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Source: World Heritage site: Mexican kayaker on mission to clean up floating gardens

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Pollution is choking Xochimilco, Mexico City’s UNESCO World Heritage site. One scientist is harnessing the power of tiny bubbles to fix it.

Source: ‘Nanobubbles’ and tour boats could rescue an endangered Mexican wetland

Mexico City is the chaotic, delicious, sometimes intimidating, and wonderful heart of Mexico. Including side trips, you could easily spend more than 4 days in Mexico City, but Chris Christensen’s first trip there was combined with Oaxaca for a great week in Mexico.

Source: 4 Days in Mexico City – The Wonderful Heart of Mexico – Amateur Traveler

Planning to head to Mexico City for the first time? It just got easier with Emirates’ new flights from Dubai to Mexico’s capital. But first, plan that epic itinerary with these essential travel tips.

Source: What I Wish I’d Known About Mexico City Before I Went There For The First Time

While gaining traction as a symbol of Mexico City, these curious amphibians offer hope for healing the human body, but face near extinction in the wild.

Source: Mexico City’s ‘walking fish’

Visiting Mexico City? This Mexico City Travel Guide covers everything you need to plan an amazing trip: things to do, hotels, neighborhooods, safety, more!

Source: Mexico City Travel Guide … Everything You Need to Know, Before You Go | Hello Little Home

Tour for nature lovers includes birdwatching, lunch by local chefs and hopes of seeing an axolotl in the wild.

Source: An early-morning boat ride through the ancient waterways of Xochimilco

Mexico – Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco

At dawn in Xochimilco, home to Mexico City’s famed floating gardens, farmers in muddied rain boots squat among rows of beets as a group of chefs arrive to sample sweet fennel and the pungent herb known as epazote. By dinnertime some of those greens will be on plates at an elegant bistro 12 miles (20 kilometers) to the north, stewed with black beans in a $60 prix-fixe menu for well-heeled diners. Call it floating-farm-to-table: A growing number of the capital’s most in-demand restaurants are incorporating produce grown at the gardens, or chinampas, using ancient cultivation techniques pioneered hundreds of years ago in the pre-Columbian era.

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Mexico – Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco

The ancient canals of Mexico City’s Xochimilco borough are packed with colorful barges, centuries-old floating gardens, and boats selling an array of local street foods.

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