We visited the ruins of the city of Teotihuacan, which includes the piramida del Sol (pyrimid of the Sun) y piramida de la Luna (and the pyramid of the Moon). Both built to worship the gods. The Sun is the 3rd largest pyramid in the world, just a bit smaller than at Giza in Egypt. The largest is also in Mexico, not far away. There were 248 steps up the Sun, and I mean TALL steps, and not very deep, so you had to bend over to climb. That was their goal, to make a person bow to the Gods all the way up. And Ron carried Race all the way to the top, Good job, Dad!!!
It was an awesome sight. You could see the whole city which is about 2 miles long. The Moon is at one end and the Citadel at the other end, and the Sun about half way down. It was incredible to imagine that 200,000 people lived here 2000 years ago. At its zenith it was larger that its contemporary, Rome.
The first pic (up top) is taken from the Moon of the 2 mile stretch, you can see the Sun on the left almost a mile away! (to give you an idea of its size). The 2nd is of the Sun as we approach, the 3rd is of Race and I about half way up the Sun, the 4th is of the Moon (taken from the top of the Sun). The 5th is of Race sitting on the Sun (right before the paparazzi showed up. That's another story, evidently Race is famous.) The last is an artifact found on the site, there were lots, very neat.
It was cool (chido)! There were lots of vendors peddling their wares, and there were some beautiful art pieces (among the trinkets). We all got burned by the sun, being so high an altitude (about 8000 ft). And Jessica looked like a lobster, pobrecita!
It was a great day trip, we highly recommend it!!! Ciao!
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