A 400 million peso fund has been authorized for the restoration of the floating gardens of Xochimilco in Mexico City. The Mexican capital began as a settlement on an island in a lake. Farming was done by placing soil on rafts. Xochimilco is about all that is left, an area of canals through which gondolas are poled. Once a favorite tourist attraction, the gardens have deteriorated. Goal is to bring the area back to its former glory.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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