Pyramids. Enough Said.

Disclaimer:

There are many many pictures of pyramids in this post. I love pyramids and may have gone overboard. 

Fuimos a Teotihuacan 

When I was a little girl and well into my teens I wanted to be an archeologist. My room was packed with books on Egypt and India and I watched everything possible about excavation. When I was 17 my father said, “Heidi, you know there are a lot of large spiders in Egypt?” It freaked me out so much, I thought maybe I would settle for something less dangerous.

My love of history has continued to adulthood, so as you can imagine going to see the great pyramids of Teotihuacan excited me beyond belief.

We left at 7 am. Bleh. The way there it was a bit cloudy. But after the couple hour drive the sun appeared. 

When we pulled up we learned all about the production of “pulque” and “mescal” two of the oldest fermented beverages in mexico from a type of Agave plant. We learned about the first paper of this area, also from the plant, not to mention the first needle and thread, that comes from the plant as well.  Its difficult to explain but its pretty cool how it was all done.  There was a plethora of Obsidian, the black rock with a gold tint and they also had looms to hand make paunchos and blankets and such, naturally died from flowers.

Side Note: There was some strange dog with no hair in a cage in front of the tienda and also there was a donkey running thru the parking lot.

We took a small tour of the area then hopped back in the van and headed to los piramides.

First we went into the museum in front of one of the pyramids. There was a lot of information about the pyramids and ancient civilizations. We had a tour guide fill us in on the rest.

I was taken back by the size of the pyramids and I was so excited to be standing in front of the pyramid of the sun where human sacrifices were made to the Gods.  There were so many people there and we could hardly wait for our turn to climb the mountain.

The steps were narrow and tall and it was a small feat to make it to the top, but we made it.  Looking down I thought of the history surrounding me, every stone, the mountains in the background. It was breath taking, probably more so if I wasn’t totally scared of Noah jumping off the edge.

Going down was worse than going up, it was sooo steep.

We made it down and the avenue of the dead between the two biggest pyramids was lined with vendors. I purchased a hand made flute in the shape of an ancient mayan and also a type of harpsichord. Im pretty excited to make some music.

We stayed thru lunch and until the rains came. They were muy fuerte and the streets flooded from the water on our way home.

We made one last stop at the Iglesia of Guadalupe in Mexico City. It was pretty surreal and very beautiful. Catholicism is very important in Mexico and the church was lined with people waiting for confession and hundreds of people attending service. The streets were lined with portraits of Guadalupe, crosses, and other religious memorabilia for at least a mile surrounding the church. One side of the church is a pedestrian street, where people would walk on their knees to to the alter in the church to beg for forgiveness of their sins. No cars are aloud here.

Then we headed home. The drive was long. The rain was hard. Cars were floating in the streets and in Cuernavaca, the water was rushing thru the avenues. I don’t think I have ever seen so much water in the street, there was at least 2 feet. But because Cuernavaca is similar to say San Francisco in hill-ratio, all the water flowed like a river down the streets, and the cars floated along.

This morning the sun came out. I got up early to go walking at a sports arena really close to my house. Here, everyone exercises outside. There is a huge place where people can go and walk the track, also there are workout machines outdoors and also fruit stands. Walking outside is wonderful, especially because its one place I feel at home. At a place with other people walking the track. Exercise is my therapy, and I plan on going every morning, if possible.