{"id":29008,"date":"2016-11-14T20:05:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T20:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elevatephotography.com\/blog\/?p=29008"},"modified":"2016-11-14T20:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T20:09:31","slug":"experiencing-dia-de-los-muertos-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/experiencing-dia-de-los-muertos-mexico-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Dia de los Muertos: Mexico City & San Andr\u00e9s Mixquic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently traveled to Mexico City for a few days to enjoy the festivities around Dia de los Muertos.\u00a0 Known to most gringos as Day of the Dead.\u00a0 It was an amazing experience.\u00a0 I had a good friend, David Hemsi, go on the trip with me.\u00a0 He is our graphic designer and has designed our logos, websites and multiple marketing pieces for us over the years.<\/p>\n

Mexico City is like traveling to Europe, but with a much shorter plane flight.\u00a0 The city feels both historic and metropolitan, especially in the city center.\u00a0 Many people think of it just being a huge city, but the reality is that as a tourist you are only spending your time in certain areas of the city and the overwhelming size really doesn’t come into play (other than some bad traffic).\u00a0 Wherever we were traveling, it felt safe and much like any other major city around the world.\u00a0 The highlights were the amazing street food (I recommend getting al pastor tacos at a packed taco stand), seeing some great artwork (Diego Rivera and Frida Khalo’s work can be seen multiple places around the city), the impressive cathedrals and all the great museums (of which I didn’t have time to visit all of the ones I would have liked to.)<\/p>\n

On November 1st, we spent an afternoon\/evening traveling to San Andr\u00e9s Mixquic to enjoy their Dia de los Muertos festivities.\u00a0 It was a village that was a 2-3 hour drive outside of the city that is known for their great celebrations.\u00a0 We walked around enjoying all the street vendors selling local crafts, food and drink.\u00a0 We happened upon a great dance performance with traditional dances performed by locals dressed up for Dia de los Muertos.<\/p>\n

Another highlight in a neighborhood outside the city center was visiting the canals of Xochimilco where your ride on a colorful boat that is powered and steered by a “gondolier”.\u00a0 There are many vendor selling beer, food and even mariachi bands performing from other boats.\u00a0 Since we were there on November 2nd, a national holiday, it was very festive and packed with people.<\/p>\n

Visiting Mexico City during Dia de los Muertos was the perfect time to go.\u00a0 You really got a sense of the culture and all the celebrations that make Mexico so unique.\u00a0 I would highly recommend it!\u00a0 – McCory<\/p>\n

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I recently traveled to Mexico City for a few days to enjoy the festivities around Dia de los Muertos.\u00a0 Known to most gringos as Day of the Dead.\u00a0 It was an amazing experience.\u00a0 I had a good friend, David Hemsi, go on the trip with me.\u00a0 He is our graphic designer and has designed our logos, websites and multiple marketing pieces for us over the years. 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