Jamie, my girlfriend, and I booked a trip to Mexico a little while ago. Our plan: hit Mexico City and the surrounding area for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Then we would head west to the ‘real’ Mexico in the mountain town of Guanajuato before sipping margaritas on the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.


Many of these visitors chose to be blessed by local natives outside the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metroplitana de la Asuncion de Maria).
We made a pilgrimage to Estadio Azteca (Azteca Stadium) to watch Club America play Jaguares in a Mexican premier league football game. The opportunity to see the site of Diego Maradona’s 1986 World Cup ‘hand of god goal’ and ‘goal of the century’ could not be passed up by this footy fan. Despite a dull 1-1 draw and a seemingly empty stadium, 25,000 people in a 100,000 seat stadium does seem empty, the visit was worth it. I bought the shirt to prove it.


Images ©2009 Stuart Gradon