Imagine a warm summer evening, with cool breeze blowing
through your hair, and you being directed to this beautifully painted boat,
whose tables are oozing with good food and drinks, and you get to know that you
will be cruising for the next three hours, through a lake, surrounded by some
mystical islands…What do you say?? Well my exact words were…nothing. I was
speechless, by the beauty and charm of it all. I was in Xochimilco. This place
is a major tourist attraction because of its previously mentioned islands
called “chinampas” and colourful boats called “trajineras”. And it also happens
to be a world heritage site, so you just can’t miss it.
In the boat you are also given a sound box, you can plug in
your mobile phone to it and there you go, you have your own disc right in the
middle of the lake. As the light fades and the moon rises, you have this
uncanny feeling floating in the middle of a lake with candles burning and their
flames reflecting on the black waters. I just wished that the cruise was of six
hours instead of just three. Some ducks swam by our boats hoping to share some
of our treats and we did oblige them. All in all, it was fun yet serene journey
for me.
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