Hotel La Paz Pachuca

Teotihuacan's Pyramide del Sol is the 3rd highest pyramid in the world.
It and the Pyramide de la Luna are surrounded by smaller (4 levels) Ziggurats alligned along a long path leading from Pyramide del Sol, on the right, to the stairs of the smaller Pyramide de la Luna.
South of it is the "Jaguar's Temple".

Today priests have been replaced by street salers, coming ...

... at the ruins and entered what was a pretty remarkable experience to say the least.... 3 large ancient pyramids marked the 4km length of what was known as the 'Avenue of Dead' and before us stood what could be likened to the pyramids of Egypt! The first main area was known as the 'Ciudadela', an ancient city that they believe once housed 60,000 but no one knows who or where the people that once existed here went..... The main feature - 'The Temple of ...

... de Real del Monte est très petit mais joli, on peut y déguster une des spécialités de la région : les "pastes", sorte de chausson garni de ce que l'on veut (jambon, champignons, poulet, purée de fruits, etc...)

A proximité du village se trouvent les prismes basaltiques (formation géologique qui résulte de la solidification et de la contraction thermique d'une coulée basaltique peu de temps après son émission, selon wikipedia) : des formations ...

På trods af uafhængighedsfestlighederne i Mexico City, nåede jeg at
besøge Teotihuacan, der var det største bysamfund i det
præ-columbianske Amerika. Nogle arkæologer mener at den i sin
storhedstid 300 - 600 e. kr. var blandt de allerstørste byer på kloden.
Man anslår at byen dengang husede op imod 200.000 mennesker.
En
formiddag blev jeg tilbudt en tur ud til ruinerne for 60 us$. - Jeg
takkede pænt nej og tog med ...

we hired a tour to take us to teotihuacan to see the pyramids. The tour also included some churches and other tourist stops. They picked us up at the hotel at 730am. We rode a van with the driver, the tour guide and 3 very kind ladies. Actually they were daughter, mother and grandmother. The grandmother was mexican, living for decades in US and took both her daughter and niece over to mexico to show them her country. It was funny when we ...

... and her Spanish. It turns out it was a very good idea to hire this woman to guide us because we may not have gotten to the city's northern bus terminal. It could have been a disaster. Speaking of disaster, we both left our hats at Casa HOY. My head will fry. I'll have to find a hat at Teotihuacán. We boarded another bus that dripped water onto my right shoulder near the entire trip as we drove through some very small and ...

... that had taken over one of them for over a year. Me and sam cringed and looked desperatly for something to buy (out of guilt), as i was perchasing a lovely waistcoat for sam (that he refuses to wear) I told him about our squatting days in london and explained that we were nice squatters that looked after peoples houses for them, so we met someone with there side and we tryed to show him another side of the story. We ...

... fiers de la diversité des cultures indiennes, seuls vestiges du Mexique pré-hispanique, mais parfois le syncrétisme christiano-paien a engendré de curieux monstres ... Pourtant, on m'avait bien appris à l'école que les Jésuites et autres missionaires, à force d'autodafés, conversion contraintes et démolitions, avaient su faire du passé table rase. Il apparait qu'il n'en est rien. L'Eglise a ...

[b]Who am I to you? [/b][/color][color=#FF0000] [/color]Current mood: hungry[color=#000099] *I just want to make a note that this blog is a rewrite. I wrote one last night and it took me two hours to go through everything. Apparently I was giving away too many family secrets and some higher power decided to make my first go at this blog disappear. Technology sucks sometimes. I hope Huitzilopochtli appreciates my efforts to discuss his family, not once but twice. Anyways, I hope this ...

We left Puerto Escondido the day before a rather large named storm hit the Pacific Coast (yes, it was centered up by Acapulco, but maybe it was still.....EXTREME in Puerto Escondido). The small and previously dry drainage ditch next to our hotel reached kayak-able levels the day before we left, in about 3 minutes time. It was a good time to get off the coast. Besides, what fun is the beach in the rain? From PE, we took the LOOOOOOOOONG way back to ...