Hotel Sofia Pachuca

DAY 3 -The ancient and awe-inspiring pyramids of Teotihuacan! Today we decided to put the local transport to the test and head north out of the city to see the ancient and awe-inspiring pyramids of Teotihuacán! This area, also known as the 'Place of Gods' has some of the most remarkable relics of ancient civilisation in the world dating from 300BC - AD600, the builders of Teotihuacán still remain a mystery though. After a pretty naff nights sleep on my behalf due ...

... 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 ...

... og bus derud. Det tog ganske vidst
halvanden time, men var en oplevelse i sig selv. Metroer rund om ligner
hinanden en del, og alligevel er de forskellige. Metroen i Mexico City
er meget veludbygget, men ofte ret belastede, på trods af at der er tog
næsten hvert andet minut. Metroen flytter hver dag ca 4 millioner
mennesker ! - Som kuriosum kan nævnes at der køres på gummihjul
(massive) - Det må give mere vedligehold ...

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From the 3 churches i think the second one is the most impressive. It has the Gothic looks and all the excess from the colony times, with gold, fine woods and very very high domes. The amount of people visiting was huge and therefore the whole seeing la virgen looked more like a market or a public attraction than a sacred ritual. Anyways, I'm not catholic so i guess i see the general facts. Also there is a market ...

(Taken from my Moleskin journal) Right now Jamie and I are sitting at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun (second largest pyramid in the world to the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Egypt) with our feet hanging over the top platform or tier, just below the pinnacle of the pyramid. It's partly cloudy and I can feel the sun baking my exposed legs. There's quite a few people up here. We met some from the Netherlands and two more from ...

MEXICO CITY AM IN MEXICO CITY NOW - THERE IS PLENTY OF EMAIL ACCESS BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH TIME THAT I WILL HAVE HERE TO GET ONTO THE EMAIL. WE ARE STAYING IN A HOTEL IN THE CENTRE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF MEXICO CITY - CLOSE TO A LOT OF THE HISTORIC SITES. THIS COMPUTER HAS THE LETTERS WORN OFF OF HALF OF THE KEYS SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR ME. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A LOT OF GIRLIE MAGAZINES FOR SALE EVERYWHERE HERE - SOME THINGS ARE THE SAME ...

... out for my birthday getting ****** in a square with mariarchis everywhere, they usually have at least 2 guitarists and 2 violins and trumpets, people traditionaly pay for them to play for them as a sign of wealth, we were just about to leave when along came a lone mariarchi, that didnt care about tradition and played for us, he then asked sam to play for him and kept grabbing his heart and smiling. He was cool! Yes ...

... s clairement consenti un amalgame majeur des rites animistes locaux et des célébrations catholiques canoniques. En clair, tout le Mexique rural continue de danser pour faire pleuvoir, mais on fourre la Vierge de Guadalupe dans un coin et hop! le tour est joué : fête officielle du calendrier catholique. Il reste surprenant de voir le degré de paganisme inconscient chez ces chrétiens très fervents.

... I had still yet to immerse and really see what a Mexican family was all about. Such experiences are by invitation only. Lucky for me, I got that invitation. What made it even better was that I was invited to two different family reunions, Huitzilopotchli's father's side, as well as his mother's side. On Mexican time, Huitzilopochtli and his cousin picked me up at the arranged meeting spot, the gate for the Temple of the Moon at 8:45pm in Teotihuacán. Soon we were off ...

... plane left, and we spent them gathering souvenirs, going to rug towns, and the long hassle of getting things mailed back to the US. In Teotitlan de Valle, we visited one rug shop where they showed us cochineal bugs (used to make red dye). They live on cacti. The weaver's son gave one to Andrew and then told him to smash it. It popped like a ripe berry, with a surprising amount of shockingly red guts, I guess. The addition of lime juice turns the ...