Holiday Inn Pachuca, Hgo

... you to make you buy their obsidian statue, rainbow-colored rugs and "Jaguar-whistle" (sounds and looks like a jaguar, a copy of an ancien artifact from central america. I think I'm gonna take one later ^^).

Today there ain't many tourists, probably 'cause of the weather : cold and rainy.

The pyramids are rather brownish, I thought it was mud when I saw them from ...

... 8211; 152 peso and takes four hours.
- Tuxpan 261 kms – 194 peso and takes 5.5 hours, departing at 15.00 and 20.45 hours.
- Huejutla de Reyes 217 kms – 174 peso and takes five hours, departing every other hour.
- Molango 130 kms –92 peso and takes four hours, departing ...

... parfaitement géométriques. L'endroit compte aussi un pont suspendu plutôt impressionant, très dur à traverser avec mon vertige.

Le soir nous passons la soirée chez Jan, un autre ancien compagnon Tchèque de Pampelune (décidemment), histoire de se rappeler les bons moments. 2 polonais, 1 tcheque, 1 francais et une mexicaine, tous anciens compagnons de Pamplona, qui se retrouvent à Mexico ! C'est pas tous les jours et ca vaut bien une photo....

... The walk from the site entrance to the base of the Pyramid of the Moon is a 2 mile trek along the Path of Death, and offers a spectacular view of the many ruined public and private buildings. It's hard to stand atop these broken stones and not thing of the power and influence of the civilization that erected them. The pyramid itself is quite steep, and a number of people had difficulty ...

... older students on the other hand I doubt will notice my absence. I will leave you on this note. The school for some reason has no toilet seats on any of the toilets. They were removed for some reason but I have had many sleepless nights pondering "why" (por que in Spanish). Any guesses are welcome. Onward and downward.....perhaps a bigger entry when I have some more miles under my belt.

... af spanierne. Der findes desværre ingen
skriftlige overleveringer, så alle har haft travlt med at gætte. Man er
f. eks i dag ret sikker på, at solpyramiden er rejst til ære for
Regnguden.!
Uanset oprindelse og formål, er det et imponerende
bygningsværk. Pyramiden måler 250 meter på hver side og er således kun
halvanden meter mindre i grundareal end Keopspyramiden i Ægypten. Til
gengæld er den 'kun' 65 meter høj ...

... a town 3 hours away in the mountains called Taxco. A very amazing city that has a European feel with its paved and narrow streets. Taxco is famous for it's silver, and I was dragged into many jewellery store after jewellery store to look at earrings and necklaces. On Sunday our family drove us to the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. This was one of the places that I really wanted to visit while in Mexico and it exceeded my expectations. Thousands of artifacts ...

... fantastic. After we climbed back down we explored the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl or the Plumbed Butterfly. There were a lot of surviving murals here. From the look of things they still have some excavating to do as well. Getting hungry we walked towards the museum which is behind the Sun Pyramid. We hit the bathrooms first and then took a quick stroll through their botanical garden of desert plants. Then we found the Museum. It ...

... to him mutter to us half in Spanish and half in English. Huitzilopochtli told me that he had greatly enjoyed his day with his grandfather. They had spent the afternoon talking over a bottle of brandy. Huitzilopotchli`s grandfather shared never before heard stories of Huitzilopotchli`s father with him. Apparently, his father was a hippie. For a while I sat inside with the women listening to their conversations. Huitzilopochtli came over and told me, "They all say you should drink some ...

... verde, mole rojo, pasties hawaiiano (with sausage and pineapple and cheese), pasties filled with chicken and pepper strips, "traditional" beef and potato pasties so spicy it makes you sweat, and even pastie filled with rice pudding. (big-time yum) Today, we will try the chorizo and bean pasties, flan pasties, and whatever other strange variations we can find. Thousands of Cornish housewives are turning in their graves. The thing is, though, pasties ...