Many people have been deceived by this surprising country, Mexico: André Breton and Antonin Artaud, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio or currently Damien Hirst… And for cause, Mexico has everything to please: cities and lush markets, intense artistic and cultural life, immutable traditions, white sandy beaches, deserts of cacti or sand dunes, tropical forests pierced from rivers and waterfalls emerald, mountain chains and volcanoes active.
This incredible diversity of climates and landscapes serves as a refuge for many animal species such as toucan, sea turtle, quetzal, jaguar and many whale species. Mexico is also a country with a very rich history, fruit of confrontation, juxtaposition or mixing among very different civilizations, starting with Spanish civilization and pre-Columbian civilizations, whose descendants still survive today. But let us not forget the influence of the cumbersome north neighbor, the object of a somewhat perverse attraction-repulsion relationship.
From this singular past, Mexico inherited several major archeological sites, beautiful colonial towns and smaller villages that were more debilitating than others. But beyond its postcard sets, its great diversity and the confusing friendliness of its inhabitants, Mexico is a fascinating country, the «surrealist country par excellence», as André Breton so well said… Here, everything works a bit backwards, far from rationalism that seems so fashionable at home. we: in current language, ahorita (earlier) often means never and yes wants to say no; horse carts circulate on the city of Mexico City, next to state-of-the-art cars; televisions are allowed in schools to allow students to follow the matches of the World Cup; the police suffer from obesity, which prevents them from running after the robbers; At every hour and every corner of the street, we taste tacos and dishes prepared with corn and peppers, a gastronomy that will surprise the most experienced palates. So go discover these thousand wonders, and let yourself be seduced by a circuit in Mexico!
