So we arrived downtown Mexico city...and what did we find...a gay rights parade!
A couple frescos in the national palace by Diego Rivera...he never did finish the project, a little thing called death happened to him!
A view from the Latin American Tower in Mexico City overlooking the national palace (straight ahead) and the Cathedral (to the left). The Cathedral has sunk some 15-20 feet over the past couple centuries...the Mexican government and the archdiocese are trying to reinforce the foundations of the Cathedral (as well as other churches). Our guide on this trip said that the ground is kind-of like chewing gum...When the earthquake of 1985 struck MC, the cathedral sunk some 5 - 10 feet, it raised up an old holy site for the Aztecs that was lost to being built over some 500 years prior...this site is now viewable next to the cathedral only about 200 yards away.
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