John Maxim describes coming to México for the first time

Produced By Shauna Leff December 8, 2008 - 20:08

“I came to México as a tourist for the first time in 1963. We flew in to an enormous tapestry of lights below. It was magical from the air as we approached….”

John Maxim, a US journalist who worked in México City for 25 years, recalls arriving for the first time in 1963.

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