Mexico is a very proud country. Naturally, the official Independence Day is celebrated in a correspondingly big way. And if it’s celebrated in the same way as in the capital, entire Mexico goes wild on that day 😀

I was in Mexico City that day and a few friends from the hostel had planned to go to Coyoacán. Coyoacán is a bit further away from the centre, but there was supposed to be a fair and all sorts of other things.
And well….. Coyoacán was packed, there were thousand people trying to sell you something, clowns putting on a show, people everywhere, a fair, stalls with snacks or food everywhere and…. It was just really fucking busy. 😀
We had actually planned to have a look around in peace and quiet, but there wasn’t much time to look around in peace and quiet. We already had enough to do with not getting lost. 😀 Well, we got through, but not as well as we thought or expected.

After returning from Coyoacán in the afternoon and recharging our batteries at the hostel, we in the evening went to the Zócalo together with what literally felt like entire Mexico City and…. We definitely had to push and squeeze to get anywhere 😀 Nevertheless… it was really worth it 😊
The entire Zócalo was decorated and a speech was given, with shouting for each state ‘Viva Oaxaca/Chiapas/Guerrero/Chihuahua…’ and then the crowd shouting ‘Viva!’. And of course at the end there was the obligatory ‘Canta y no llores’ 😀 To end the evening there were also really beautiful fireworks 😊

Go or not? Yes, I think the day was really great. However, I don’t think you should do it as a solo traveller. By that I mean you should go with friends from the hostel. Otherwise I don’t think it’s half as much fun. And I’d leave it up to you to decide whether I’d travel there to be there for that certain day…. 😀