| "> | | | | hot dusty Mexico City with crime and poverty on |
| I was delighted to be going to Mexico - despite | | | | every corner. Yet my three days there could not |
| having travelled through Central & South America | | | | have been more different. |
| for a year I had somehow managed to miss out | | | | The temperature was just right, being pleasantly |
| Mexico entirely. It was time to make amends and | | | | hot in the sun during the day, and cool in the |
| two areas in particular stood out for me: Mexico | | | | evenings meaning I had no trouble sleeping at |
| City and the state of Chiapas. | | | | night. |
| Mexico City | | | | It is true that there is a serious problem with the |
| I arrived in Mexico City filled with apprehension | | | | air quality in Mexico City, largely to do its |
| and images from films such as 'Amores Perros' | | | | geographical location - a bowl surrounded by |
| flicking through my head - images of a smog-filled, | | | | mountains that do not allow the air to escape. |