MEXICO CITY, MEXICO STREET ART: COCKY

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 FOOD: BEAUTY & TASTE

The first taco 🌮 upon arrival! Beef taco at the Taqueria across the street from my hotel on Juventino Rosas.
Probably my favorite meal of all – a chicken quesadilla with sauces that burn 🔥 your face off, at El Moreno, in the Tepito Market.
Torta de Tamal 🫔 – Mole!
Chicken taco 🌮
Carne Enchilada
Chicken Flautas
Donut 🍩! From one of the many bakeries around…
Huevos Rancheros at Mexico’s version of a greasy spoon diner called Peltre.

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 STREET LIFE: Street Entertainer/ Busker

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 STREET ART: I ❤️ TEPITO

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 STREET ART: THESE EYES by DUEK

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 STREET ART: “TEPITO EXISTS BECAUSE IT RESISTS” by PERSAK

𝘛𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘌𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ‘𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥.’ (𝘸𝘪𝘬𝘪)
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𝘑𝘢𝘯2024
𝘊𝘋𝘔𝘟 🇲🇽

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 STREET ART: TWO-FACED IN TEPITO

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪-𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘦𝘵𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 “𝘚𝘪 𝘷𝘦𝘰 𝘢 𝘶𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰” (“𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶”) 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴. (𝘸𝘪𝘬𝘪)
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𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰 🇲🇽
𝘑𝘢𝘯2024

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 🇲🇽 STREET ART: HIGHWAY ‘SIDEWAYS‘

Some portions of this amazing ‘art-infested’ city are the walls on the highways that are like tunnels. And from up above, without being in a car, driving slowly (which, you can’t, it’s a highway, so everyone is zooming) to capture each mural…it’s virtually impossible to get a good shot. But, I tried.

Frida
Diego

Jan 2024