Xochimilco
I recently posted photos here from Teotihuacan, seen on my Mexico City vacation. Friday's column is about my visit to Xochimilco, a village within Mexico City.
First, here's the San Bernardino de Siena church, where a bell ringer is about to go to work.
Colorful boats known as trajineras are lined up at an embarcadero.
A boatman uses a pole to guide a trajinera along a canal. It's the only way to travel.
A boat of mariachis draws alongside a trajinera to play.
A couple of the homes nestled along the canal banks, almost hidden among the trees.
Sign on the men's room at the plant nursery where we stopped. 'Nuff said. The women's room sign was more demure.
A view of the plant nursery.
And here's our boat, waiting for us at the plant nursery. There was just a short trip from here back to the embarcadero, ending a pleasant two-hour cruise.
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A journalist for more than two decades, David Allen has been writing a column for the Daily Bulletin since 1997 and blogging since 2007.He lives in Claremont.
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I love this stuff! Thank you for posting. It's getting me excited for my first ever trip to Mexico, coming in June, though since we're staying at a resort, I think you had a more authentic trip. Your posts/columns are already making me want to go back (though I haven't even been yet) and see the "real" Mexico.
I've laughed out loud at several of your columns lately... wanted to pass along the compliment. Tell your editors I said so!
["Knock, knock! Hey, editors, Doug Evans says he's laughed out loud at several of my columns lately...Oh, you guys are busy? Sorry. Never mind." -- DA]
Long ago, we used to dine often at a restaurant in Pomona by that name, and when I saw your headline, I wondered, "No kidding, is that place still going?"
Your pictures of Mexico make it look inviting. The restroom sign is a hoot. It makes me think of a couple little related stories here, that I would tell, if this were not a public newspaper.