Yet Another Bucket List Item Checked Off!

Wow! Two on one trip! Three of us booked a tour to Teotihuacan, about 25 miles NE of Mexico City. It was a very long drive. This was our first view of the Pyramid of the Sun.

Walking towards it, I was reminded of all the vendors at Chichen Itza.

Rosemary, Janet and I, along with the other person on the tour, and our guide, Pablo. We liked him so much on the butterfly tour that we booked with him again. You can contact him at permacultours@gmail.com if you're ever in San Miguel.

Janet and I walking to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. It's the 3rd largest pyramid in the world! Notice wimpy Diana is holding on, and Janet with the broken arm is not...

Halfway up!

Rosemary posing at the top. We made it! And it wasn't easy, since we're at 7000' elevation.

Back down at the bottom, we walked along the Avenue of the Dead, towards the Pyramid of the Moon.

Along the way there was a very nice mural of a jaguar.

This city was established around 100 BC, and was the 6th largest city in the world at one time, with a population of 125,000 or more. It was mostly gone by 500 AD.

Rosemary and Janet also climbed the Pyramid of the Moon, but I passed since I had a headache from the high altitude. So Pablo took a picture of loser me...

Another view back to the Pyramid of the Sun. You can barely see the people at the top.

We walked over to the Palace, where the elite lived.

We saw some more murals -

And well-preserved carvings.

We then walked back around the Pyramid of the Sun, where we saw the formations that create a shadow that looks like a snake at the Equinox.

We also went through the museum. Some of it was quite nice -

But some was a little creepy. Apparently there was human sacrifice here...

After our tour, we went to a nearby restaurant for lunch/dinner. They have their own Mezcal factory.

Which we all happily got to try!