We Got Ruined

We left the beautiful San Miguel and our new friends Angelo and Virginia for the hustle bustle of Mexico City. 30 million people can´t be wrong but with the streets too insane for our membranes to handle, we decided to check out some of the sights in the Centro Historico (the Palacio Nacional, filled with murals by the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and the Catedral Metropolitina). Enormous, colourful and detailed murals filled every wall of the palace and told stories of triumph, defeat and old traditions, while the Cathedral was an awe inspiring monument of religious dedication. Each were humbling experiences. We then jumped on the metro, were tsunamis of people pushed you on and off the train. If you weren´t a good crowd surfer, you were sure to miss your stop.
After several metros and a bus were people would try to sell you anything from food to music to flashlights to rejuvinating cream, we ended up at the Teotihuacan pyramids. We were dropped off just outside the ancient city. What remains of Mexico´s largest ancient city, an empire that spanned from the 1st C A.D. until its decline 700 years later, is a 3km stretch of ruins and pyramids along the main road, La Calzada de los Muertos, (the avenue of the dead). The most spectacular of the ruins was the pyramid del sol, the world´s 3rd largest pyramid. We made the long climb to the top and looked out onto the valley of the ancient city. We couldn´t get over the amazing amount of work, effort and time it took to create this incredible feat. We explored through the ruins for about 4hrs (4hrs of Nick singing the Indiana Jones theme) and headed back to the city for a well deserved Corona Gigante before heading out the next morning for Oaxaca and Palenque. (pictures are coming as soon as we figure it out in spanish) Adios for now.

To check out some more pictures click on the link below:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2117450702