Metro la Raza

The Mexico City metro is so incredible. I had such a wild time riding this thing and have never really experienced a community co-​existing inside of a metro station before. Viva la Raza!
It is really busy, kind of unpredictable and it gives you an excellent idea of the city life here. But more importantly, if you want to avoid breathing in the slightly smoggy air of long walks to and from places and don’t want to opt for a meandering ride on a taxi, the metro is a perfect option to use. I recommend printing a metro map in color ink before riding as there are a lack of maps except in the busy subway cars and getting to the maps might prove to be impossible.
I believe it was la Raza that offered incredibly good live music playing, people dancing, a public science installation you would pass through as you change stations called ‘El Túnel de la Ciencia’ illuminated with microscopic and telescopic images and black lights all offered in one station. It is a gateway station to the university all the way in the south and the insignia of this metro station (all of the metro stations have their own personal symbols) depicts a pyramid to honor Mexico’s native cultures and peoples.
It is sad that the metro has almost tripled in price (from 2 pesos to 5 pesos) over the past ten years but it’s really nothing compared to the ridiculously high prices of the metros in LA and London. Not that that is any excuse or good reasoning for a price hike.

Por más de 4 años este metro fue la base de mi transporte hacia la Universidad. Este metro es de los más populares por se uno de los que cuentan con transbordos, ya que existe metro la raza línea verde y metro la raza línea amarilla, el primero para ir de indios verdes a universidad y el de la línea amarilla de politécnico a pantitlán.
Este metro además cuenta siempre con alguna exposición de arte o cultura en sus vitrinas interiores y con varios puestos de vendedores ambulantes en su exterior, desde puestos de dulces hasta negocios de comida o películas piratas. Es feo y parece inseguro, pero me ha ayudado de mucho y lo seguirá haciendo. (: