a rodent of the city's tourism.

From the Acropolis hill can admire the panoramic view of the city. Since Athens is considered the center of archaeological research, it has many famous museums like the museum of archeology countries, Byzantine and Christian Museum, New Acropolis Museum.

When you visit Athens, you should not miss the opportunity to visit the port of Piraeus, the most important ports of the Mediterranean for many centuries because of the physical location of its strategy.

3. Byblos, Lebanon

Byblos is one of the cradles of ancient civilization. As the oldest Phoenician cities and has about 5,000 year history. Byblos associated with the development of the phonetic alphabet Phe-Phoenicians, the source of the current alphabet. Another interesting thing is, the word "Bible" in English (the Bible) is derived from the name of a town in Byblos.

Visitors to Byblos will have plenty of choice to suit your favorite discoveries. From the city, the ancient temples to the stunning views overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the ruins of the ancient city gate. Nowadays, it has become a modern city but essentially retains the classic stuff made ​​of city names.

4. Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem is the most tourist cities of Israel, which is an important religious destinations worldwide. The city is known as the church's three major religions are Christian, Jewish and Muslim. Today, Jerusalem is home to 800,000 people, with 60% of the population is Muslim.

Over the years, Jerusalem has been through many tragic events since the attacks, the siege and destruction. Ancient cities dating from 4,000 years ago, is divided into four sections, covering the areas of Jews, the Christians, the Muslims and the Armenians.

In 1981, the Citadel was listed as World Heritage Sites in danger. Modern city widely developed to overcome the boundaries of the ancient center. Jerusalem carries a great symbolic meaning for Jews from all over the world, it represents the desire to return to their homes.

5.Varanasi, India

India is a world famous place of ancient civilizations, religion, spirituality, and it is also a cradle of the oldest cities in the world. Varanasi is one such place. The city is located on the shores of the Ganges to the history of the 12th century BC. The Hindus believe that is the place where Lord Shiva was born.

Varanasi is also known by the name of Benares, where Hindu pilgrims come to baptism and cremate their loved ones when they die. Had gone into the literature of the famous American writer, Mark Twain. Varanasi contains a large industrial potential due to the high-end fabrics, perfumes, ivory and sculpture. Is the center of arts and crafts.

6.Cholula, Mexico

More than 2,500 years ago, the city of Cholula developed from many scattered villages and that is where a collection of Latin American culture as the Olmecs, Toltecs, and Aztecs. The name of the city means "flight" and often called Acholollan. Since the Spanish occupation here, it starts to become prosperous. This is known as the most beautiful cities outside Spain.

Today, it is a small colony with 60,000 residents. The most prominent feature of the city is the great pyramid of Cholula, the largest man-made monument in Mexico most. Pyramid includes many tunnels and caves with a total length of up to 8km. However, only 800 m of the tunnel is for tourists visiting.

7. Jericho, Palestine

The results of the archaeological excavations after proved to have a large amount of the population has lived in Jericho about 11,000 years ago. But so far, Jericho is just a small town with about 20,000 people. According to the Hebrew Bible, it is called the city of palm trees.

Jericho is located in the heart of Palestine, the ideal conditions for trade. Besides, because of the beauty and endowed with natural resources, has become the cause of many invasion of the territory of ancient Palestine.

8. Aleppo, Syria

Aleppo is Syria's largest city with more than 2 million people. It is located in the center on the Silk Road, connecting Asia and the Mediterranean, should have a tremendous advantage. People started living here since 8000 years ago, but archaeologists have evidence from nearly 13,000 years ago. in many 'natural, it is controlled by the Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans, so the architecture of Aleppo is the intersection of many cultures.

Old Town features the alley and large buildings, in the city's New Town is characterized by wide streets and large squares. Aleppo has suffered frequent invasions and instability, and people are forced to build a stronger city. The city of Aleppo is often called the "soul of Syria".

9. Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv has history from about 4000 BC. Initially, it was ruled by the Thracian, and then the Romans. Medieval Plovdiv region is attractive but also Bulgaria, Byzantine and Ottoman. Until 1885, it was located on part of the Bulgarian.

Today, it is the second largest city of Bulgaria and is the center of economic, cultural and educational here

10. Luoyang, China

While most of the ancient city are located in the Mediterranean, the most ancient city of Luoyang is located in Asia. It includes seven great ancient capitals of China and is the cradle of culture and history. Nowhere in China exists under many dynasties and emperors such as Luoyang. Formed more than 4,000 years ago and today, the population is nearly 7,000,000.

Luoyang contains within itself so many famous scenic tourist attraction all over the world. Typical Longmen Grottoes is recognized as World Heritage Site in 2000, the Bach Ma Temple was the first temple of Buddhism in China and many other Buddhist temple with a long history and is beautiful architecture.