I misread the Museo Tamayo website and didn’t realize it was closed for renovations, so we shifted gears and visited the Jardín Botánico in Bosque de Chapultepec. Was beautiful, and we especially loved the OCD-level rows of cacti . . .
Also had some strong echeveria game:
Succulents!
And this is where your tequila and sotol (respectively) come from:
Started exploring the Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City’s Central Park, by spending a couple of hours at the zoo, Zoológico de Chapultepec, which apparently is one of the few places outside of Asia that has successfully bred giant pandas:
We saw a couple of new (to us) animals — the caracal, with its crazy tufted ears:
. . . and the tigrillo, which looks exactly like a cross between a leopard and a housecat:
Also never seen a capybara IRL:
Panda!
And even the animals in Mexico City know what to do should an earthquake occur:
Bosque de Chapultepec is alternately epic, lovely and scrappy — a tough thing for a park to pull off (and that’s only scratching the surface of part one — the 1600-acre park has three distinct sections):
Went to the Monumento a la Revolución in Plaza de le Repóblica across Paseo de la Reforma in Colonia Tabacalera to take in the view on this sunny day:
