XOCHIMILCO

Xochimilco lies 28 km south of Mexico City. With its network of canals and artificial islands, it testifies to the efforts of the Aztec people to build a habitat in the midst of an unfavourable environment (as they did with what today is Mexico City too). Its characteristic urban and rural structures, built since the 16th century and during the colonial period; have been preserved in an exceptional manner.

As usual, Hana and Filipe were part of this journey, so we woke up early in a saturday morning to discover the beauties of Xochimilco.

The whole city, or to be more precise "village", still looks like the colonial times, it is beautiful coloured, the streets are small, and even if it is a touristic city, it keeps the simplicity of mexicas, and it is amazingly cheap!

The main attraction in Xochimilco are the trajineras that is the name they give to the boats that take you around the channels of the city in a very typical mexican style, in fact while you are in your boat you can get a serenata by mariachis, northern bands or instrumental music, you can get mexican food served in your boat, or simply bring from home food and your sound system and start the party in your own boat!!