National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia) Mexico City

Mexico City is amazing. Its nothing like what I was expecting. I had been told over and over again to be careful, that it is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, even a Mexican woman on the plane told me not to wear my earings on the metro (which by the way were 25cent primark earings so I wasn’t too worried about them) so I was a …

So the journey begins.....

We were dropped off at Heathrow by my mum and said a swift goodbye to limit the tears shed, we arrived in plenty of time, considering the importance of the flight, it's not something we wanted to miss....

Our plane was due to take off at 13:50 and it was about 11:00, so we had plenty of time, and were …

Mexico City has a good metro, nice markets and an area like the West End.
our hostel was a lovely old mansion, shame about me getting eaten alive by bedbugs!
all the itching meant i couldnt concentrate on the National Museum of Anthropology which was huge and amazing, could have been there a week n not seen it all.

I was going …

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It was with some trepidation that we decided to spend time in Mexico City and although we needn't have worried, we clearly weren't the only Westerners to think like that. Our blondeness was considered very exotic judging by the open stares and comments, all good-natured.

We stayed at an apart-hotel (basically a flat) recommended by a …

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Today can only be considered a half-day. We woke up at two in the afternoon after having a blast at Mariana and Matias's wedding. After a late and groggy start to the day we finally managed to make it to the incredible museum of anthropology. The museum is huge and its inner square is one of the most impressive of its kind. We had little time so we …

Our first day in Mexico was a big one! We arrived on the night bus, checked into our hostel then took public transport to Teotihuacan (try saying that three times fast) where there are the famous pyramids of the sun and moon. We backed it up later that night and watched live Mexican wrestling (lucha libre). The crowd are mental for it and even …

I only have one more day here in Mexico City. I didn't realise that there's so much to see and two days just don't do justice. I decided to forego Teotihuacan, and settled on two places for today:

• First, the National Museum of Anthropology - a recommended stop to have an overview of Mexican archaeological treasures and ethnography …

... first day riding the world's third largest metro (only Moscow's and Tokyo's move more people per day) and visiting the National Museum of Anthropology were we saw... well a small fraction of the museum's 100,000+ square feet of artifacts. We then tried ...

... the Airport and the Bus Terminals.  Tuesday we visited the Embassy, a Subway restaurant, a huge park, the National Museum of Anthropology, the Botanical Gardens, the National Museum of Modern Art, and a great Italian Restaurant. Wednesday was ...

... all the time. You can see it on the video which we took during our walk through the Chapultepec Park to the National Museum of Anthropology. This is a national and the most visited museum of Mexico. It contains ...

... everywhere and a lot of very old buildings. It´s a good contrast to my time in the states. Very different. The national Museum of Anthropology is fascinating (I spend 5h in the museum which is the second biggest after the one in Kairo) and the lost ...

... of stamps. After that incredible experience I wasn´t sure I could handle any more excitement but we headed to the National Museum of Anthropology which turned out to be good actually. There was far too much cool stuff there, too many artifacts and too ...

... ). We took the metro up to Chapultepec Park, where we enjoyed the sunshine for a while before going to the National Museum of Anthropology. The museum was really interesting, even though we only managed to cover fewer than half of the exhibits. We were ...

... the lights off, and we shambled home through deserted streets into a new year, a day later than you. The National Museum of Anthropology was enormous and allowed us to gain some extra cultural context for the sites we had visited: Tikal, Palenque, ...

... do justice. I decided to forego Teotihuacan, and settled on two places for today: First, the  National Museum of Anthropology - a recommended stop to have an overview of Mexican archaeological treasures and ethnography. Second, the Bazaar Sabado ...

... please click the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/104590044281989964656/2012723Day6Teotihuacan?authkey=Gv1sRgCP_S1bmV9o3iMQ Day #7 Last Day!  National Museum of Anthropology (second level) Today is our last full day in D. F.  We walk down one ...

... . we did it in 7 hours and i still feel like i missed alot!!! some info i found about the museum: The National Museum of Anthropology houses the largest collection of ancient Mexican pieces in the world. There are 23 permanent exhibit halls. ...