Sep 10th, 2009 at 10:30AM: Shortly after taking off from Cancun on Wednesday, the pilots of AeroMexico flight 737 radioed the control tower to say the plane had been hijacked. The hijacker had showed off a bomb (later found to be fake) and demanded to speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He threatened to blow up the plane, which was carrying over 100 people, and said he needed to warn the President of an impending ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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AeroMexico plane hijacking resolved peacefully
Sep 10th, 2009 at 10:30AM: Shortly after taking off from Cancun on Wednesday, the pilots of AeroMexico flight 737 radioed the control tower to say the plane had been hijacked. The hijacker had showed off a bomb (later found to be fake) and demanded to speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He threatened to blow up the plane, which was carrying over 100 people, and said he needed to warn the President of an impending ...Mexico City offers free health insurance to tourists
Aug 18th, 2009 at 12:30PM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Mexico_City_To_Offer_Free_Health_Insurance_to_Tourists'; After near-hysteria over Mexico's outbreak of the H1N1 (swine) flu virus crippled the country's tourism industry and resulted in record low hotel occupancy rates, Mexico City's tourism is slowly rebounding. To help get tourism back to its pre-"aporkalypse" levels, the Mexico City Tourism Ministry ...Mexican airlines grounded after safety violations and unpaid bills
Jul 23rd, 2009 at 2:30PM: It's one thing when the recession leads to higher prices and a general doom and gloom in the travel industry. But when the economic downturn actually starts jeopardizing aviation safety, it's a pretty serious issue. In Mexico, the aviation sector has been in a real double nightmare - the economy sucks and they had to deal with the swine flu outbreak. The Mexican government recently grounded their ...Japanese resident of Mexico City Airport relocates to new home
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Jan 5th, 2009 at 1:30PM: We've been following the story of Hiroshi Nohara for a couple of months now, the Japanese man who showed up at Mexico City's Benito Juarez airport last fall, put his bags down and effectively set up residence in the terminal. He wouldn't explain why he was there or where he was going, but since his tourist visa was still valid, authorities had to let him stay. Nohara, who had been living on food ...The Best Holiday Light Displays Around the World
Mexico City airport adopts Japanese man
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 3:30PM: A Japanese man named Hiroshi Nohara has decided to take full advantage of his tourist's visa in Mexico City and has moved into the airport. He's been living there for two months, and the initial avoidance from the locals has recently turned into a curiosity. Nohara, who can't explain why he decided to live in the city airport, has been getting by on free donations from local fast food stands and ...'Megacities' Film Review: An eye-opening tour of the world's greatest cities
Nov 13th, 2008 at 9:30AM: Think you know New York or Moscow? That you've seen all the sights in Mexico City or even took a tour of the slums of Mumbai? Well, you haven't seen anything until you watch Megacities by Michael Glawogger, one of my favorite documentaries. It'll take you to places and people in these four megacities that you've never seen. Oh, and the cinematography! "I don't use beauty filters!" says Austrian ...Missing in Mexico: 5000 condoms, one truck and an inflatable "banana"
Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:30PM: Attention Gadling readers in Mexico; keep your eyes open for a truck carrying 5000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and one 23 foot inflatable banana (wearing a condom). The truck should stand out in traffic, because the sides are painted with that same banana, which from what I understand, is not a standard factory delivered color. The Condomovil was parked outside a house in Mexico City, but by morning ...In Mexico City, forget the nachos. Eat the street tacos.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:00PM: Several dishes come to mind when most Americans think of Mexican food: tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, what have you. It's fairly simple, delicious food that many, including myself, have grown to love, and when I left the Midwest for Mexico City last weekend I was looking forward to trying some authentic Mexican food that wasn't in a wrapper with a name on it and wasn't eaten for "fourth ...Hey Chicago and New York: Get away to Mexico City this Memorial Day for cheap
Mar 26th, 2008 at 12:00PM: People often don't think about traveling over the holidays before it's too late and ticket prices have gone through the roof. Good thing you've got me around. Just be glad you don't know me personally, I'm always pestering people to buy tickets and they hate me for it. Anyway, we've been looking for good tickets to buy for my girlfriend and I over Memorial Day, and blogger Jeremy (aka, Yaro, aka ...Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day: Celebration Worthy of Note
Dec 13th, 2007 at 6:00PM: Here's a heads up for next year since the day has passed. Still, since this is a month of holidays, I didn't want this one to go unmentioned. December 12th is one of the most important holy days in Mexico and much of Latin America. The Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day is when people honor Mexico's patron saint, the Lady of Guadalupe. She appeared in the 16th century to Juan Diego, a poor farmer in ...The Skyscraper Museum Pays Tribute to the Tall and Taller
Sep 25th, 2007 at 11:15AM: We've posted about a few of the tallest buildings in the world. The latest, Mexico's Torre Bicentenerio is still in the planning stage. In New York City, the place where skyscrapers first defined the magnificence of a city's architectural skyline, The Skyscraper Museum is where to find out details about Manhattan's skyscraper history, as well as the tallest wonders of other countries.
Through ...Mexico City Joins the Skyscraper Race
Sep 23rd, 2007 at 11:10AM: It's not just China, Malaysia, Dubai and New York battling for the world's coolest skyscrapers anymore. Now, ladies and gentlemen, Mexico City joins the party.
The center of Ciudad de Mexico should be home to Latin America's tallest skyscraper in 2010, which is the 200th anniversary of Mexico's Independence. The developer, Grupo Danhos, hired the Dutch star architect, Rem Koolhaas to design the ...Wallpaper* City Guides
Oct 1st, 2006 at 9:34PM: Just when you start to sleep on Wallpaper* they go and make their debut in the publishing world with these nice little City Guides. Their reason being, after 10 years in the game uncovering the best new design and urban travel spots globally, packaging that decade of experience into well-thought out yet simple guide books was only obviously. They make it clear that the traveler's time is as ...
