I found myself in Mexico City on a very last minute work trip. The flight over was made much more pleasant by an upgrade to Club Class, presumably because no one was going to Mexico on account of the swine flu pandemic. Strangely, on entering the country, the Mexican authorities had introduced all sorts of health declaration forms and a temperature screening system, presumably to stop infected people coming into the country. A bit late for that if you ask me!
I only had two nights and two days in Mexico City, most of which was spent in customer presentations or preparing for them. As a consequence, I did not get a chance to see much of the city until a couple of hours before it was time to go back to the airport. I had the use of a very helpful driver who used this time to give me a lightning tour of the old part of the city. I have to say that I was impressed by the how clean and ordered and traffic free the place was. I had expected it to be somewhat third world in character but it came over as being not too dissimilar to Madrid in appearance and general ambiance. Unfortunately most of the archaeological sites were closed so I did not get a chance to see much.
I would certainly not mind spending a few more days in Mexico if a repeat visit were ever on the cards.
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