Discovering Mexico @ nationalgeographic.com

I’m Richard Olsenius, producer of this online feature on Mexico, an illustrations editor for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, and a working photographer for the past ten years.

I’ll be bringing you both the sounds and sights of Mexico City, plus a daily journal of the assignment. I’ll post each day's work the following day. Because my reports will be posted from Society headquarters within hours of their receipt, the meticulous editing and research that is a part of all Society publications will be bypassed.

You can talk to me through e-mail. Click here to send a message, or ask a question. I'll get back to some of you next day. I hope you enjoy the immediacy of these reports from the field.

Dispatches is part of a larger Mexico feature.

Chapultepec Park & Xochimilco Canals Today I explored this beautiful park and zoo, as well as the channels and islands at Xochimilco, looking for how the average Mexican family spends its leisure time.

Feeding 16 million people! Today I travel with the crowds to the vast Merced food market.

Violence in the streets? No, just another gripping soap opera shot in Mexico City's cobblestoned historic San Angel area. Also–the city's first cyber restaurant!

Coyoacán There’s an area in this crowded capital that dates back to the 1500s, a famous community of cobblestone streets that was once the home of Trotsky, Diego Rivera, and other celebrities. Come hobnob with me.

Teotihuacan Today I headed out with the tourists to the remains of a fascinating early civilization, a culture that predates the Aztec by 500 years.

Music, music, music! With the mariachi bands at Garibaldi Square.

Sorry, no dispatch from today. Yesterday, night life. Today, siesta.

Virgin of Guadalupe I visit the Guadalupe Church, and take a longing look back at some sights from my week in Mexico City.

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