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Patzcuaro and the Santa Cruz fesitval
We loved this amazing place where we stopped with a writer whos children worked on major hollywood films. We got a boat out to an island and climbed up inside a statue with a painted spiral interior and looked out from his wrist at the site of Mexicos best Day of the Dead festivities. Later on we got caught in a street carnival ...
El Día de los Muertos on Isla de Janitzio
... embroidered with bold flower patterns. At around 10 am, we hopped on a combi, one of the many transport vans, to the dock. We expected a long wait in line at the boats but we were able to get right onto the next boat leaving for Isla de Janitzio. We waited for 40 other passengers to board.
As a Mariachi group boarded, the gate was closed and the boat pulled away from the dock. The boat puttered out of the protected cove and the band started to play. We knew ...
Pyramids, Sore Legs and Obsidian
... even Itzel’s parents say doesn’t usually happen. It was, however, really good soup when I eventually got one sin pollo.
We also had bread with salsas and garlic butter. Even the waiter said the salsas were hot, so I tried them sparingly on some bread. The salsa verde was really hot, I had barely anything on there, but I could feel the heat, whereas the salsa roja was amazing. From what I could tell, it was made of sun dried tomatoes ...
Walking Down the Avenue of the Dead
... parts of the village ruins and shared a packet of cookies with him.
The only annoying thing about Teotihuacan is the hundreds of vendors all selling the same things like jewellery, ornaments and these things which make animal noises. Every few steps you took there was another person offering you the deal of a lifetime. I started off by saying no thanks in Spanish but eventually that grows weary so eventually I ...
Something to climb
... the main entry to the Pyramid of the Moon.
The Climb
It was relatively early and there was ************e around, the way we like it. Because we heard it gets baking hot, and that was fairly plain to see given the lack of shade and the huge amounts of stone and bitumen, we decided our first job was to climb the 70m, 238 steps to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun.
So we took off in that direction and seemed to ...
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