VIDEO: Xochimilco, Aztec Life in Modern Day Mexico City

Five hundred years ago, Mexico City looked a little different. Instead of crowded roads, there was water. The honking red and gold taxis were preceded by boats. In place of today’s bars, restaurants and cathedrals sat piles of mud, reeds and tree roots. Back then Mexico City was Tenochtitlán, capital of the Aztec empire.