Comments on: Mexico City Megapost

By: emurhfkq

emurhfkq — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:20:01 +0000

people are stranger

By: Phrozen

Phrozen — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:33:00 +0000

Hi, Mexican posting. As most have said, the colorful streets are markets, not image processing error. Fred Bobardo posted a really nice gallery (http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum31.html) in which u can see not only stadiums and the “Basilica of Guadalupe” the most visited catholic sanctuary in the world (even more than the vatican, like 2 million people just the 12 of december, the celebration of the Guadalupe Virgin). In the 5th photo, the Zocalo it’s actually below that pic, its the square plaza with a BIG flag in the middle (well u cant see it from the top). And u can find also in Google Earth the biggest bullfighting ring in the world next to the “Estadio Azul” (Blue Stadium, form soccer club Cruz Azul). Actually Mexico City its reallt beautiful and huge, u should come visit someday :D.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:50:50 +0000

This guy’s a helicopter pilot and has a really cool photo gallery of different places in Mexico City that’ll make for excellent GoogleEarth hunting…

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum20.html

I’ll start looking for some of those structures myself right now.

By: Brazil Fan

Brazil Fan — Wed, 17 May 2006 05:40:43 +0000

Brazil will win the World Cup this time.

By: santiago

santiago — Mon, 15 May 2006 01:02:25 +0000

The colors are, as they have said, markets (not exactly flea markets, but similar). There are a lot around mexico city’s image. For example, a few blocks north-east from the cathedral is a yellow one. http://static.flickr.com/20/70572719_3a8c614320.jpg is a nice example from (almost) street level.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:57:30 +0000

to larry PDX: that is a water treatment dam. this dam in the form of a snail is called the “presa el caracol” (snail dam) and it recyckles the city’s waste water for use in agriculture and other of the city’s possible uses like park watering and street washing.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:32:55 +0000

to Carlos and Scott: those colors that you see and that keep popping up in several locations in Mexico are the several sometimes hundreds or in special seasons quite a bit more!! those are the “puestos” where people sell their different products like produce, textile etc I mean the regular stuff you’d buy any time or use everyday. This “mercados” (markets) pronounced “mher-coa-doss” can be really small 10 to 15 “puestos” (stands) or you can have hte super merry and entertained ones of nearly 1000 stands, where you can find from a needle to live cattle for sale!!! the one in the caption is from the Aragon Area a popular suburb some 15 miles from the city downtown.

By: rod

rod — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:06:39 +0000

Here are another maps from Mexico: http://www.my-musik.com/article693.html

By: Naro

Naro — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:42:16 +0000

The second picture as Fred Say is a “mercado sobre ruedas” or for you english speakers it’s a “Flea Market”. It’s usually done in specifc days of the week because it’s in the street. This is full of street vendors and most of the time they have piracy, illegal stuff and food in this places.

There are some of this markets that have specific porpouses like to sell theft car parts or remade, also there are others for clothes and for many other incredible stuff. I just love ‘em.

The colors are because the different things they use to protect the things they sell!

^^ hope that helps!

By: Fred Bobardo

Fred Bobardo — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:28:43 +0000

The strange colours look a lot like this http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/.Pictures/vistasaereas/TiangusNeza.jpg

Which is “Mercado Sobre Ruedas (small one a week day food market)” according to http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum31.html