You could get your own car but in a city with 20m people traffic is terrible. And if your car is old there will be a day in the week when you will not be able to use it as legislation now restricts circulation based on license plates.
You could take one of the many buses driving around but you will equally be stuck in traffic and squeezed hard against some un-known smelly armpit.
You could use your legs and walk but as I discovered on the 1st day distances are much much largest than they appear on your map.
The last and best solution is the tube. It is the cheapest in the world (so I have read somewhere): 2 pesos, that is 0.13 euros, that is 50 times cheaper than London. But it might sometimes get difficult: I could not get on my tube this morning at rush hours, it was literally impossible. I watched 5 trains go by and there was no way I could get on. I gave up and went out. This has never happened to me, even in London or Tokyo. In response to the over-crowdness some carriages are reserved to women: this prevents men from touching women curves apparently.
When not packed the tube is fun and full of colourful people. Every minute on Line 2 someone walks past you selling biscuits, sweets, chewing gums, pens, kids books, CDs, tissues... you name it. Most of them carry a bag-pack with a built-in stereo system blowing very loud cheesy latino music - music which makes Julio Iglesias songs sound cool and funky. The benches where you sit are also slippery: when the driver breaks hard (which happens a lot) you slide down the bench (if nobody sits next to you) and you end-up bumping against the next person down. Weird at the beggining, especially when you end-up against a grunting old man.
Anyway, tomorrow a bit of culture as I am heading to the pyramids of Teotihuacan.
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