Sunday, February 28, 2010

Island of Dolls

In the middle of the Aztec created canals of Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, is this ominous sight.

Hung about by a local in order to ward off the spirit of a girl who had drowned in the canal and was haunting him, the dolls were fished from canals and dumps until he died of a heart attack.... in the same spot that the girl had drowned.







You can also get giant Corona bottles and chili cheezies, as we did. Washroom is 5 pesos.










1 comment:

Unknown said...

Weird.. I just watched a show about this place. Creepy. Cool.