2006-03-19

Mexico - 4th World Water Forum


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Originally uploaded by wacondah.
Mexico is one of the largest cities in the world, with over 25 million people in the D.F. and surrounding areas. Host to the Tri-annual WWF, the city faces huge challenges everyday.

One key issue here is the lack of available resources: imagine the Aztecs and Mejica culture having their capital in a lake, all traffic and trade was done by boat: nowadays, this huge lake seems to be drained completely... and as a result the city is rapidly sinking away causing buildings to collapse etc... (also note that this is earthquake country).

Anyways, the Mexicans are very very friendly people, with "le sense du service", but also a bit of the "philosophia mañana".