In Guadalajara, the road to the World Cup is paved with erasure of the missing. The city of Guadalajara in Mexico is scheduled to host four World Cup matches next year, and labourers are working around the clock to revamp infrastructure in time for the tournament. On account of frenzied construction, the city's roads are presently a bona fide mess, constituting a perpetual headache for those who must transit them.
Guadalajara challenges its moniker, Mexico's second city, with a wellspring of the dazzling culture that has put this country on the top of so many international traveler's lists. The brassy fanfare of mariachi music was first played in the region's rural reaches and popularized in Guadalajara's handsome plazas. Before it became a worldwide food trend, birria was a staple in the city's holes-in-the-wall.