One of my favorite pictures on this trip. This picture was taken from Piramide de Luna, therefore you can see Piramide de Sol.
Piramide de Sol
A seller playing the traditional flute-like instrument.
Me trying to pretend I can play.
Biggest meal I've ever had and it was amazingly good!!! We ate at Quinta La India Bonita restaurant.
(November 16th 2008)
Tomorrow is a holiday here in Mexico, we will celebrate the Mexican Revolution. Today we went to Angelopolis, which is the biggest mall in Puebla.I have been informed by my family that Puebla's full name is Puebla de Los Angeles, meaning town of the angels. Supposedly, the man who designed the down was informed by an angel in his dream as to how the city should be arranged.
Yesterday was an exciting day. It was a full 12-hour day for us to travel to Teotihuacan-Cuidad de Los Dioses (City of the Gods). I believe the ride there was about 3 hours. I'm not sure because I was asleep for most of the ride. We left the house around 7am and got back around 7pm. The ride there was interesting because there were a lot of tolls and there were people just walking between rows of cars selling camotes. Camotes are traditional sweets made of sweet potato and comes in different flavors such as coco (coconut, my favorite). Traffic here is kind of nuts...sometimes when I cross the street I would rush to the other side and the guys would say, "Why run? You'd only die tired." Maybe they were joking, maybe not.
Teotihuacan: amazing. It was a lot of climbing up to the top of the pyramid. After climbing up to the top of Piramide Del Sol (above picture--Pyramid of the Sun), we walked on Calzada De Los Muertos (Street of the Dead) towards Piramide Del La Luna (Pyramid of the Moon). Calzada De Los Muertos got its name from the believe that the kings were buried in the tombs along the major walkway towards the pyramid of the moon.
Overall, Teotihuacan was one of my top favorite places in Mexico. It was incredible.