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Mexico City - Entrance to Panteon Civil Dolores / Death in the Afternoon / Synchronicity II

The arch is decorated with fresh flowers. The cemetary, which is festive rather than somber, is in the third section of the Bosque de Chapultepec. Diego Rivera's grave, in the prestigious Rotonda de las Personas Illustres, is a short distance ahead.

 

The street leading here was under repair and I needed to go through the flower shop to reach the gate. Not "near" public transportation; the taxi returned, as agreed, 2 hours later to retrieve me. Next stop - the corner of Reforma and Insurgentes where the 400 Pueblos were having one of their last naked protests. While this was happening, the target of their demonstration was killed in a plane crash, just north of the cemetery.

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Uploaded on April 21, 2009
Taken on November 4, 2008