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Viaje al Final de la Noche: Ciudad de México by anna one

October 21st, 2010 11:06 PM / Location: 19.419947,-99.16635

INSTRUCTIONS: Viaje al Final de la Noche: Ciudad de México -*- MX02102010

[ La ciudad se esparce ante tí. Te apresuras de un punto a otro, iluminado por el lento estroboscopio de autobuses fluorescentes y calles oscuras. Enfrentas situaciones para conseguir la firma de un extraño. Huyes de perseguidores desconocidos, respirando apresuradamente, admirando el paisaje y la multitud de mundos escondidos dentro. Por una noche, olvida tus relaciones, tu trabajo y tus actividades de ocio, y todos tus motivos acostumbrados para el movimiento y la acción, y déjate arrastrar por la emoción de la cacería y los encuentros que ocurran ahí. ]

Describa su experiencia.

MX02102010


Estación Uno - Fuente de Las Cibeles
Fountain of Cybele - Checkpoint One


Susy made this Journey so amazing!

She designed a great route though and around the neighborhood of Roma where the streets are intersecting grids with circular enclaves all bisected by diagonal streets- disorienting, even for locals. The game started at Parque Mexico, then there were five checkpoints and one bonus checkpoint with the end in a little plaza out front of a stretch of taco places, including one called El Farolito (just like my favorite taco place in San Francisco).

You can view a map here: MX02102010.

I volunteered to be the station agent for the first checkpoint:
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My checkpoint was the plaza surrounding this awesome fountain with a statue of Cybele which was all in the middle of a busy roundabout connecting five streets - including one big, busy Oaxaca boulevard which is a diagonal short cut to the biggest cross-town thoroughfare, Insurgentes.
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I mention how busy the traffic was because of this fine young lady, who nearly got squished by a speeding taxi cab as she ran across the roundabout trying to escape Spidere (our lead chaser) who was prowling around the end of Oaxaca boulevard. Standing in the middle of the roundabout, it was hard to know where runners would be coming from... until I'd hear a bunch of people scream - and there Spidere would be, absolutely covered in red ribbons chasing them into the safe-zone. (Lady-Defier-of-Death made it to the end point alive, but as a chaser. She had three kills and early on it seemed like she might win the medal she's holding.)

I had been given the secret instructions to tell runners: "Look for the red umbrella." I didn't know what this meant, nor did I know how to say 'umbrella' in Spanish. Turns out that the bonus checkpoint (which could substitute for any of the first three checkpoints) wasn't manned at all. Instead, there was a phrase written in giant chalk letters around the base of the fountain, "the red umbrella = paranoia". Some people figured this right out, and wrote 'paranoia' on their manifests. Others didn't - and once they gave up on finding the official checkpoint staff, they improvised:
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Several got boy scouts to sign (this one from Troup 320) and another woman had a police officer sign her manifest.
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Susy had these beautiful medals made for the top runner and top chaser: they are a 10 peso coin encased in a silver frame that has "Viaje al Final de la Noche 2010" engraved on it. Plus, because she's amazing there were medals for the three of us who flew down to play - that's the green ribbons you're seeing in the photos.
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People had fun. Lots of fun. One group of students really wanted to run the game on the UNAM campus - there was a lot of talk all around about doing it again next year. Later that weekend, exploring Teotihuacan, we thought it would be really spectacular to run the game there, with the last checkpoint on top of the pyramid of the Sun. Those of you with connections to El Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, you just pass the word along that we're interested, ya' hear now?

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MX02102010
Ciudad Mexico
prepping ribbon
Fountain of Cybele
Fountain of Cybele
the medals
manifest signed by Boy Scout troup 320
gathering up at the end point
I know these guys...
death-defier
the gang from the internets
Susy announcing the top runner
top chaser
she had 8 kills
trophy shot
the UNAM mountain climbing team
manifest mapa
manifest reglas
Full of tacos!
Bonus photo!

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posted by Harry Lee on October 24th, 2010 4:23 AM

This looks like so so so much fun.

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posted by rongo rongo on October 24th, 2010 1:05 PM

Spreading the fun!

felicidades
posted by artmouse on October 25th, 2010 1:28 PM

it's so easy to forget how massive Ciudad de México is !

then again, here in the states we barely have any cities that compare in size to most other countries' expansive metropolitan areas...

glad it was such a success!



p.s. what IS spidere about to eat in the bonus photo?!?! the only ingredient i can positively identify is pomegranate seeds !

p.p.s. damn now i am hungry for some comida mexicana muy auténtico!

p.p.p.s almost forgot! GO COWBOY SPIDERE ! that hat looks surprisingly natural on him!

p.p.p.p.s. almost Almost forgot!!!! super kudos to Susy for the amazing medals!!!!!

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posted by anna one on October 25th, 2010 1:38 PM

He's got Chiles en Nogales, a stuffed poblano chili filled with shrimp meat, cheese and veggies covered in a walnut sauce with pomegranate seeds. Tasty.

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posted by susy derkins on October 25th, 2010 9:37 PM

Um, the technically correct term is "chile en nogada", but hey, that´s the way language evolves, isn´t it ?
anna one, on the other hand, had an amazing Huarache con nopal y cecina, a sandal shaped marvel that I believe she had had once and afterwards had tried to find out what the hell its name was for years...
Shrimp? really?

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posted by anna one on October 26th, 2010 12:25 AM

Oh, that's so funny - I had the hardest time trying to find it anywhere... no wonder! Whoops.

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posted by artmouse on October 27th, 2010 11:26 AM

gastro-nomnomnom-ical!

JourneyMX image
posted by susy derkins on October 26th, 2010 12:39 AM

Oh, and the image on the task page thumbnail? And in the webpage? A fantastic poster that anna one made, just like that.